Ubuntu Devs Debate Switching Discussion from IRC to Matrix

Ubuntu is mulling a switch to Matrix from IRC to handle real-time development discussion. Canonical’s Robbie Bask has has begin a discussion on the Ubuntu Developer Mailing list regarding a potential switch in an effort to find consensus for or against such a move, but urges devs in favour not to abandon Ubuntu IRC channels just yet. “First let’s discuss, and if we decide to move, then we can pick a date to move the “official” place for realtime Ubuntu developer conversation,” he writes, adding that If Ubuntu’s development discussions — we’re talking discussions between approved Ubuntu developers, Canonical engineers,
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