[Development] Mirror IRC channels on KDE's Matrix Instance

[Cristián Maureira-Fredes]

Hey Mitch,

forgot to add that info! sorry :P

Here is a well documented step-by-step process:
https://community.kde.org/Matrix

In a nutshell it's mainly going to
https://webchat.kde.org/
create an account and then you add that account
to your client.

I also use element on the browser,
and since I had already some servers,
what I did was to select the 'Explore Rooms'
option on the top-left corner (it has a compass icon)
Then you can select the server on the right of the popup
window, where you can 'Add new server'
using your new KDE credentials.

I hope it helps

Cheers!

On 7/13/21 11:57 AM, Mitch Curtis wrote:
> Hi Cristián, thanks for setting it up.
> 
> I've never used Matrix before - how do I sign in using my KDE identity (I'm using the Element client if it makes a difference)? I'm guessing I need to set the homeserver to some KDE server?
> 
> Cheers.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Development <development-bounces at qt-project.org> On Behalf Of
>> Cristián Maureira-Fredes
>> Sent: Tuesday, 13 July 2021 10:59 AM
>> To: development at qt-project.org
>> Subject: Re: [Development] Mirror IRC channels on KDE's Matrix Instance
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Just to finalize this thread,
>> as https://phabricator.kde.org/T14673 states, the following channels are now
>> bridged:
>>
>>
>> #qt:kde.org
>> #qt-cmake:kde.org
>> #qt-creator:kde.org
>> #qt-cs:kde.org
>> #qt-labs:kde.org
>> #qt-pyside:kde.org
>> #qt-quick:kde.org
>> #qt-releases:kde.org
>> #qt-webengine:kde.org (irc: #qtwebengine)
>>
>>
>> To share the links to the channels
>> you can use the following:
>>
>> https://go.kde.org/matrix/#/#qt-pyside:kde.org
>>
>> changing 'qt-pyside' for the channel you want to share ;)
>>
>> A big thanks to the KDE folks that help the process!
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>> On 7/6/21 12:37 PM, Cristián Maureira-Fredes wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Since nobody refused to this decision, will contact the folks at KDE
>>> to start the process of mirroring the IRC channels into KDE's Matrix
>>> instance.
>>>
>>> Thanks everyone!
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> On 6/28/21 12:51 PM, Cristián Maureira-Fredes wrote:
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>
>>>> Context
>>>> -------
>>>>
>>>> After the "Improve the contributor experience" session at the past Qt
>>>> Contributors Summit, many ideas came out related to an overall
>>>> improvement to the contribution experience, mainly focused on new
>>>> people joining the Qt Project.
>>>>
>>>> One of the topics was Communication,
>>>> from which we (qt project people) discussed together with some KDE
>>>> folks and agreed that bringing the Qt and KDE communities closer was
>>>> a good idea, mainly based on the good experience KDE has currently on
>>>> the platform.
>>>>
>>>> We have a good opportunity to do this via a bridge from our newly
>>>> created Libera.chat IRC channels, to KDE's Matrix Instance.
>>>>
>>>> During the QtCS,
>>>> we tried this out, and mirrored the #qt-cs IRC channel to Matrix:
>>>> https://go.kde.org/matrix/#/#qt-cs:kde.org
>>>> and according to the people that participated in the session the
>>>> experience was nice, and it might be worth to bridge all the other
>>>> #qt-* channels on IRC.
>>>>
>>>> Read more about Matrix: https://matrix.org/ Read more about KDE's
>>>> Matrix Instance: https://community.kde.org/Matrix
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Implications
>>>> ------------
>>>>
>>>> If you prefer IRC, it's totally fine, this change would only imply
>>>> that you will get more people on IRC to interact with.
>>>>
>>>> If you want to move to Matrix completely, this change will enable you
>>>> to stay in touch with folks on the IRC channels.
>>>>
>>>> Permissions work different on Matrix than IRC, but with the current
>>>> list of moderators in the #qt- domain we can easily assign
>>>> permissions to people on the Matrix channels accordingly.
>>>>
>>>> Let's keep the discussion of other communication platforms outside
>>>> this thread, while they might be valid, it's out of the scope of this
>>>> proposal.
>>>>
>>>> Question
>>>> --------
>>>>
>>>> I would like to ask the Qt Project if you agree or disagree with the
>>>> proposal to mirror all the #qt-* channels from Libera.chat to KDE's
>>>> Matrix Instance.
>>>>
>>>> If we don't have unresolved disagreements, I'd say we can proceed
>>>> with the mirroring Monday next week, but if there are concerns, I
>>>> would prefer to address them first.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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>>
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Dr. Cristián Maureira-Fredes
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Erich-Thilo-Str. 10
D-12489 Berlin

Geschäftsführer: Mika Pälsi,
Juha Varelius, Jouni Lintunen
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin,
Registergericht: Amtsgericht
Charlottenburg, HRB 144331 B