Hi everyone,
as some of you noticed, lately there've been challenges around Freenode,
the IRC network that has been home to a number of openSUSE channels for
years.
See, for example,
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/freenode-irc-has-been-taken-over-by-...
https://news.itsfoss.com/freenode-controversy/
Approached by several of you we discussed this with those, the board,
and the weekly release meeting. There is consensus to move our channels
to Libera.Chat ( https://libera.chat ), a new network many other projects
are migrating to as well.
With help from Antonio and Sasi I already registered the openSUSE project
with Libera.Chat (which by itself is not a move yet) and Marcus R. and
others are ready to execute the move.
The plan of record is to move quickly. If you have any concerns or
questions, please advise as soon as possible. Likewise if you support.
Thanks,
Gerald
PS: https://code.opensuse.org/board/tickets/issue/4 publicly tracks
this matter on the openSUSE side; feel free to chime in there.
--
Dr. Gerald Pfeifer