Say you want to contribute to a project and find out the only way to do so is by discussing the issue on IRC or the mailing list, then submitting the patch per email.

  • @[email protected]
    12•1 year ago

    IRC is fine, so are mailing lists; I use both, plus various git forges, to contribute to open source projects.

    IRC is still going strong on OFTC and Libera.chat

    I get that the younger folks like discord, but seriously it’s a proprietary mess that locks everything behind a wall and tries to extract payment from each and every user.

    • @xnasero
      4•1 year ago

      If you host thelounge using IRC is quite cool. As you get a better experience with backed up messages and stuff.