The status of freenode (the IRC network used by KDE)

[Ahmad Samir]

On 15/06/2021 04:43, Nicolás Alvarez wrote:
> Freenode has now set up new servers without migrating the
> nickserv/chanserv databases, and will likely turn off the old servers
> later. You could say freenode has shut down and there is now a new
> network under its name. We don't have any registered channels in the
> "new network", or even channel topics set.
> 
> Are we going to move to libera.chat already?
> 
> It has been more than three weeks since Andrew Lee took over. I'm
> *done* waiting for Matrix to reconfigure the bridge. Leaving it
> unbridged entirely is preferred to the current situation. You can't
> say that would split the chat community because it's already split
> anyway (there's more users in libera.chat KDE channels every day, as
> of yesterday irccloud users couldn't use freenode anymore, #kde hasn't
> been properly bridged for a long time, etc).
> 
> Just tell me when and I'll switch IrcsomeBot/sKreamer/pursuivant bots
> to libera.chat, and update documentation (I already prepared commits
> for 30+ repos for this). I can also bring IrcsomeBot into Matrix rooms
> temporarily until the proper Matrix appservice is set up. But I will
> not accept any more delays caused by Matrix/EMS. Let's get out of
> freenode.
> 

FWIW, I had disconnected from freenode two days ago, with the intent to wait for the matrix bridges 
...etc on the other, libera, side.

Have a good day.

-- 
Ahmad Samir