Move from IRC to Matrix?

Sat Feb 24 10:24:21 CET 2024

Hello, hope i don't get slained for joining XFCE Matrix with my GNOME account :P

Den fre 23 feb. 2024 kl 21:06 skrev Brian Tarricone <brian at tarricone.org>:
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> Hello all,
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> It's been a while on this topic, but we've been on Matrix for nearly 6 months now, and so far those of us there are pretty happy with it.  Since that time, we've taken ownership of #xfce-dev:matrix.org, and I've written a bot that publishes release announcements (to #xfce:matrix.org and #xfce-dev:matrix.org) and gitlab activity (to #xfce-commits:matrix.org).
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> Another thing that's changed (and not for the better) is the announcement that there will no longer be any kind of officially-hosted bridging between Matrix and LiberaChat, so we will be unable to re-enable seamless interop between the two platforms in the future, at least not without maintaining our own bridge, which we don't want to do.
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> At this point we believe multiple "official" chat venues will be both confusing and an extra burden, so we're going to "shut down" the IRC channels as of 2024-03-31.  We'll update the topics soon to announce the impending move.
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> Cheers,
> Brian
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> On Wed, Sep 13, 2023, at 22:18, Brian Tarricone wrote:
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> Ok, we've gained ownership of #xfce-dev:matrix.org.  Haven't done anything with it yet, but feel free to join!
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> On Wed, Sep 13, 2023, at 00:03, Olivier Fourdan wrote:
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> Hey!
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> No objection from either.
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> Cheers
> Olivier
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> On Tue, 12 Sept 2023 at 21:54, <andre at andreldm.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
> I've been using The Lounge as bouncer/client for many years, it's been serving me well, I don't exactly want to investe time migrating to something else, however, if other devs want it, I accept it.
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> Cheers,
> Andre Miranda
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> Sep 11, 2023, 21:20 by acs82 at gmx.de:
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> Hi all,
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> thank you for bringing this up Brian!
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> After the libera bridge has been shut down, I tried to get ZNC + Hexchat to run ... one hour of configuration trial & error later I gave up and went to bed 😠
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> Currently I barely have time to maintain thunar. So currently not much interest in dumping more time into getting ZNC/IRC to run again. (Knowing that there are other tools which just work out of the box makes it even more frustrating)
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> Another pro argument for Matrix: Keeping the entrance barrier low will be beneficial for attracting new contributors.
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> So a big +1 from my side for moving #xfce-dev over to Matrix
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> Cheers, alex(xcons)
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> Am 10.09.23 um 21:49 schrieb Brian Tarricone:
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> Hey all,
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> As most of us have found, the matrix.org bridge between Matrix and Libera has been shut down due to various bugs and other issues that the Libera team weren't happy about.  And, apparently, the "plumbed channels" feature (which has not been shut down) is currently not working at matrix.org.
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> While I've been using ZNC and IRC directly (with various annoyances and issues), quite a few of us (Gaël and Alex at least) had been using the Matrix bridge to get to #xfce-dev etc.  (I've recently set up my own personal Matrix homeserver and have bridged my user account over to IRC, and I really like the experience so far, much better than my previous ZNC+Hexchat experience.)
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> I'd like to propose that we move #xfce-dev over to Matrix, for the following reasons:
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> * Chat history comes for free and is directly integrated.  No need to run a bouncer or check some web-based bot-generated IRC chat history every time you connect.
> * We get threads, message reactions, longer messages, attachments, syntax highlighting, etc.  Essentially, "modern chat stuff".  I know some people might think this sort of thing is superfluous and silly, but after spending some time away from IRC, on platforms like Slack, I find I really do miss these things (in that they actually make communication easier, not just that they're "fun" or "cute").
> * Matrix an open, federated protocol, so there's minimal lock-in or risk of a proprietary service screwing us over.  Certainly we're tied to whatever homeserver we pick to host the channel (presumably matrix.org), but if we really wanted to, we could even run an xfce.org homeserver (someday, certainly not today), and then have full control over the channels.
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> There are certainly downsides:
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> * Anyone without a Matrix account will have to create one, and join yet another service.
> * Bots running in our IRC channels will presumably have to be rewritten or modified to use Matrix APIs.
> * Minor wrinkle: #xfce-dev:matrix.org is currently owned by a community member.  They claim they are squatting on the name and holding it in case one of us wants to do something with it (and will transfer ownership), but who knows if they're actively around and would respond to requests.
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> At this time I'm only proposing moving #xfce-dev, and not #xfce or #xfce-commits.  My reasoning here is that our development team is currently split communication-wise between the now-non-bridged channel on Matrix, and the channel on IRC, so we have a current need to fix the development team's communication.  If we end up liking having #xfce-dev on Matrix, we can talk about moving the other channels later.
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> Thoughts?
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>      -brian
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