[gdal-dev] Freenode IRC taken over(was Fwd: [SAC] [Hosting] OSUOSL IRC channels moving to irc.libera.chat)

[Pirmin Kalberer]

Hi,

On 19.05.21 21:00, Even Rouault wrote:
> 
> See below about Freenode IRC having been taken over (or considered as 
> such by most Freenode admins), which affects our existing #gdal channel.
> 
> What should we do:
> 
> - give up with IRC at all, and just use the Slack channel ? Would make 
> things more simple
> 
> - migrate to Libera Chat ?
> 
> - something else ?
> 

Mozilla / Rust made a thorough evaluation of a modern IRC replacement 
some time ago and has chosen Matrix.
Their announcement: 
https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/synchronous-messaging-at-mozilla-the-decision/50620

Today's most common client is https://app.element.io/ AFAIK, and I'm 
quite happy with it.

Regards
Pirmin

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