Re: #virtio IRC channel on OFTC

[Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Apr 22 2026, Bertrand Marquis <Bertrand.Marquis@arm.com> wrote:

> Hi Manos,
>
>> On 22 Apr 2026, at 15:49, Manos Pitsidianakis <manos.pitsidianakis@linaro.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi VIRTIO TC members, stakeholders, interested parties,
>>
>> I took the initiative to register #virtio channel on the OFTC IRC
>> network for general, unofficial/informal discussion, since most of us
>> idle on linux related IRC channels anyway. I invite you to join (you
>> can also join via Matrix if you don't use IRC)
>>
>> If a VIRTIO TC member joins I can transfer registration of the channel
>> to their nickname and give them operator rights.
>
> This is a good idea to have a way to communicate like this but I am not sure IRC is the best solution.
> Couldn't we create some google chat or something like that ?
> I can access matrix channels for example but IRC will be more challenging.

You should be able to join #virtio via matrix (I just did, so the
bridging should work.)