Re: irc.gimp.org is now available via Matrix (was: Re: Thoughs about communication)

[Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gmail com>]

Thanks ever so much for this work, Matthew. It's really a great
addition to the communication channels for GNOME, and hopefully people
will start using Matrix much more. :-)

Ciao,
 Emmanuele.

On 2 March 2017 at 19:32, Matthew Hodgson <matthew matrix org> wrote:
> On 03/02/2017 15:57, Matthew Hodgson wrote:
> > > On 3 Feb 2017, at 13:00, Alexandre Franke <afranke gnome org>
> > > Matthew, anything blocking the bridging on our side?
> >
> >
> > Nothing blocking at all; it's all on our side, which has ended up
> > blocked on FOSDEM - we've had to prioritise a sprint to ship new
> > releases for FOSDEM and are currently all on trains to Brussels. It's
> > top of the IRC bridging backlog and we should get to it early next
> > week. Sorry for the delay...
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> We've finally set up a bridge hosted by matrix.org that links GIMPNet into
> Matrix (as per the earlier bits of this thread).  Sorry that it took so long
> to happen: FOSDEM ended up being even crazier than we expected, and we've
> spent the last month handling the traffic increases and operational
> excitements that came off the back of it.
>
> The bridge has been set up to provide access to all of GIMPNet through
> matrix room aliases of form:
>
>  #_gimpnet_${channelname}:matrix.org
>
> e.g.
>
>  #_gimpnet_#gtk+:matrix.org
>
> The easiest way to use the new bridge is probably through Riot, the current
> flagship Matrix client: URLs for direct access to a room via riot-web are of
> the form:
>
> https://riot.im/app/#/room/#_gimpnet_#gtk+:matrix.org
>
> You can also join using "/join #_gimpnet_#gtk+:matrix.org" style syntax, or
> using the graphical room directory (button linked from the bottom left).
>
> We haven't turned on guest access on the bridge, so users are forced to
> register an account (and go through a captcha) before joining channels.
>
> You can spot folks connecting via Matrix as by default they have a [m]
> suffix on their nickname.
>
> Feedback very welcome!  We are still in beta, and very interested in making
> sure it fits the bill for communities like GNOME :)
>
> Matthew
>
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