[Pulp-list] Freenode IRC & the Pulp Community

[Danny Sauer]

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
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