I found this article about what's up with FreeNode: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/freenode-irc-has-been-taken-over-by-the-crown-prince-of-korea/
-Fred On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 11:48 AM Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: > Could someone provide more background on this event? Are there wars going > on between different IRC providers?!? > > On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 6:43 AM Victor Stinner <vstin...@python.org> > wrote: > >> By the way, #python also moved to Libera Chat: >> https://www.pound-python.org/ >> >> The PSF (Group Contact) owns #python*, #pypa* and #psf* channels on >> Libera. >> >> I updated the IRC informations in the Python devguide. >> >> I'm still migrating #python-dev-notifs bots to Libera. >> >> Victor >> >> On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 12:46 PM Victor Stinner <vstin...@python.org> >> wrote: >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > The #python-dev IRC channel moves from Freenode to Libera Chat: >> > https://libera.chat/ I'm connected as vstinner, see you there ;-) Join >> > the channel if you would like to talk about the development of Python >> > itself (the VM, bytecode, stdlib, etc.)! >> > >> > Moreover, bots notifications (GitHub, buildbots, bugs.python.org) are >> > now in a new dedicated channel #python-dev-notifs so humans can talk >> > together again! :-) The migration is on-going, right now some >> > notifications are still on Freenode. >> > >> > -- >> > >> > Yesterday evening, Freenode admins decided to take the control of the >> > #python-fr channel on Freenode (which now redirects to a new >> > ##python-fr channel), only because the channel topic contained >> > "libera"! The french Python association ("AFPy") managing #python-fr >> > lost control and decided to migrate to Libera Chat (libera.chat). >> > Announcement in french: >> > https://www.afpy.org/posts/actualites/1622023152 >> > >> > I'm disappointed by how the events are going. At least, it motivated >> > me to move bots notfications ;-) >> > >> > Victor >> > -- >> > Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. >> >> >> >> -- >> Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. >> _______________________________________________ >> Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ >> Message archived at >> https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/R3YTKHTUPMF3W5UH2YP4ACXHBXTQLQUE/ >> Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >> > > > -- > --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) > *Pronouns: he/him **(why is my pronoun here?)* > <http://feministing.com/2015/02/03/how-using-they-as-a-singular-pronoun-can-change-the-world/> > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/IAIOXCDC32BB5OSEK6HUEU244EW7B6DT/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > -- Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fred at fdrake.net> "There is nothing more uncommon than common sense." --Frank Lloyd Wright
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