IRC's abandonment by the community is a crying shame.
First I've heard of any wholesale abandonment. (Or did you mean Rust only?) Some projects have dropped IRC, but many others just use bots to bridge the chat platforms. The largest communities are still there! Freenode IRC's #python and #ubuntu, and OFTC's #debian are just three examples of the core of the community living on IRC.
I guess it's a bit like Usenet now; still very much alive and well, but mostly occupied by people who aren't obsessed with shiny new tech. ;)
By the way, the unofficial ##rust is still there, no doubt occupied by the refugees from #rust. That's how things go on IRC!
First I've heard of any wholesale abandonment. (Or did you mean Rust only?) Some projects have dropped IRC, but many others just use bots to bridge the chat platforms. The largest communities are still there! Freenode IRC's
#pythonand#ubuntu, and OFTC's#debianare just three examples of the core of the community living on IRC.I guess it's a bit like Usenet now; still very much alive and well, but mostly occupied by people who aren't obsessed with shiny new tech. ;)
By the way, the unofficial
##rustis still there, no doubt occupied by the refugees from#rust. That's how things go on IRC!My kinda town 😁