Following up here - given the responses on this list, I am inclined to
transition to the new Matrix network when it's available. That should be
before the end of the month, at which point we can start working on the
missing tooling.
Cheers,
Josh
On 2019-12-19 11:43 a.m., Josh Bowman-Matthews wrote:
Hi folks! Mozilla has announced [1] that irc.mozilla.org is being
officially replaced by an instance of Riot/Matrix, so we now need to
make a decision about what happens next. The server will shut down in
March 2020, and I see two possible outcomes for our official day-to-day
synchronous project discussions:
1) a #servo channel on the Mozilla Matrix instance
2) a #servo channel on irc.freenode.org
Beyond the question of personal comfort with chat clients, I can think
of the following considerations:
* logging - we currently rely on http://logs.glob.uno/ for persistent
channel logging, run by a Mozilla employee.
* bots
* crowbot is an IRC bot whose biggest responsibilities include github
link integration, collecting standups entries, and recording messages
for users who aren't online.
* bitbot is an IRC bot responsible for reporting github updates to
repositories under the servo organization
Please be aware that there exists an IRC gateway for Matrix which
ajeffrey has successfully used, so if you really like your IRC client
that isn't _necessarily_ a complete blocker.
Am I forgetting anything? I'm on the fence about the choice right now,
and I would like to hear from people who semi-regularly contribute to
discussions (or have a particular interest in lurking) if they have a
preference.
Cheers,
Josh
[1]
https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/synchronous-messaging-at-mozilla-the-decision/50620/2
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