Faidon wrote:
Setting up and properly maintaining an IRC network is
extremely
complicated. We really *really* shouldn't do that, esp. since there is
no reason for us to do so, when there are other open networks around.
freenode servers are hosted, not maintained. Which means, they want the
server (and its bandwidth), not that the hoster maintains the irc network.
On 21/06/12 14:24, K. Peachey wrote:
(Last I saw) Freenode wants full root access on the
boxes, Something
that ops more than likely won't want to do if its sitting on our
networks.
Not exactly, they would like it, but it's not a requirement.
"Where possible we look for dedicated machines with root access,
however, we will consider different set-ups too."
http://freenode.net/hosting_ircd.shtml
The requisites are pretty basic, and seem easy to fulfill. The only
complexity would come because ops would probably want to isolate that
server from the rest of the network.
The rest is just "donating" hardware and bandwidth. Which given by the
service provided by freenode to the wikimedia community, seems justified.