hugo/content/post/irc-network-changes.md@6532ddaa3587
hugo/content/post/irc-network-changes.md
Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:47:44 -0600
- author
- Gary Kramlich <grim@reaperworld.com>
- date
- Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:47:44 -0600
- changeset 544
- 6532ddaa3587
- parent 444
- f19b90df2d5f
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Add EionRobb's ChatGPT protocol plugin and update the signal protocol plugins
Testing Done:
Ran `npm run hugo:server` and verified it locally.
Reviewed at https://reviews.imfreedom.org/r/3649/
--- title: "IRC Network Changes" date: 2021-06-16T11:32:30-04:00 replaces: [] --- We [recently released]({{<ref "post/2.14.5-released.md">}}) Pidgin 2.14.5 and mentioned in that post that we changed the default IRC network in Pidgin from Freenode to Libera.chat. We've also posted on Reddit, Twitter, and Facebook that we established `#pidgin` on Libera.chat and aim to meet our users "wherever they may flock." As part of those posts we said we were monitoring the ongoing situation, implying that we would take whatever we felt would be appropriate action when necessary. Yesterday (2021-06-15), Freenode threw away its decades of history. All user and channel registrations were removed. All active connections to the "old" IRC infrastructure of Freenode were terminated, forcing everyone onto the "new" Freenode. As part of this, Pidgin developers' nickname registrations and, in fact, `#pidgin`'s registration too, were lost. This is the ultimate outcome of what was described as a "hostile takeover" of the Freenode IRC network some weeks ago. We have re-registered `#pidgin` on the new Freenode infrastructure and fully intend to maintain our presence on the new Freenode. However, as a result of these Freenode shenanigans and the overall general movement of the open source software community away from Freenode, we decided that we will now consider our presence on the Libera.chat network to be our "official" IRC presence. Additionally, we also registered `#pidgin` on the OFTC IRC network and are maintaining a presence there. You will now notice that the IRC link on the side bar has been moved to our [contact]({{< ref "contact#chatrooms" >}}) page and now points to Libera.chat's web chat and that we've removed the Freenode links and information on our [contact]({{< ref "contact#chatrooms" >}}) page. This is in keeping with our decision to make Libera.chat our "official" IRC presence. We aren't leaving Freenode as a project, although some people who used to be stalwart presences in `#pidgin` there may not be present anymore. We're going to continue maintaining our presence there as long as the network is not hostile to our presence. We continue to aim to meet our users wherever they may flock.
