Hi all,
back in October I have created channels for the buildbtw and signstar projects
[1] which are meant to be publicly accessible for development and general user
activities.
While these work fine on the Libera.Chat side, the bridging via our private
Matrix bridge causes friction:
It is not possible to access the bridged rooms from Matrix without either being
in the private Arch Linux staff space or being invited specifically to that
room.
This is due to the fact, that the official bridge has been shut down in August
2023 and eventually sunset entirely [2].
I raised this issue in the #archlinux-devops channel and after a chat with Jan
the following possible scenarios materialized:
- only use IRC (shut out Matrix users)
- only use Matrix (shut out IRC users)
- continue to invite interested people to bridged Matrix rooms manually
(basically also shut out Matrix users)
- switch to a different IRC network that is (still) accessible via a public
Matrix bridge (e.g. oftc.net [3]) for public rooms
I am not fond of the first three options as they either shut out user groups or
require manual handholding of user additions, which in my mind does not scale.
I'm raising this as a general note, because this is an issue when it comes to
making public rooms available on Matrix beyond our own staff.
For the ALPM project I have therefore chosen the path of least resistance and
created #alpm on oftc.net for the time being.
It would be great to find a less fragmenting solution for public rooms, so I'd
be happy to get some input on this topic.
Best,
David
[1]: https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-projects@lists.archlinux.org…
[2]: https://libera.chat/guides/matrix
[3]: https://oftc.net
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