Funny, I feel like I JUST saw something like this happen somewhere else...
[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20210224203331/https://github.co...
In all likelihood, they probably just had their commit access revoked, or are just hiding their membership as part of the organization.
We're not getting off Freenode because we don't like Andrew Lee's politics, we do because we have no faith at all in his skill as a network operator.
Frankly, Lee wishes this was a right vs left thing.
0: https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/1ba48840a112dfacf13cbb...
Log of my interaction with Geert: https://paste.debian.net/1198991/. It's been edited to remove join/parts.
My take: the irssi community has not made a decision to move from Freenode to Libera. The commit pointing the default network from Freenode to Libera was thus premature. The revert title could have been worded better.
All it had to say was "reverting as this was premature".
Even better "irc.example.com" to never make it a problem again.
https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commits?author=GeertHauwaerts
Everything is political. The conscious decision to stay put is as political as everything else.
What they want to say is: "We don't want to get involved in this and save our face while doing so"
I wouldn't go that far. Irssi could have not taken a political stance, by ignoring what happened and not committing last week's change. But now that that's done, reverting it was political too. You can avoid a political issue, but once you ring the bell, you can't un-ring it.
anyone that thinks most decisions are apolitical are living in a vacuum tube or are just too privileged to give a shit. too many ppl in tech dont want to put themselves in another’s shoes
