Telegram <-> Matrix bridges will be removed in September

[Adrian Chaves]

What to do with new requests for bridges, though? Do we keep them on 
hold for months until a decision is made? Do we implement them since no 
decision has been made yet, with the extra work that means for their 
setup, and to be potentially taken down in a few months, also extending 
the load of that work?

This is not theoretical, this is where we are at in KDE Spain.

We have a 3rd option: to try and set them up in our own infrastructure. 
But what do we do if KDE decides to take down their bridges later, do we 
do the same or would KDE Spain keep ours? I don't see a theoretical 
justification for KDE Spain to go rogue on this topic, but at the same 
time we suspect that going Matrix-only would be a significant hit to our 
569-people-strong Telegram group.

On 2023-06-15 22:09, Nate Graham wrote:

> Hello folks,
> 
> If the discussion has not yet started, then it seems a bit premature to 
> be making any decisions now based on potential future outcomes of said 
> discussion.
> 
> If we do eventually agree to wind down the bridging services, the point 
> about needing a long runway to communicate this to users and help them 
> migrate seems valid. Can we agree to avoid making decisions about the 
> bridges today that only make sense if the outcome of that discussion is 
> "yes let's wind down the bridges"?
> 
> Nate
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