Re: Matrix IRC bridge considered harmful

[Matthew Hodgson <matthew matrix org>]

On 14/02/2020 21:08, Matthew Hodgson via desktop-devel-list wrote:

> and a bridging problem that's specific to the #gnome room.
>
> This is because (for historical reasons) there are two instances of 
> #gnome on Matrix - one is a 'portal' into the IRC channel 
> (#_gimpnet_#gnome:gnome.org) and the other is a plain Matrix room 
> (#gnome:matrix.org) which has been 'plumbed' into #gnome on gimpnet.  
> Irritatingly there are a bunch of legitimate Matrix users in both 
> rooms, and each see the activity of the other Matrix users bridged via 
> IRC, which indeed looks like 'garbage'.
>
> We'll fix this shortly by unplumbing #gnome:matrix.org; migrating the 
> users in the #gnome:matrix.org room into the portal room (and pointing 
> #gnome:matrix.org at the portal room), and then upgrading the portal 
> room to flush out any idle users.
This has now been fixed as of 00:50 GMT or so.

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Matthew Hodgson
Matrix.org