Re: [Gimp-developer] #gimp irc invitation only?

[Elle Stone <ellestone ninedegreesbelow com>]

On 08/23/2018 11:25 AM, Paka wrote:
> * Elle Stone <ellestone ninedegreesbelow com> [08-23-18 11:18]:
> > On 01/15/2018 03:32 PM, Michael Schumacher wrote:
> > > On 01/15/2018 09:17 PM, Elle Stone wrote:
> > >
> > > > [INFO]    This channel is invite-only. You must have an invite from an
> > > > existing member of the channel to join. Use "/knock #gimp" to ask the
> > > > channel operators to invite you in. [Knock]
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas what's going on?
> > >
> > > There was a netsplit, and when reconnecting, one of the servers set the
> > > channel mode to +i(nvite only)
> > >
> > > There is no obvious reason why it should be set this way, so I changed
> > > it back.
> >
> > Hmm, the same thing just happened again:
> >
> > This channel is invite-only. You must have an invite from an existing member
> > of the channel to join. Use "/knock #gimp" to ask the channel operators to
> > invite you in.
>
> it was instituted freenode wide to accept *only* registered users due to
> spamming.  it requires you "log" in using a password to your *registered*
> id.
>    go to #freenode
>    make sure your nick is correctly set
>    /msg nickserv identify <your-password>
>    

Hi Paka,

I just did register with #freenode. But I still get the same 
"invite-only" message when trying to join #gimp.

Is freenode even related to irc.gimp.org?

Does freenode handle all nick registrations?

Does irc.gimp.org require separate registraton?

Best,
Elle