-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 2011-03-02 in savannah-hackers-public@gnu.org thread "#savannah on irc.gnu.org".
Hello. You have exposed reasons regarding why #savannah should be back in Freenode. However, it would be a fallacy if we take a decision based solely on the Freenode merits without considering it's negative implications or the OFTC benefits. Switching to OFTC in the first place wasn't arbitrarial; we switched because of Freenode hostility towards Tor, an essential tool for the user concerned with his privacy. Has this issue changed?. If not, I think this is much more important than these "annoyances" regarding channel spread across multiple networks. For instance, in my case my IRC client shows me the channels I'm connected to, transparently, regardless of which server host them. The annoyance you're talking about just don't applies to me, so please don't make a false generalization. It would be wrong to consider the comfort of users who join irc.gnu.org and expect #savannah there (Also bear in mind there is a notice regarding its actual location) and ignore those Tor users who are unable to connect to irc.gnu.org. Using Tor isn't a whim or a issue regarding comfort. For some people it's the only way to access, that's a more lengthy topic. Currently anyone can access to #savannah with a minor annoyance at most. If we move #savannah to GNU there would be people who couldn't access to #savannah at all. Furthermore, in my opinion It's a mistrake to choose one IRC network based on the fact other GNU channels are there. The IRC network should be chosen according to its own merits, then, if that isn't the same network as irc.gnu.org we could suggest a change. My position is than #savannah should be kept on OFTC. Regards. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEAREIAAYFAk1u0m0ACgkQZ4DA0TLic4gR7QCgh/Cz1cl8WDFodpsk5eTT7hmc uhUAmwb+j7Wv3MejQYOgGmK0ZNHbUT5N =odpb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
