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

[Paka <paka opensuse org>]

* Elle Stone <ellestone ninedegreesbelow com> [08-23-18 11:42]:
> 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?

no, not "related".  freenode provides irc service connections and I can
access #gimp from there.
  paka (~paka@opensuse/member/Paka) has joined #gimp

> Does freenode handle all nick registrations?

as far as I know

> Does irc.gimp.org require separate registraton?

"registering" alone is not enough,
  did you do "/msg nickserv identify <password>"

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