Faidon wrote: > Setting up and properly maintaining an IRC network is extremely > complicated. We really *really* shouldn't do that, esp. since there is > no reason for us to do so, when there are other open networks around.
freenode servers are hosted, not maintained. Which means, they want the server (and its bandwidth), not that the hoster maintains the irc network. On 21/06/12 14:24, K. Peachey wrote: > (Last I saw) Freenode wants full root access on the boxes, Something > that ops more than likely won't want to do if its sitting on our > networks. Not exactly, they would like it, but it's not a requirement. "Where possible we look for dedicated machines with root access, however, we will consider different set-ups too." http://freenode.net/hosting_ircd.shtml The requisites are pretty basic, and seem easy to fulfill. The only complexity would come because ops would probably want to isolate that server from the rest of the network. The rest is just "donating" hardware and bandwidth. Which given by the service provided by freenode to the wikimedia community, seems justified. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
