Administrivia question: transitioning IRC from Freenode to Libera (or alternative)?

[Mark A. Matienzo]

Hi all,

As you may know, the Freenode IRC network has recently transitioned into hostile ownership leading to most of its staffers resigning [0], [1]. A couple of communities, including Code4Lib and Wikimedia [2], have transitioned to use Libera.chat [3], a new network set up by former Freenode staffers and backed by a Swedish nonprofit organization. 

The PCDM readme refers to the #pcdm channel on Freenode, which is infrequently used. If IRC is still a need, are we willing to transition to another network (e.g. Libera)? Is Samvera Slack an adequate replacement?

Mark

[0] https://gist.github.com/joepie91/df80d8d36cd9d1bde46ba018af497409#disclaimer

[1] https://www.kline.sh/

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC/Migrating_to_Libera_Chat

[3] https://libera.chat

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[Esmé Cowles]

Mark-

I would be fine with updating to reference the C4L Slack — I haven't personally used IRC in many years as the communities I'm engaged with gravitate there.

-Esmé

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[Justin Coyne]

I agree with Esmé. I don't use IRC at all. Slack on code4lib is the best place for now.

-Justin

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[Mark A. Matienzo]

Thanks both. PR to propose the change to the readme formally: https://github.com/duraspace/pcdm/pull/76

Mark

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