[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] web/contact: Add libera.chat

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 01:08:57PM +0200, Timo Rothenpieler wrote:
> On 26.05.2021 12:43, Gyan Doshi wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On 2021-05-25 16:37, Timo Rothenpieler wrote:
> > > I'm in favour of switching over to Libera.chat.
> > > Freenodes business model is more than questionable, and some recent
> > > actions of the new staff are questionable at best.
> > > 
> > > The old Freenode staff have switched to Libera in their entirety, so
> > > it seems only natural to follow along than to stay on a network
> > > that's basically under the dictation of a millionaire that's
> > > apparently also somehow some crown prince of Korea(?).
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I wouldn't even add this section without removing the mention of
> > > Freenode at the same time. Listing both is only going to cause
> > > confusion.
> > 
> > Agreed. Things seem to have come to a head within the last day:
> > 
> > https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2021/05/26/announcing-ubuntus-move-to-libera-chat/
> > 
> > https://www.gentoo.org/news/2021/05/26/gentoo-freenode-channels-hijacked.html
> 
> Yes, should probably push this rather sooner than later.
> Freenode has turned into an actively hostile environment and I'd like to
> leave it rather sooner than later.

i didnt expect this to deteriorate so raptidly, it makes no real sense to
me. But given all this, its reasonable to point to libera so ill apply
this patch while removing freenode from our contacts page.
We can always change things if people want something different later

thanks

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