Recognizing Matrix as an official channel

[Farhan Khan]

I apologize for double-posting, it appears my phone's email client removed the spacing. Resending from the web-client.

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Hi,

I am a long-time IRC user. I see that FreeBSD recognizes the EFnet and FreeNode channels as official, as listed here: https://wiki.freebsd.org/IRC/Channels. While it continues to serve the community, there are major limitations and I feel that it might be time to migrate towards a replacement.

The "market" of communication going forward is clearly shifting towards more feature-ful protocols, such as Slack, Discord or Gitter. The only open-source and viable option in this class systems that I see Matrix. There is an active FreeBSD channel located at #FreeBSD:matrix.org, along with a few other BSD-related channels.

I propose making this an officially recognized channel for FreeBSD communication and encouraging migration from IRC to Matrix.

Thank you
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On Mon, Aug 17, 2020, at 12:58 AM, Farhan Khan wrote:
> Hi,I am a long-time IRC user. I see that FreeBSD recognizes the EFnet and FreeNode channels as official, as listed here: https://wiki.freebsd.org/IRC/Channels. While they continues to serve the community, there are major limitations and I feel that it might be time to migrate towards a modern replacement.The "market" of communication going forward is clearly shifting towards more feature-ful protocols, such as Slack, Discord or Gitter. The only open-source and viable option in this class of systems that I see is Matrix. There is an active FreeBSD channel located at #FreeBSD:matrix.org, along with a few other BSD-related channels.I propose making this an officially recognized channel for FreeBSD communication and encouraging migration from IRC to Matrix.Thank you--Farhan KhanPGP Fingerprint: 1312 89CE 663E 1EB2 179C 1C83 C41D 2281 F8DA C0DE
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