Over the past few days spambots have been hitting freenode's IRC
channels[0, 1]. It turns out the #numpy channel has no operator, so we
cannot make the channel mode "|+q $~a"[2] - i.e. only registered
freenode users can talk but anyone can listen.
I was in touch with the freenode staff, they requested that someone from
the steering council reach out to them at ||proje...@freenode.net, here
is the quote from the discussion:
"
it's pretty much a matter of them sending an email telling us who they'd
like to represent them on freenode, which channels and cloak namespaces
they want, and any info we might need on the project
"
In the mean time they set the channel mode appropriately, so this is
also a notice that if you want to chat on the #numpy IRC channel you
need to register.
Hope someone from the council picks this up and reaches out to them, and
will decide who is to able to become channel operators (the recommended
practice is to use it like sudo, only assume the role when needed then
turn it back off).
Matti
[0] https://freenode.net/news/spambot-attack
[1] https://freenode.net/news/spam-shake
[2] https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/201808/fighting_spam_on_freenode.html
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