Difference between revisions of "IRC"

Latest revision as of 21:46, 10 June 2023

Language:	English • français • Bahasa Melayu

IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. We use it for real-time internet text messaging related to the project.

All the engaged people from the community and the developer team can be found there, and most prolific modders will also be available there.

Some of the IRC channels are also bridged and accessible from the Minetest Discord server, with message history kept. For IRC users who do not have a bouncer, most IRC channels have logs which are made available on irc.minetest.net.

Channels

All of the Minetest channels are on irc.libera.chat. You can connect either via webchat or install an external IRC client.

General channels

Channel	Topic	Bridged via Discord	Logs
`#minetest`^(webchat)	Casual discussion about everything Minetest. Bridged to the Discord server as #minetest-irc	Yes	[1]
`#minetest-dev`^(webchat)	Core Minetest engine development discussion. Everything else (including modding) is off-topic. Please stay on topic here!	Yes	[2]
`#minetest-hub`^(webchat)	Another general IRC channel which is mostly unused nowadays.	Yes	[3]
`#minetest-docs`^(webchat)	IRC channel for the Minetest Docs project.	Yes	[4]
`#minetest-fr`^(webchat)	General discussion in French	No	(No logs known)
`#minetest-de`^(webchat)	General discussion in German	No	(No logs known)
`#minetest-es`^(webchat)	General discussion in Spanish	No	(No logs known)

Games and mods

Channel	Topic
`#lordofthetest`^(webchat)	Lord of the Test
`#mineclone2`^(webchat)	MineClone 2

Software

If you like to chat a lot, webchat is not very convenient. So you should download an IRC client program. Here is some recommended free software:

HexChat: Feature-rich program for Windows and GNU/Linux (and similar), continuation of now legacy XChat program
Leafchat: Simple program for Windows, GNU/Linux and Mac OS)
irssi Pure console client

If you have difficulties in understanding IRC, http://www.irchelp.org/ is a good resource.

Rules

Some people don't know how to behave in IRC, so here are some simple rules:

Don’t ask if you can ask questions, just ask
Be patient when you ask something, people might not be around
Don’t spam
Don’t flood the channel with messages or bot commands
Use a pastebin, such as 0bin if you want to post more than 4 lines (e.g. error messages or code)
Annoying, racist or any form of degrogatory term against any user or channel operator will probably get you quieted or even banned.
If you’re going to ask someone something, saying "please" goes a very long way.
The channels are not playgrounds and are frequently used for talks which are not off-topic.
Off-topic is allowed, but excessive use of it is disallowed.
Link shorteners are discouraged for URLs that are not very long.

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-''This page has mostly been copied from [http://minetest.net/irc minetest.net/irc], please refer to that page for an up-to date version.''
+__NOTOC__
+'''IRC''' stands for '''I'''nternet '''R'''elay '''C'''hat. We use it for real-time internet text messaging related to the project.
+All the engaged people from the community and the developer team can be found there, and most prolific modders will also be available there.
+Some of the IRC channels are also bridged and accessible from the [https://discord.gg/minetest Minetest Discord server], with message history kept. For IRC users who do not have a bouncer, most IRC channels have logs which are made available on [https://irc.minetest.net/ irc.minetest.net].
 == Channels ==
+All of the Minetest channels are on irc.libera.chat. You can connect either via webchat or install an external IRC client.
+=== General channels ===
-Join one of our IRC channels on irc.freenode.net (click the “webchat” link if you don’t have an IRC client installed or have never heard of IRC before).
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! Channel !! Topic !! Bridged via Discord !! Logs
+|-
+| {{LiberaChat|#minetest}} || Casual discussion about everything Minetest. Bridged to the Discord server as #minetest-irc || Yes || [https://irc.minetest.net/minetest/]
+|-
+| {{LiberaChat|#minetest-dev}} || Core Minetest engine development discussion. Everything else (including modding) is off-topic. '''Please stay on topic here!''' || Yes || [https://irc.minetest.net/minetest-dev]
+|-
+| {{LiberaChat|#minetest-hub}} || Another general IRC channel which is mostly unused nowadays. || Yes || [https://irc.minetest.net/minetest-hub]
+|-
+| {{LiberaChat|#minetest-docs}} || IRC channel for the Minetest Docs project. || Yes || [https://irc.minetest.net/minetest-docs]
+|-
+| {{LiberaChat|#minetest-fr}} || General discussion in French || No || (No logs known)
+|-
+| {{LiberaChat|#minetest-de}} || General discussion in German || No || (No logs known)
+|-
+| {{LiberaChat|#minetest-es}} || General discussion in Spanish || No || (No logs known)
+|}
-=== English ===
+==== Games and mods ====
-* [irc://irc.freenode.net/#minetest #minetest] ([http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#minetest webchat]) ([http://irc.minetest.ru/minetest logs]): Casual discussion about playing and having fun with Minetest and its mods, and related topics
+{| class="wikitable"
-* [irc://irc.freenode.net/#minetest-dev #minetest-dev] ([http://irc.minetest.ru/minetest-dev logs]): '''Only''' core engine development discussion about [[Minetest]] and, to some extent, [[Subgames/Minetest Game|Minetest Game]], but not modding. '''Please''' stay on topic here! Note: Webchat is muted due to too much spam/flood
+! Channel !! Topic
-* [irc://irc.freenode.net/#minetest-hub #minetest-hub] ([http://hub.minetest.net/info info]) ([http://irc.minetest.ru/minetest-hub logs]): “A moderated channel for people who regularly improve Minetest by developing, modding, hosting servers and otherwise. (…) To request voice, please PM one of the channel ops.”
+|-
+| {{LiberaChat|#lordofthetest}} || Lord of the Test
+|-
+| {{LiberaChat|#mineclone2}} || MineClone 2
+|-
+|}
-=== Other languages ===
+== Software ==
+If you like to chat a lot, webchat is not very convenient. So you should download an IRC client program. Here is some recommended free software:
-Channels about Minetest in other languages (note that most people hang out on #minetest, which is the main channel):
+* [https://hexchat.github.io/ HexChat]: Feature-rich program for Windows and GNU/Linux (and similar), continuation of now legacy XChat program
+* [http://www.leafdigital.com/software/leafchat/ Leafchat]: Simple program for Windows, GNU/Linux and Mac OS)
+* [https://irssi.org/ irssi] Pure console client
-* [irc://irc.freenode.net/#minetest-fr #minetest-fr] ([http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#minetest-fr webchat]) French
+If you have difficulties in understanding IRC, [https://www.irchelp.org/ http://www.irchelp.org/] is a good resource.
-* [irc://irc.freenode.net/#minetest-de #minetest-de] ([http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#minetest-de webchat]) German
-* [irc://irc.freenode.net/##minetest-es ##minetest-es] ([http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=##minetest-es webchat]) Spanish
 == Rules ==
+Some people don't know how to behave in IRC, so here are some simple rules:
-Some people don't know how to behave in IRC, so here are some simple rules:
 * Don’t ask if you can ask questions, just ask
 * Be patient when you ask something, people might not be around
 * Don’t spam
 * Don’t flood the channel with messages or bot commands
-* Use a pastebin, such as [http://0bin.net 0bin] if you want to post more than 4 lines (e.g. error messages or code)
+* Use a pastebin, such as [https://0bin.net 0bin] if you want to post more than 4 lines (e.g. error messages or code)
 * Annoying, racist or any form of degrogatory term against any user or channel operator will probably get you quieted or even banned.
 * If you’re going to ask someone something, saying "please" goes a very long way.