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

[Elvis Stansvik]

Thanks for taking care of this Peppe.

Elvis

Den lör 29 maj 2021 kl 18:24 skrev Giuseppe D'Angelo via Development
<development at qt-project.org>:
>
> Hi,
>
> On 28/05/2021 00:06, Giuseppe D'Angelo via Development wrote:
> > On 22/05/2021 03:06, Giuseppe D'Angelo via Development wrote:
> >> == DEADLINE FOR VOTING ==
> >>
> >> 23.59 CEST of Thursday 27 May 2021.
> > We have unanimous consent.
>
> == Update ==
>
> This is now in effect. We have control over the #qt-* channels on
> Libera. Our official presence is there now.
>
> Most of the channels in the #qt-* namespace have been re-registered,
> incl. #qtwebkit, #qtwebengine, #qbs. Please contact me (in private
> email) if you want to manage some of those.
>
> The online communities wiki page has been updated.
>
>
> == What does this mean for me ==
>
> Simply make your IRC client to irc.libera.chat/6697 (TLS), join the same
> channels. If you prefer Matrix, a bridge has been set up.
>
> The first time you connect, consider re-registering your nick, and
> configure your client to authenticate there. That's it.
>
>
> == Next steps ==
>
> 1) I'd like some volunteers as backup community contacts, so I'm not the
> SPOF of the whole operation. Please write to me (in private email) if
> you're interested.
>
> 2) We'll (slowly) rebuild the ACLs. Approvers and other channel
> "owners", if you wish, please write to me (in private email!) telling me
> your nick registration on Libera, so I can give you powers on #qt-labs.
> Similarly please tell me if you want a hostname cloak.
>
> 3) I'm not changing topics nor auto-join messages in the Freenode
> channels, for a few more days at least, to give people an opportunity
> to move quietly. It seems that the sole mention of Libera.Chat is
> sufficient for the Freenode staff to forcibly take the channels over,
> and I would like to avoid "drama" if possible. Still, this is an active
> threat, so the sooner people move, the better.
>
> https://i.imgur.com/laFn6MM.png (#qt-fr being seized)
>
> https://www.devever.net/~hl/freenode_abuse2
>
>
> Thanks,
> --
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> KDAB (France) S.A.S., a KDAB Group company
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