If we do stick with IRC, ZNC is exactly what I'm looking for, so thank you very much. I'm not sure I'm 100% behind IRC, but I'll follow the prevailing decisions.
—Mark _______________________ Mark E. Anderson <m...@macports.org> MacPorts Trac WikiPage <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/mark> GitHub Profile <https://github.com/markemer> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 2:25 PM Andrew Janke <fl...@apjanke.net> wrote: > Have you considered using ZNC or another IRC "bouncer"? It'll retain and > replay history for you so you can get offline messages and have a > consistent message history between computers and devices. Pretty easy to > install if you have a Linux server somewhere, and hardly uses any resources. > > Cheers, > Andrew > > On 5/19/21 2:02 PM, Mark Anderson wrote: > > I think I favor option B. But I don't have to maintain it. I would > prefer not to go to something like slack, but one of the more modern IRC > replacements when I can at least read history is nice. So rocket chat? Or > gitter? > > —Mark > _______________________ > Mark E. Anderson <m...@macports.org> > MacPorts Trac WikiPage <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/mark> > GitHub Profile <https://github.com/markemer> > > > > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 1:58 PM Rainer Müller <rai...@macports.org> wrote: > >> On 19/05/2021 15.43, Marius Schamschula wrote: >> > It has come to my attention, on Twitter, that freenode.net >> > <http://freenode.net>, were MacPorts hosts it’s IRC channels, is having >> > some serious issues [1]. The admins have resigned and control may now be >> > in questionable hands. >> >> Right, we need to take action and move away from Freenode. This also >> opens a few opportunities for us on how to go forward. >> >> >> a) Move #macports to Libera.Chat >> While there are also other IRC networks, the new Libera.Chat appears to >> become the direct successor of Freenode. Many projects are moving right >> now. >> >> b) Declare RocketChat as official chat >> We already have a RocketChat instance at chat.macports.org, which has >> been running for a while in parallel and we already gathered a few >> users. [1] >> >> c) Evaluate further options >> IRC is old, lacks modern features. Self-hosted RocketChat requires >> regular maintenance. Matrix could be another federated alternative. >> >> >> Rainer >> >> [1] The RocketChat #general channel is supposed to be bridged to the IRC >> channel, but this is broken at the moment. >> See https://trac.macports.org/ticket/62908 >> > >
