Update "get involved" section

[Spekular]

Properly closes #264

A few questions before merge:

• Should we still mention the mailing list at all?
• Given the ongoing situation with Freenode, should we remove that link? I know that @probonopd (author of AppImage, for anyone unaware) has moved. (Apologies for the ping, but perhaps you have some advice on migrating?)

[sziegler103]

My only experience with the mailing list usually involved someone who wanted to contribute reaching out before being redirected to the Discord server. I soon unsubscribed from it after multiple instances of that. It may still have an alternate use as a platform for announcing updates or releases for those who don't want to interact with Discord, but I think that development talks might be best done through Github issues/PRs/discussions or the appropriate Discord channels.

As for the IRC, I can't say since I've never used it. Though the situation going on with it that you linked provides a decent point to migrate from it if not drop it in my opinion.

[probonopd]

Given the ongoing situation with Freenode, should we remove that link? I know that @probonopd (author of AppImage, for anyone unaware) has moved. (Apologies for the ping, but perhaps you have some advice on migrating?)

I do indeed, credits go to nurupo:
https://gist.github.com/nurupo/91b0ebc7f85059b57ea7108a25ae6c69

(In #AppImage we did it wrong and as a result freenode seized our channel, we can't post there anymore, and they have forcibly re-opened another channel which is using our project name without our permission.)

[Spekular]

I do indeed, credits go to nurupo:
https://gist.github.com/nurupo/91b0ebc7f85059b57ea7108a25ae6c69

Much thanks for the info! For now I'll remove the IRC link entirely, and point anyone who wants to revive it to this.

[Spekular]

I don't have merge rights on this repo, does someone want to merge this?

[liushuyu]

Manually merged in 4129baf. GitHub for some reason didn't count that as a merge.

[trebmuh]

Following #334 , I've read here.

@Spekular @liushuyu : I'm "admin" on the Freenode IRC channel. Unfortunately, I didn't see this discussion here since I was moving to a new place and new job on those last week. Just got internet connexion back a few days ago.

Would you mind me to take control over the libera.chat #lmms channel in order to get it back working properly? I'll then ask people on the freenode #lmms channel to move there.

In my opinion and practice, the IRC channel is a good place for people using LMMS who want some quick answers. When occasionally someone proposing to contribute code come there, I'm redirecting then to the github forge.

[Spekular]

@Spekular @liushuyu : I'm "admin" on the Freenode IRC channel.

Would you mind me to take control over the libera.chat #lmms channel in order to get it back working properly? I'll then ask people on the freenode #lmms channel to move there.

In my opinion this sounds like a good plan. If the freenode channel was worthy of an lmms.io link while under your care, the same should be true of the liberachat one. I think it'd be good if you follow the guide probonopd linked (to migrate the channel) and then open a PR adding the correct new link back to the site.

I'd like to wait a bit first though so others can chime in in case someone objects for some reason.

[trebmuh]

@Spekular @liushuyu @tresf : it's been 10 days now. Are you OK for me to move forward and chat with the libera.chat people?

[tresf]

Sorry for the delay and thanks for the information. Please feel free to move and notify with status message. 👍

If there isn't someone to change the IRC status, ping me, I can do it. Also please make a few of the regulars admins on the new channel (e.g. me, umcaruje, specular) just in case. Taking over IRC when we lost control took months so distributing access is important. 🍻