From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3D764317164 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:18:10 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=170.10.133.124 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1776871092; cv=none; b=c0PiHSgq2fmS1+mpxVQCEOckgsPEfBLQZE8t/Ze5cqw8z3ea93KONqHKy+8OHWj/32jVKg8szjawolC+hUAMYzdn+WCR/5lJA5dl77xEJqB1g8u/DVzjVU2vddW2I+uV1oDLct7JQ5/b5qiacuqEFm4X/AOCabFuLzNY22hHCaU= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1776871092; c=relaxed/simple; bh=7K33OWV0oDGEWVjCNVOZzVwtAs0VEvpqefLjZAKczis=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=m33cJ2Us3TRfW/U9l8REoNpLWF9RvdiIB/gyPf1cxA/Hf6BQrt8q/9JJZ0xqoUdoOgJXkLPO7hdKzrgQNbsMAWvkCo1hlMFPvwR3iB2g9Oth7QknFV4b9N8PEUv2W5U3cQ25gud+U3VO14jRYEGpjBCA1hUOWG1lyPNCp2BziAk= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=redhat.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=redhat.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.b=J4JSem1x; arc=none smtp.client-ip=170.10.133.124 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=redhat.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.b="J4JSem1x" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1776871090; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=7K33OWV0oDGEWVjCNVOZzVwtAs0VEvpqefLjZAKczis=; b=J4JSem1xAsMoCzZrR6Izo5+0pF4xilJNV+pkwWjrkuGGEIGRwmUm2xrxY6VNbsHPhq9UH4 qyZeL21bR+z4/beDUR/CPb2pdE/A2cCZBbixjRSkZctI6O2muNXHvQsI0MozeJbEHo1Vy/ rECHdj8QmmE35liwhBGpROMtXby3ugo= Received: from mx-prod-mc-06.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (ec2-35-165-154-97.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [35.165.154.97]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-142-IS28-wtfN6mdqk10rKqTgA-1; Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:18:06 -0400 X-MC-Unique: IS28-wtfN6mdqk10rKqTgA-1 X-Mimecast-MFC-AGG-ID: IS28-wtfN6mdqk10rKqTgA_1776871086 Received: from mx-prod-int-08.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (mx-prod-int-08.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com [10.30.177.111]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mx-prod-mc-06.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DC9B0180036E; Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:18:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (dhcp-192-224.str.redhat.com [10.33.192.224]) by mx-prod-int-08.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 41EF7180058B; Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:18:04 +0000 (UTC) From: Cornelia Huck To: Bertrand Marquis , Manos Pitsidianakis Cc: virtio-comment Subject: Re: #virtio IRC channel on OFTC In-Reply-To: <206F0630-B109-45C5-9E06-E85ED3D28A6F@arm.com> Organization: "Red Hat GmbH, Sitz: Werner-von-Siemens-Ring 12, D-85630 Grasbrunn, Handelsregister: Amtsgericht =?utf-8?Q?M=C3=BCnchen=2C?= HRB 153243, =?utf-8?Q?Gesch=C3=A4ftsf=C3=BChrer=3A?= Ryan Barnhart, Charles Cachera, Avril Crosse O'Flaherty" References: <206F0630-B109-45C5-9E06-E85ED3D28A6F@arm.com> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.39 (https://notmuchmail.org) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:18:02 +0200 Message-ID: <87v7djrplh.fsf@redhat.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: virtio-comment@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.30.177.111 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-MFC-PROC-ID: ceKTbAHzqqKmj0qgDrOLwgfQBH7EMWrRY4xEwgD_vvI_1776871086 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain On Wed, Apr 22 2026, Bertrand Marquis wrote: > Hi Manos, > >> On 22 Apr 2026, at 15:49, Manos Pitsidianakis 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.)