From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yann E. MORIN Date: Sat, 29 May 2021 22:27:01 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH] docs: move the IRC channel away from Freenode In-Reply-To: <20210522194056.1676529-1-yann.morin.1998@free.fr> References: <20210522194056.1676529-1-yann.morin.1998@free.fr> Message-ID: <20210529202701.GD3858765@scaer> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net All, On 2021-05-22 21:40 +0200, Yann E. MORIN spake thusly: > Due to the recent events at Frenode [0], the channel has become a bit > unreliable (much spammed), and users have started to move away already, > as quite a few other projects have moved their IRC presence away from > Freenode. > > There are a few alternatives. The first to spring to mond, is the new > libera.chat network [1], managed by the previous Freenode staff, so we > could expect quite a good experience there. However, it is a very yong > network. The second well known alternative is the long-established OFTC, > which has been very reliable in its 20 years of existence. > > So, let's move to OFTC, just because it has a track-record of robustness > (which Libera.Chat still has to build, for being young). > > Note: there are a lot of other IRC networks, some very good too, but we > probably would be much off-topic on most of them. > > [0] https://lwn.net/Articles/856543/ > [1] https://libera.chat/ > [2] https://www.oftc.net/ > > Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN > Cc: Peter Korsgaard > Cc: Thomas Petazzoni > Cc: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) Applied to master, thanks. So this is official: we are moving away from Freenode. No reason for being sad or for rejoice either. Our new official IRC presence wil be on OFTC, on the channel with the same name: irc://irc.oftc.net/#buildroot OFTC has a webchat too: https://www.oftc.net/WebChat/ Thanks all for your patience in the transion; please bear with us in the early times until we tweak the channel settings if need be. Regards, Yann E. MORIN. > --- > README | 2 +- > docs/manual/resources.txt | 4 ++-- > docs/website/support.html | 10 +++++----- > 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/README b/README > index c6172524d7..008e996f5f 100644 > --- a/README > +++ b/README > @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Buildroot comes with a basic configuration for a number of boards. Run > > Please feed suggestions, bug reports, insults, and bribes back to the > buildroot mailing list: buildroot at buildroot.org > -You can also find us on #buildroot on Freenode IRC. > +You can also find us on #buildroot on OFTC IRC. > > If you would like to contribute patches, please read > https://buildroot.org/manual.html#submitting-patches > diff --git a/docs/manual/resources.txt b/docs/manual/resources.txt > index 69bfff8f2b..374cdef94e 100644 > --- a/docs/manual/resources.txt > +++ b/docs/manual/resources.txt > @@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ there is a good chance someone else has asked the same question before. > > IRC:: > + > -The Buildroot IRC channel irc://freenode.net/#buildroot[#buildroot] is > -hosted on http://webchat.freenode.net[Freenode]. It is a useful place to > +The Buildroot IRC channel irc://irc.oftc.net/#buildroot[#buildroot] is > +hosted on https://www.oftc.net/WebChat/[OFTC]. It is a useful place to > ask quick questions or discuss on certain topics. > + > When asking for help on IRC, share relevant logs or pieces of code > diff --git a/docs/website/support.html b/docs/website/support.html > index 6c602b42d2..eef969d461 100644 > --- a/docs/website/support.html > +++ b/docs/website/support.html > @@ -19,15 +19,15 @@ > > >
> -

The Buildroot IRC channel is > - #buildroot, hosted on Freenode. If you do not have an IRC client, you can > - use the Freenode web interface. > +

The Buildroot IRC channel is > + #buildroot, hosted on OFTC. If you do not have an IRC client, you can > + use the OFTC web interface. > When asking for help on IRC, share relevant logs or pieces of code using a code > sharing website.

> > -

Note that due to excessive spamming on Freenode, the channel can only be > +

Note that due to excessive spamming on IRC, the channel can only be > joined if you are a registered user with > - Freenode nickserv > + OFTC NickServ > service. Follow the instructions to register as a user with a password, > and then join the #buildroot channel.

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