[Gluster-devel] [Gluster-users] Freenode takeover and GlusterFS IRC channels

Tue Jun 8 12:09:19 UTC 2021

I'm sorry, you lost me there. Could you rephrase?

On June 7, 2021 4:54:09 PM PDT, Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw.ml at ithnet.com> wrote:
>Joe, all tools are available. All that is needed is a _personal
>decision_ to
>use them. It is a personal decision to 
>- not give all your contacts to whatsapp, gmail, apple, hotmail,
>facebook
>  but use an own cloud instance for it
>- not drag all your contacts into whatsapp
>  but give them an XMPP account instead
>- not give google and apple all your tracking data
>but reflash your mobile and feed your data into your personal mqtt
>service
>- not use gmail accounts
>  but use your own private email service
>- not use zoom,webex,teams et al
>  but use your cloud service for that
>- not use whatsapp/facebook for voice/video calls
>but use your XMPP client for that with no need to give your mobile
>number
>
>It's all _there_ _now_. If you don't use it you simply _decided_
>against it.
>Make that transparent to yourself.
>--
>Regards,
>Stephan
>
>
>
>
>On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 14:34:51 -0700
>Joe Julian <joe at julianfamily.org> wrote:
>
>> Most people already use slack for work and most of the projects with 
>> high engagement use it, too. While I agree that I wish the open
>source 
>> community would adopt open source tools, the reality is we still use 
>> GitHub, Slack, and Zoom for the majority of them. Using the tools
>that 
>> your community is already using is usually a more effective way of 
>> supporting engagement.
>> 
>> On 6/7/21 2:18 PM, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote:
>> > And why don't you just do the right thing and drop these
>semi-closed-source
>> > stuff and use XMPP, about the only free/GPLed messenger service.
>> > It has:
>> > - no central provider
>> > - no central servers
>> > - server software free for anyone to install
>> > - lots of free xmpp services around
>> > - crypted or not crypted on user choice
>> >  
>> > -> https://xmpp.org/  
>> >
>> > You use email, why?
>> >
>> > --
>> > Regards,
>> > Stephan
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 21:41:11 +0530
>> > Amar Tumballi <amar at kadalu.io> wrote:
>> >  
>> >> We (at least many developers and some users) actively use Slack at
>> >> https://gluster.slack.com
>> >>
>> >> 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.
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Amar
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, 7 Jun, 2021, 9:27 pm Jordan Erickson, <  
>> >> jerickson at logicalnetworking.net> wrote:  
>> >>  
>> >>> I'm relatively new to the community but I would vote for having a
>point
>> >>> of presence on libera.chat, or OFTC as some other F/OSS projects
>are
>> >>> moving there as an alternative. I use IRC daily for supporting my
>own
>> >>> projects as well as related projects such as GlusterFS.
>Personally I
>> >>> hadn't heard of Matrix until the whole Freenode fiasco happened,
>so I
>> >>> would imagine others may be in the same boat. Anyway, just my
>$0.02 :)
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Cheers,
>> >>> Jordan Erickson
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On 6/7/21 5:51 AM, Anoop C S wrote:  
>> >>>> Hi all,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I hope many of us are aware of the recent changes that happened
>at
>> >>>> Freenode IRC network(in case you are not, feel free to look into
>> >>>> details based on various resignation letters from long-time then
>> >>>> Freenode staff starting with [1]). In the light of this take
>over
>> >>>> situation, many open source communities have moved over to its
>> >>>> replacement i.e, libera.chat[2].
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Now I would like to open this up to GlusterFS community to think
>about
>> >>>> moving forward with our current IRC channels(#gluster,
>#gluster-dev and
>> >>>> #gluster-meeting) on Freenode. How important are those channels
>for
>> >>>> GlusterFS project? How about moving over to libera.chat in case
>we
>> >>>> stick to IRC communication?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Let's discuss and conclude on the way forward..
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Note:- Matrix[3] platform is also an option nowadays and we do
>have a
>> >>>> Gluster room(#gluster:matrix.org) there ! welcome..welcome :-)
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Regards,
>> >>>> Anoop C S
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> [1] https://fuchsnet.ch/freenode-resign-letter.txt
>> >>>> [2] https://libera.chat/
>> >>>> [3] https://matrix.org/
>> >>>>
>> >>>> ________
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Community Meeting Calendar:
>> >>>>
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>> >>>>     
>> >>> --
>> >>> Jordan Erickson (PGP: 0x78DD41CB)
>> >>> Logical Networking Solutions, 707-636-5678
>> >>> ________
>> >>>
>> >>>
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