1712319 - Update default IRC server to libera.chat

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Chat Core :: IRC, task)

Description

[Patrick Cloke [:clokep]]

There's been some goings on with freenode recently (it seems all the staff have resigned and a new party is in charge of the network). We use freenode as our default option in Thunderbird and should consider updating it.

https://gist.github.com/joepie91/df80d8d36cd9d1bde46ba018af497409 has some background.

Most of the communities I'm in seem to have moved to libera.chat, which is where the former freenode staff have moved to.

Comment 1

[Patrick Cloke [:clokep]]

Attachment: Patch v1

1. Changes the default IRC network from freenode to libera.chat.
2. Handles the SaslServ annoyance that libera.chat has.
3. Updates some old code to use startsWith instead of slicing.

I'm unsure about #1, but it seems like there's been a decent sized migration of projects already. Any thoughts Martin?

Comment 2

[Martin Giger [:freaktechnik]]

Comment on attachment 9222993 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch v1

Review of attachment 9222993 [details] [diff] [review]:
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Regarding #1: I'm not that immersed in the IRC ecosystem anymore. I've heard from a few people that they migrated to libera.chat or changed platform. My main contact point with freenode has been via the matrix bridge as of late, and none of the rooms I'm in have changed over yet as far as I can tell (is there even a bridge yet?).

::: chat/protocols/irc/ircServices.jsm
@@ +275,5 @@
>  
>        return false;
>      },
>  
> +    SaslServ(aMessage) {

JSDoc?

@@ +276,5 @@
>        return false;
>      },
>  
> +    SaslServ(aMessage) {
> +      let text = aMessage.params[1];

I'd probably do this after the fast path to skip

Comment 3

[Patrick Cloke [:clokep]]

Attachment: Patch v1.1

Thanks for the feedback. We can let the dust settle a bit more and slim this down to just the SaslServ stuff if necessary.

Comment 4

[Patrick Cloke [:clokep]]

Comment on attachment 9223009 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch v1.1

(Oops your r+ed the previous one, just pushing that forward.)

Comment 5

[Patrick Cloke [:clokep]]

OK, let's land this.

Comment 6

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/bceb3b316e28
Update default IRC server to libera.chat. r=freaktechnik