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    <p>I stopped paying attention to freenode when there was never any
      activity there for months. As far as I have seen, slack and the
      email list are the only resources anybody seems to use anymore.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/7/21 9:11 AM, Amar Tumballi wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="auto">We (at least many developers and some users)
        actively use Slack at <a href="https://gluster.slack.com"
          moz-do-not-send="true">https://gluster.slack.com</a>
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        <div dir="auto">While I agree that it's not a free/open
          alternative to IRC, it does get many questions answered, and
          also gets communication happen related to the project.</div>
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        <div dir="auto">Regards,</div>
        <div dir="auto">Amar</div>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 7 Jun, 2021, 9:27 pm
          Jordan Erickson, <<a
            href="mailto:jerickson@logicalnetworking.net"
            moz-do-not-send="true">jerickson@logicalnetworking.net</a>>
          wrote:<br>
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          .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I'm
          relatively new to the community but I would vote for having a
          point <br>
          of presence on libera.chat, or OFTC as some other F/OSS
          projects are <br>
          moving there as an alternative. I use IRC daily for supporting
          my own <br>
          projects as well as related projects such as GlusterFS.
          Personally I <br>
          hadn't heard of Matrix until the whole Freenode fiasco
          happened, so I <br>
          would imagine others may be in the same boat. Anyway, just my
          $0.02 :)<br>
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          Cheers,<br>
          Jordan Erickson<br>
          <br>
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          On 6/7/21 5:51 AM, Anoop C S wrote:<br>
          > Hi all,<br>
          > <br>
          > I hope many of us are aware of the recent changes that
          happened at<br>
          > Freenode IRC network(in case you are not, feel free to
          look into<br>
          > details based on various resignation letters from
          long-time then<br>
          > Freenode staff starting with [1]). In the light of this
          take over<br>
          > situation, many open source communities have moved over
          to its<br>
          > replacement i.e, libera.chat[2].<br>
          > <br>
          > Now I would like to open this up to GlusterFS community
          to think about<br>
          > moving forward with our current IRC channels(#gluster,
          #gluster-dev and<br>
          > #gluster-meeting) on Freenode. How important are those
          channels for<br>
          > GlusterFS project? How about moving over to libera.chat
          in case we<br>
          > stick to IRC communication?<br>
          > <br>
          > Let's discuss and conclude on the way forward..<br>
          > <br>
          > Note:- Matrix[3] platform is also an option nowadays and
          we do have a<br>
          > Gluster room(#gluster:<a href="http://matrix.org"
            rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
            moz-do-not-send="true">matrix.org</a>) there !
          welcome..welcome :-)<br>
          > <br>
          > Regards,<br>
          > Anoop C S<br>
          > <br>
          > <br>
          > [1] <a
            href="https://fuchsnet.ch/freenode-resign-letter.txt"
            rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
            moz-do-not-send="true">https://fuchsnet.ch/freenode-resign-letter.txt</a><br>
          > [2] <a href="https://libera.chat/" rel="noreferrer
            noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://libera.chat/</a><br>
          > [3] <a href="https://matrix.org/" rel="noreferrer
            noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://matrix.org/</a><br>
          > <br>
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          > <br>
          > Schedule -<br>
          > Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 14:30 IST / 09:00 UTC<br>
          > Bridge: <a href="https://meet.google.com/cpu-eiue-hvk"
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          > Gluster-users mailing list<br>
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            target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">Gluster-users@gluster.org</a><br>
          > <a
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          > <br>
          <br>
          -- <br>
          Jordan Erickson (PGP: 0x78DD41CB)<br>
          Logical Networking Solutions, 707-636-5678<br>
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          Community Meeting Calendar:<br>
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          Schedule -<br>
          Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 14:30 IST / 09:00 UTC<br>
          Bridge: <a href="https://meet.google.com/cpu-eiue-hvk"
            rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
            moz-do-not-send="true">https://meet.google.com/cpu-eiue-hvk</a><br>
          Gluster-users mailing list<br>
          <a href="mailto:Gluster-users@gluster.org" target="_blank"
            rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">Gluster-users@gluster.org</a><br>
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            href="https://lists.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users"
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Schedule -
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 14:30 IST / 09:00 UTC
Bridge: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://meet.google.com/cpu-eiue-hvk">https://meet.google.com/cpu-eiue-hvk</a>
Gluster-users mailing list
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Gluster-users@gluster.org">Gluster-users@gluster.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users">https://lists.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users</a>
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