> On May 26, 2021, at 12:04 PM, Ian Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: > > George Dunlap writes ("Re: IRC networks"): >> Thanks, Ian. I tend to agree with the recommendation. I think unless >> someone wants to argue that we go to libera (or stick with freenode), we >> should go with that option. >> >> Normally for a decision like this we’d wait 2 weeks for counter-arguments >> before making it official. Does anyone want to argue that we should move up >> the timetable for some reason? >> >> I’ve registered #xendevel on oftc; I’d encourage early adopters to give it a >> try. > > Recent behaviour by the new de facto operators of Freenode has been > quite egregious. In particular, it is now against the rules to set > your topic to direct your users to libera.chat, the replacement set up > by the resigning Freenode staff. The server operators have been > taking opver channels where the project are trying to migrate. (I > think that probably applies to OFTC too.) > > Also, the new de facto operators of Freeonode are using user count to > justify their behaviour.
Yes, I saw this too, and I agree. I’ll try to get the xenproject webpage changed today if possible. -George
