Replace freenode references
The flashrom project no longer uses freenode. To avoid having outdated
man pages in the future, the contact methods are now listed in the wiki.
Change-Id: I75e8f43c50dc4c3feede0250334a877cdaac8103
Signed-off-by: Angel Pons <th3fanbus@gmail.com>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/56031
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Nico Huber <nico.h@gmx.de>
Reviewed-by: Edward O'Callaghan <quasisec@chromium.org>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/68063
diff --git a/README b/README
index 4e7bd4f..71e8735 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -183,10 +183,6 @@
http://www.flashrom.org/
-The IRC channel is
+Available contact methods are
- #flashrom at irc.freenode.net
-
-The mailing list address is
-
- flashrom@flashrom.org
+ https://www.flashrom.org/Contact
diff --git a/flashrom.8.tmpl b/flashrom.8.tmpl
index 959e5fd..e67cdea 100644
--- a/flashrom.8.tmpl
+++ b/flashrom.8.tmpl
@@ -1378,24 +1378,13 @@
.B "/etc/rc.securelevel"
and rebooting, or rebooting into single user mode.
.SH BUGS
-Please report any bugs to the
-.MTOB "flashrom@flashrom.org" "flashrom mailing list" .
+You can report bugs, ask us questions or send success reports
+via our communication channels listed here:
+.URLB "https://www.flashrom.org/Contact" "" .
.sp
-We recommend to subscribe first at
-.URLB "https://flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom" "" .
-.sp
-Many of the developers communicate via the
-.B "#flashrom"
-IRC channel on
-.BR chat.freenode.net .
-If you don't have an IRC client, you can use the
-.URLB http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=flashrom "freenode webchat" .
-You are welcome to join and ask questions, send us bug and success reports there
-too. Please provide a way to contact you later (e.g.\& a mail address) and be
-patient if there is no immediate reaction. Also, we provide a
+Also, we provide a
.URLB https://paste.flashrom.org "pastebin service"
-that is very useful when you want to share logs etc.\& without spamming the
-channel.
+that is very useful to share logs without spamming the communication channels.
.SS
.B Laptops
.sp
diff --git a/flashrom.c b/flashrom.c
index e540027..61e9530 100644
--- a/flashrom.c
+++ b/flashrom.c
@@ -1864,16 +1864,16 @@
#if CONFIG_INTERNAL == 1
if (programmer == PROGRAMMER_INTERNAL)
msg_gerr("This means we have to add special support for your board, programmer or flash\n"
- "chip. Please report this on IRC at chat.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or\n"
- "mail flashrom@flashrom.org, thanks!\n"
+ "chip. Please report this to the mailing list at flashrom@flashrom.org or on\n"
+ "IRC (see https://www.flashrom.org/Contact for details), thanks!\n"
"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
"You may now reboot or simply leave the machine running.\n");
else
#endif
msg_gerr("Please check the connections (especially those to write protection pins) between\n"
"the programmer and the flash chip. If you think the error is caused by flashrom\n"
- "please report this on IRC at chat.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or\n"
- "mail flashrom@flashrom.org, thanks!\n");
+ "please report this to the mailing list at flashrom@flashrom.org or on IRC (see\n"
+ "https://www.flashrom.org/Contact for details), thanks!\n");
}
static void emergency_help_message(void)
@@ -1881,14 +1881,14 @@
msg_gerr("Your flash chip is in an unknown state.\n");
#if CONFIG_INTERNAL == 1
if (programmer == PROGRAMMER_INTERNAL)
- msg_gerr("Get help on IRC at chat.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or\n"
- "mail flashrom@flashrom.org with the subject \"FAILED: <your board name>\"!\n"
+ msg_gerr("Get help on IRC (see https://www.flashrom.org/Contact) or mail\n"
+ "flashrom@flashrom.org with the subject \"FAILED: <your board name>\"!"
"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
"DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF!\n");
else
#endif
- msg_gerr("Please report this on IRC at chat.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or\n"
- "mail flashrom@flashrom.org, thanks!\n");
+ msg_gerr("Please report this to the mailing list at flashrom@flashrom.org or\n"
+ "on IRC (see https://www.flashrom.org/Contact for details), thanks!\n");
}
void list_programmers_linebreak(int startcol, int cols, int paren)