Re: Should we do something with #git-devel on Freenode?

> Hi,
> 
> Emily Shaffer wrote[0]:
> 
> > Seems like there's been some kerfuffle with Freenode staff and new
> > ownership[1][2][3]. What does this mean for Git project? I think #git
> > on Freenode isn't maintained by Git developers directly, right?
> 
> https://gitirc.eu/ involved a lot of work by Jan Krüger (thanks!), so
> cc-ing him since he likely knows who else is active there.
> 
> [...]
> >                                                             We do
> > theoretically keep up #git-devel on Freenode, though it's largely
> > silent. Should we be worrying? Migrating?
> 
> The main practical struggle on #git-devel has been spam.  I don't know
> that any particular IRC network is better at spam prevention than
> others.
> 
> It looks like most of the Freenode admins have moved to
> https://libera.chat/, so that would be a close equivalent.  Another
> alternative is OFTC <https://www.oftc.net/>, which is used by
> irc.debian.org, for example.
> 
> There are also other real-time chat programs such as Zulip (open
> source, used in Outreachy), Discord (used by LLVM), and Slack (used by
> Chromium); each has its benefits and flaws.