On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 02:23:41PM +0200, Thierry Carrez wrote: > Stefano Maffulli wrote: > > On 08/29/2014 11:17 AM, John Garbutt wrote: > >> After moving to use ZNC, I find IRC works much better for me now, but > >> I am still learning really. > > > > There! this sentence has two very important points worth highlighting: > > > > 1- when people say IRC they mean IRC + a hack to overcome its limitation > > 2- IRC+znc is complex, not many people are used to it > > Note that ZNC is not the only IRC proxy out there. Bip is also working > quite well.
Yes, from practical experience, Bip has been very robust. [. . .] > We could at least document the steps required to set up a proxy. FWIW, I posted my local notes to configure bip IRC proxy[1] in a virtual machine, and an example `/etc/bip.conf`[2]. /me has been using this setup for about three years without any disruption. > I agree with Ryan that running an IRC proxy for someone else > creates... interesting privacy issues that may just hinder adoption of > said solution. [1] https://kashyapc.fedorapeople.org/notes-bip-IRC-proxy/README [2] https://kashyapc.fedorapeople.org/notes-bip-IRC-proxy/bip.conf -- /kashyap _______________________________________________ OpenStack-dev mailing list OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
