[Development] Moving IRC from Freenode to Libera.Chat, voting thread

[Allan Sandfeld Jensen]

+1

I am already on libera.chat and have registered qtwebengine channels there to 
avoid other people taking them.

On Samstag, 22. Mai 2021 03:06:28 CEST Giuseppe D'Angelo via Development 
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> As detailed in the other thread, I'd like to gather lazy consensus for
> moving the official IRC presence from Freenode to Libera.Chat.
> 
> Please use this thread for voting ONLY. Apologies for all the formality,
> but what I thought should've been a rather painless decision blew out of
> proportion.
> 
> 
> 
> == SCOPE ==
> 
> This is EXCLUSIVELY asking whether to transfer the official IRC presence
> of Qt Project channels from Freenode (current) to Libera.Chat.
> 
> This is NOT about anything else: not about changing the structure of IRC
> channels; not about establishing (or not) other IRC channels elsewhere;
> not about using (or not) other IM technologies; not about changing chat
> policies and practices; not about any implication of past, present or
> future endorsement (or not) for other community platforms.
> 
> 
> == WHY ==
> 
> See the other thread,
> 
> https://kline.sh/
> 
> https://gist.github.com/shadowcat-mst/998cea12794768bdb3da2daeff31baad
> 
> for a summary.
> 
> 
> == CONSEQUENCES OF A VOTE IN FAVOUR OF THE MOVE ==
> 
> 1) We will move the official IRC presence from Freenode to Libera.Chat.
> 
> 2) As per https://libera.chat/chanreg the Qt Project will officially
> reserve #qt* as *project* channels. A contact will likely be needed to
> bridge IRC administration and Qt Project. I (personally, not
> KDAB-endorsed) volunteer to be such contact, given it's completely
> unclear who the existing Freenode contacts are and/or if they're
> available for this transition. My nick is `peppe` on Libera (and
> Freenode). Backup contacts are welcome, they can be established later,
> feel free to contact me (not in this thread!!!) if interested.
> 
> 3) We will *keep* the Freenode presence, in primis to avoid squatting of
> the Qt channels there. People will still be able to use them, if they'd
> like to. (We'll likely point the topics, the autojoin messages, etc. to
> the corresponding channels on Libera, to make people aware of the move
> and ease them in the transition.) We will however NOT guarantee any
> respect of the Qt Project policies on Freenode, nor any continuity in
> active administration (as these channels won't be endorsed any more).
> 
> 4) We will rebuild the same channel structure on Libera. Any necessary
> adjustment can be decided later.
> 
> 5) We'll adjust official documentation etc. as needed.
> 
> 
> == CONSEQUENCES OF A VOTE AGAINST THE MOVE ==
> 
> 1) We will keep the Qt Project official IRC presence on Freenode (as it
> is right now). Nothing will change there -- a vote against does NOT
> imply dropping nor changing the official Freenode presence.
> 
> 2) I will ask Libera.Chat to unlock #qt-* from being "reserved for a
> project" (given the Qt Project doesn't want them). Re-gaining them as
> *community* channels can still be done, details to be discussed
> elsewhere (off topic for this list; although again, I volunteer to move
> this forward).
> 
> 
> == HOW TO VOTE ==
> 
> Simply reply to this email thread, expressing your vote in favour or
> against the move. Sorry, we don't have a "better" system, and I don't
> want to bend Gerrit backwards for this.
> 
> Please make sure your vote appears on mailman's archives.
> 
> 
> == VOTING SYSTEM ==
> 
> Lazy consensus (simple majority), see QUIP-2.
> 
> 
> == DEADLINE FOR VOTING ==
> 
> 23.59 CEST of Thursday 27 May 2021.
> 
> 
> == QUESTIONS ==
> 
> If something is unclear, by all means, ask questions in private, I'll
> try to clarify them, and then reply to this thread adding clarification
> as needed.
> 
> 
> == OTHER CONSIDERATIONS ==
> 
> These go in other threads.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,