For a long time, irc.debian.org has been provided as a service by Freenode [1], the well-known Free Software friendly IRC network. However, as time has passed, more and more of our discussions have instead been taking place on OFTC, the Open and Free Technology Community [2]. In recognition of that, we have decided to move the irc.debian.org alias over to use OFTC. OFTC is also a sister organisation of Debian, as both are supported and represented by Software in the Public Interest, Inc. [3] We wish to thank Freenode for their support over the years, and wish them every success in the future. IRC clients configured to connect to irc.debian.org (as with most IRC clients packaged in Debian) should need no changes by users wishing to follow the changeover, but long-running clients may need to be reconnected or restarted. Developers will be on hand in most of the common development channels on both networks in case any help is needed. The date of this network changeover will be Sunday the 4th of June. The change may take a few hours to propagate through the DNS system on that day. [1] http://freenode.net/ [2] http://www.oftc.net/oftc/ [3] http://www.spi-inc.org/ -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com "Further comment on how I feel about IBM will appear once I've worked out whether they're being malicious or incompetent. Capital letters are forecast." Matthew Garrett, http://www.livejournal.com/users/mjg59/30675.html
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