[Pulp-list] Freenode IRC & the Pulp Community

[Melanie Corr]

Hi all,

We are now officially leaving Freenode IRC.
Our primary communication channel is now Matrix, with a Libera.Chat bridge
available for all corresponding rooms.
You can find all of the room details here:
https://pulpproject.org/2021/06/08/pulp-leaving-freenode/
You're welcome to join in our ongoing discussion over on GitHub
Discussions: https://github.com/pulp/community/discussions/2

Looking forward to seeing you on Matrix!

Melanie

Ar Déar 20 Beal 2021 ag 17:10, scríobh Danny Sauer <danny.sauer at konghq.com>:

> I can tell you that, despite being perfectly familiar with IRC (I've been
> involved in open source since the early 90's), I've chosen to just avoid
> reaching out in a lot of cases where I probably could've saved myself some
> hassle.  To be honest, as soon as I see the biggest section on
> https://pulpproject.org/help/ is "IRC", I internally think "oh, it's one
> of _those_ projects" and resign myself to probably not getting interactive
> help.  I didn't even notice the matrix support at the bottom of the page.
> In the presentation today, matrix wasn't mentioned at all - just freenode.
>
> This is just one guy's opinion, but I suspect that emphasizing IRC over
> lower-friction mechanisms probably introduces a barrier that reduces
> potential community involvement.
>
> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 11:47 AM Melanie Corr <mcorr at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> One of our main communication channels as a community has been Freenode
>> IRC.
>> We maintain a Matrix bridge to Freenode but require all users to register
>> with Freenode because of spam and to ensure that both Matrix and Freenode
>> users see each other's messages.
>>
>> As you're probably aware, there have been mass resignations from the
>> Freenode board, first leaked last week but made official today [1], as well
>> as the announcement that they are creating another network [2].
>>
>> As far as I can tell, all open source communities are currently reviewing
>> their options. I wanted to open a conversation here to see what you all
>> think about our potential options. I have been monitoring the Ansible [3]
>> and Fedora [4] community threads to inform myself of other group's thought
>> processes.
>>
>> Most importantly, I want to know what Pulp users think.
>> I am of the opinion that because we already maintain a presence on
>> Matrix, it makes sense to stick with Matrix. However, I know that others
>> don't like Matrix as much as I do, so I am hoping we can discuss and weigh
>> our options.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Melanie
>>
>> [1]
>> https://fuchsnet.ch/freenode-resign-letter.txt
>> [2]
>> https://libera.chat/chanreg
>> [3]
>> https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/19
>> [4]
>> https://pagure.io/Fedora-Council/tickets/issue/371
>> --
>>
>> Melanie Corr, RHCE
>>
>> Community Manager
>>
>> Red Hat <https://www.redhat.com>
>>
>> Remote, Ireland
>>
>> mcorr at redhat.com
>> M: +353857774436     IM: mcorr
>> <https://www.redhat.com>
>>
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Melanie Corr, RHCE

Community Manager

Red Hat <https://www.redhat.com>

Remote, Ireland

mcorr at redhat.com
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