Reevaluating choice of IRC network for our service bots

[Radosław Piliszek]

On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 5:20 PM Ghanshyam Mann <gmann at ghanshyammann.com> wrote:
>
>  ---- On Mon, 24 May 2021 15:34:19 -0500 Jeremy Stanley <fungi at yuggoth.org> wrote ----
>  > On 2021-05-24 11:19:12 -0500 (-0500), Ghanshyam Mann wrote:
>  > [...]
>  > > Does openinfra projects have their individual choice which one
>  > > they want to move or continue OR there will be only a single
>  > > network provided/supported by opendev based on the majority of
>  > > openinfra projects feedback.
>  > [...]
>  >
>  > Technically those are two separate questions, so I'll do my best to
>  > answer them both.
>  >
>  > OpenDev doesn't mandate communication choices for projects, you're
>  > always free to communicate where you like.
>  >
>  > However, OpenDev doesn't provide nor plan to provide services
>  > spanning multiple IRC networks, so we'll attempt to accommodate
>  > whichever network the majority of our projects are using. If that's
>  > Freenode then clearly we don't need to change anything. If it's OFTC
>  > then that's a contingency we've planned for, and we can execute a
>  > move of our services there fairly quickly. If it's some other IRC
>  > network then expect longer delays and a fair bit more work on our
>  > part.
>  >
>  > The fact that we've kept channels registered for everyone on OFTC is
>  > fairly significant, because that means we don't need to wrest
>  > control from anyone who might already be hanging out in them.
>  > Without that, some channels (particularly those not namespaced)
>  > could take years to get under our control, if ever.
>  > --
>
> Thanks for the details.
>
> In today TC ad-hoc meeting, we concluded in OpenStack that we are moving to OFTC
>
> Details and agreement with action plan are below etherpad:
> - https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/openstack-irc

Final published notice:
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-discuss/2021-May/022718.html

-yoctozepto