[postgis-tickets] r15225 - Remove IRC badge, adding a link to matrix bridge to chat section

[Sandro Santilli]

Author: strk
Date: 2016-11-10 11:07:53 -0800 (Thu, 10 Nov 2016)
New Revision: 15225

Modified:
   trunk/README.md
Log:
Remove IRC badge, adding a link to matrix bridge to chat section

Modified: trunk/README.md
===================================================================
--- trunk/README.md	2016-11-10 18:46:35 UTC (rev 15224)
+++ trunk/README.md	2016-11-10 19:07:53 UTC (rev 15225)
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
  [![Gitlab-CI](https://gitlab.com/postgis/postgis/badges/svn-trunk/build.svg)]
  (https://gitlab.com/postgis/postgis/commits/svn-trunk)
 
-[![chat](https://img.shields.io/badge/chat-on%20freenode-brightgreen.svg)]
-(https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net/#postgis)
-
 This file is here to play nicely with modern code repository facilities.
 Actual readme is [here](README.postgis).
 
@@ -25,15 +22,23 @@
 
 ## Official chat room:
 
-Use your preferred client, if configured:
+Official chat room is the #postgis channel on the
+[freenode](https://freenode.net) network.
 
+To partecipate, point your preferred
+[IRC client](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_clients)
+to:
+
  irc://irc.freenode.net/#postgis
 
-Or try a web client like:
+Or try a web IRC client like:
  - [qwebirc at freenode](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#postgis)
  - [KiwiIRC](https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net/#postgis)
 
+Or join via [matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#freenode_#postgis:matrix.org)
+
 ## Official source tarball releases
+
 http://postgis.net/source
 
 If you would like to contribute to this project, please refer to our