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[Vlad Glagolev <stealth AT nod.nz>]

Hello everyone!

The second vote has failed, but given recent events [0], discussions on
IRC and opinions and votes of those who voted (5 votes out of 5 total
towards leaving Freenode), I decided to move forward with migration to
Libera.Chat. Please read the full announcement here:

https://sourcemage.org/News/leaving-freenode/

In addition Justin and I discussed deprecation of some non-essential
IRC channels that have had zero users for years to simplify maintenance.

That might be only temporary as we can easily claim #sourcemage-*
channel space per Libera.Chat policies. Let me know if anyone disagrees
with that and we will revert that decision.

Thank you.

[0] 
https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-and-gnu-move-official-irc-channels-to-libera-chat-network

On Mon, 31 May 2021 11:40:57 -0700
Vlad Glagolev <stealth AT nod.nz> wrote:

> Hello mages!
> 
> Part of the reason the previous vote [0] failed was that we had too many
> options provided.
> 
> I'd like to start another vote with just 2:
> 
> 1. Leaving Freenode
> 2. Staying on Freenode
> 
> Many communities have migrated so far [1] and many are in the process,
> so it's only a matter of time before Freenode userbase drops [2] to
> the point of only a few left [3].
> 
> Things to remember [4]:
> 
> - GPG-sign your vote.
> - Send your vote *only* to this list (sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org).
> - Vote starts at 11:40 PDT on May 31, 2021 and ends at 11:40 PDT on June
>   7, 2021.
> - All Lead Developers *must* vote.
> - General Developers *may* vote.
> 
> [0] https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/sm-discuss/2021-May/022481.html
> [1] https://github.com/siraben/freenode-exodus
> [2] https://isfreenodedeadyet.com
> [3] 
> https://github.com/search?o=desc&q=libera.chat&s=committer-date&type=Commits
> [4] https://sourcemage.org/Policy/Voting
> 
> --
> Vlad Glagolev <stealth AT nod.nz>


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