[Development] Changes to Freenode's IRC

[André Pönitz]

On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 11:38:15AM -0300, Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Freenode, the network that hosts our IRC communities, is in the middle
> > of some important community changes. TL;DR: most of the volunteer staff
> > resigned in protest with what looks like a sell-out of the network and
> > its user data.
> >
> >
> > You can read some more details here:
> >
> > https://www.kline.sh/
> > https://coevoet.fr/freenode.html
> > https://mniip.com/freenode.txt
> >
> >
> > While Freenode won't shut down tomorrow morning, this still raises some
> > questions whether Qt wants to keep its community there or move to
> > another network.
> 
> Personally I would move to aother network.
 
Same here. 

> > (The ex-staff has founded another network, libera,
> > where most people are moving.)
> 
> *Just to mention* another network that hosts many other communities
> there is OFTC. I don't currently have any opinion on whether we should
> move to one or the other.

OFTC sounds ok. At least #lldb works there nicely, so there's life...

> > Who's in charge of the online Qt communities? What's the process to
> > decide about this?

I don't think there's anyone officially in charge of IRC channels, nor
is there any process to decide that. It's pretty much voting with your
feet.

Andre'