Proposal on consolidation our chat platforms

[quba42]

I don’t have strong opinions on matrix or IRC from a technical usage point of view (I have my gripes with every chat program I have ever used), so my main consideration is this:

The Pulp community seems to be all Matrix now (at least until such a time where the bridge is back), so I have to use Matrix anyway. I therefore prefer to use Matrix for Foreman as well. I find using two clients in parallel to be much worse than settling on one client (no matter what gripes I might have with it).

@Marek_Hulan In the meantime, now that we have some admins, I want to reiterate my suggestion from the previous thread:

@quba42

A modest proposal to reduce confusion: Is it possible to boot the dead Libera.Chat accounts from the matrix rooms?

That way, the room info user list, would not create the mistaken impression that people who only joined via Libera are still present and listening. Right now matrix is still offering tab completion for pinging these dead accounts.

Or would kicking these currently dead accounts somehow cause problems for these people if and when the bridge were to come back “a few months from now”?