Den fre 21 maj 2021 kl 20:25 skrev Giuseppe D'Angelo via Development <development@qt-project.org>: > > On 21/05/2021 20:03, Tuukka Turunen wrote: > > > > Before simply voting for new irc provider, I would still prefer to have > > the QtCS discussion on the topic. > > > > We should also discuss and define what is the intention / intentions of > > the channels, because this can affect the choice. > > I am NOT proposing any changes of the current intentions, usages, > administration, policies; just a mere move of the network. Any further > discussion on the evolution of the online chat services can certainly > happen at QtCS. Really, this thread blew completely out of scope. I'm > pretty sure that if the whole Freenode thing didn't explode, no one > would be discussing the point of "improving the Qt communities" (given > no one has EVER raised that objection in the last, dunno, N years). > > Right now, the reality is that freenode is short-staffed, being rallied > by spambots (which are not being stopped promptly because... > short-staffed), and several people (including me) don't want to spend > there one second more than necessary. A lot of big projects have already > decided to move. For those who still care about IRC, waiting another > month to get a decision is fundamentally a death sentence for those > channels. > > > > If it is for contributors to discuss with each other and release team > > meetings it may be different than if intention is to discuss with Qt > > users. For the latter purposes we should have a bit wider discussion and > > also plan how to best link this to the needs of today. For the former we > > should also consider how to attract new contributors, not only think > > what works best for existing. That being important as well. > > > > Another important thing to note is that everyone developing Qt is now > > pretty much focused in completing thing for Qt 6.2 FF. So now is not the > > best time to plan how to develop the communication channels. > > And in fact I'm not asking for ANY change whatsoever, except for a > network move. Then, keep exactly what we're doing today. > If people can find the time to participate to Dev/Des, and are on IRC, > they can find 10 minutes to express their preference on this matter. > Even a failed vote is OK: it means Libera.Chat can release the block on > the #qt* namespace, and the Qt community there can re-acquire and > re-organize those channels.
I vote move to Libera.Chat, and also agree discussions about other chat services should be held later. Elvis > > > Thanks, > -- > Giuseppe D'Angelo | giuseppe.dang...@kdab.com | Senior Software Engineer > KDAB (France) S.A.S., a KDAB Group company > Tel. France +33 (0)4 90 84 08 53, http://www.kdab.com > KDAB - The Qt, C++ and OpenGL Experts > > _______________________________________________ > Development mailing list > Development@qt-project.org > https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/development _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/development