#linux-amlogic IRC channel: move to Libera.Chat or OFTC?

[Jerome Brunet]

On Wed 26 May 2021 at 20:25, Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> today the #linux-amlogic channel on Freenode was taken over by the
> Freenode network administrators: [0]
> I believe it is because the channel subject contained "Also on Libera.Chat".
>
> Due to the recent events going on with Freenode other (large)
> communities are also leaving Freenode, for example:
> - Arch Linux: migrating to Libera.Chat
> - OpenWrt: migrating to OFTC
> - panfrost and lima drivers: migrating to OFTC
> - (many more)
>
> So I think we have two options:
> 1. Moving to Libera.Chat
> 2. Moving to OFTC
> 3. Trying to get back our "old" channel on Freenode
>
> The steps (as far as I can tell) for switching to a new network are:
> - creating #linux-amlogic on the new network (already done by Neil on
> Libera.Chat and OFTC)
> - inviting the whitequark IRC logger to the channel on the new network
> - updating the topic of the new channel to inform users that all
> messages are logged and the logs are available publicly
> - updating our wiki with the new IRC network: [1]
>
> I am not sure which steps need to be taken to get our "old" channel on
> Freenode back.
>
> What do you think?

My 2 cents.
I see no valid reason for what happened today on the channel and I don't
think that trying to argue with freenode's staff is worth the effort

>
> Personally I vote for option #1 or #2.

+1

> I have no strong preference on which network to choose.
>

Is there any difference between the two networks ? 

>
> Best regards,
> Martin
>
>
> [0] https://freenode.irclog.whitequark.org/linux-amlogic/2021-05-26
> [1] http://linux-meson.com/