Upheaval at freenode

Posted May 24, 2021 0:37 UTC (Mon) by pabs (subscriber, #43278)
In reply to: Upheaval at freenode by rickmoen
Parent article: Upheaval at freenode

What you posted means the Devuan channel operators moved the channels to libera and then set the "restricted" mode on the channel, which prevents people from joining the channel and bans them when they do. It is a fairly confusing way of redirecting people to another network, but it is effective.

The Devuan website says that they have moved to Libera:

"Devuan-related channels are found on the Libera IRC network"

https://www.devuan.org/os/community

Upheaval at freenode

Posted May 24, 2021 1:31 UTC (Mon) by rickmoen (subscriber, #6943) [Link] (2 responses)

pabs, that's possible, thanks. I attended the Thursday Devuan planning meeting that agreed upon what to do about the dispute. FWIW, at that time there was no plan to set restricted mode on any existing channel -- to the best of my recollection.

Upheaval at freenode

Posted May 24, 2021 1:36 UTC (Mon) by pabs (subscriber, #43278) [Link] (1 responses)

That may have been my fault, I recommended restricted mode to DocScrutinizer05 for another channel after noting its use on another channel I was on.

I don't know if there is a less harsh but still effective way to indicate a channel has moved to another network.

Either way, it sounds like freenode policies are changing to allow them to revert any indicators that a channel has moved to another network.

Upheaval at freenode

Posted May 24, 2021 2:26 UTC (Mon) by rickmoen (subscriber, #6943) [Link]

That makes sense (and I just found the ChanServ docs explaining what SET RESTRICTED causes to happen in a channel, just as you posted that). Appreciate your help figuring it out.