Seems like at libera.chat they solved the temporary issues they had,
and registrations are back up. I registered both my nick and #zeromq to
avoid squatting. If there are no strong objections, I'd propose to
switch to libera.chat by the weekend.

On Fri, 2021-05-21 at 09:41 +0200, Arnaud Loonstra wrote:
> I had lost track of the IRC channel after some move to slack years ago. 
> Better dig up my IRC client again.
> 
> I have no preference so anything that's a preference for anyone.
> 
> Rg,
> 
> Arnaud
> 
> On 21-05-2021 08:55, Jim Melton wrote:
> > FWIW, I registered my Freenode nick at libra.chat in about 2 minutes. 
> > Not that hard
> > --
> > Jim Melton
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > On May 19, 2021, at 10:26 AM, Luca Boccassi <[email protected] 
> > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > It looks like Freenode has been subject to an hostile takeover. We
> > > should move away the #zeromq IRC channel from it.
> > > 
> > > https://boingboing.net/2021/05/19/freenode-irc-staff-quit-after-new-owner-seizes-control.html
> > >  
> > > <https://boingboing.net/2021/05/19/freenode-irc-staff-quit-after-new-owner-seizes-control.html>
> > > 
> > > The former Freenode staff created a new domain, libera.chat - it seems
> > > to be under heavy load and it's not possible to register nickanems
> > > right now. There's also the pre-existing oftc.net, which for example
> > > hosts all Debian's channels.
> > > 
> > > Any preferences between the two?
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Kind regards,
> > > Luca Boccassi
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