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

[Lars Knoll]

Thanks a lot for this, Peppe!

Btw, do you know is there’s a policy with regards to nicknames one had registered on Freenode? Just wondering as someone registered my old nick on Libera.

Cheers,
Lars

> On 29 May 2021, at 19:27, Elvis Stansvik <elvstone at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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,
>> --
>> Giuseppe D'Angelo | giuseppe.dangelo at kdab.com | Senior Software Engineer
>> KDAB (France) S.A.S., a KDAB Group company
>> Tel. France +33 (0)4 90 84 08 53, http://www.kdab.com
>> KDAB - The Qt, C++ and OpenGL Experts
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