[vorbis-dev] Re: [theora] xiph.org irc channels moving

[Trae McCombs]

I can't remember why I signed up for these lists to start with, but I've
been monitoring them for quite some time now.  

At any rate, I think the move to freenode is probably best.  The
problems a lot of people had with OPN's spam^Wglobal messages being
excessive, seem to have all but gone away.  

Just my two pennies, I figured since I get tons of email from this list
I might as well pitch in a word or two now and then ;)

- Trae McCombs
http://theinterference.com/

ps. keep up the great work!

<p>On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 20:44, Jeremy Nickurak wrote:
> I'd just like to throw my 2 cents in here. 
> 
> I can understand the need to drop a xiph irc server. However, I do take 
> issue with moving to Freenode. The reason that we moved so long ago (as 
> I understand it) is that an overwhelming flood of politics made real 
> vorbis discussion uncomfortable. A few people took things personally and
> acted out, and pretty soon everybody was on edge. Just looking at all 
> three channels from the two networks now, it seems that this same effect
> is already starting to return at the very mention of this situation 
> coming back to everybody's attention. On top of that freenode has a 
> history of technical problems (splits, rehubbings, dns failures like 
> that one they suffered yesterday), and political problems (accusations 
> of censorship mostly). 
> 
> 
> If someone can give me a reason to believe that these issues have been 
> resolved, I'd be more than happy to hear it. I just haven't seen any 
> evidence of it yet. 
> 
> 
> In lieu of that, can we please consider another irc network, like OFTC, 
> or Slashnet? 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 17:40, Ralph Giles wrote: 
> > Everybody,
> > 
> > We're shutting down irc.xiph.org, which has hosted our official
> > development and support IRC channels for the past couple of years.
> > The main channels (#vorbis, #icecast, #theora, #positron) have
> > moved to irc.freenode.net; please go there with your support or
> > development questions.
> > 
> > We'd also like to take this opportunity to refocus the channels
> > on development and support. Freenode is a network for open source
> > developers and their projects; please try to keep discussion
> > on topic. Adiabatic and vanguardist have started a #vorbis-talk
> > channel for social stuff.
> > 
> > The current server will be shutdown on or before next Sunday, October
> 5,
> > to give everyone some time to learn of the change and migrate.
> > 
> > A number t of people have asked about the reasons behind the move.
> > We've never liked running the ircd on the server that hosts the more
> > critical cvs/mail/web services. The Xiph.org Foundation board made
> > a decision some time ago to remove the irc server; in the intervening
> > months our irc opers haven't been able to find a more suitable host.
> > The move to the freenode network represents the most logical choice
> > of network for our project.
> > 
> > I'd also like to thank our opers for their work in running the
> xiph.org
> > irc network. We really appreciate your time and effort.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > -r
> > 
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