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* [PATCH] Add and clarify matrix workarounds.
@ 2020-08-11 16:32 Philipp
  2020-08-11 18:31 ` Alyssa Ross
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Philipp @ 2020-08-11 16:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: devel

I'm a matrix user and fiddled around with the room there a bit. My
findings were that the room itself seems to be fine, but the pretty
alias is broken in some way that I don't understand. I came up with two
ways to join the room via the internal ID and I also took the liberty to
modify the old workaround a little and made it more precise.
---
 participating.html | 14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/participating.html b/participating.html
index 811fcf4..58f2ff3 100644
--- a/participating.html
+++ b/participating.html
@@ -78,13 +78,15 @@ the web.
 <h3>Note for Matrix users</h3>
 
 <p>
-There appears to be an issue with Matrix's IRC bridge that prevents
-Matrix users from joining #spectrum.  The workaround is as follows:
+There appears to be an issue with Matrix's IRC bridged room that prevents
+Matrix users from joining the channel with the normal alias <q>#freenode_#spectrum:matrix.org</q>.  There are the following workarounds:
+
+<ul>
+  <li>Join the room via it's internal name: <q>/join !ZsIiqZmCTSWHpTQWaw:matrix.org</q>.
+  <li>Join the room via <a href="https://matrix.to/#/!ZsIiqZmCTSWHpTQWaw:matrix.org">matrix.to link</a>.</li>
+  <li>Ask the bridges appservice to invite you to the room: <q>/msg @appservice-irc:matrix.org !join #spectrum</q> and accept the invite.</li>
+</ul>
 
-<ol>
-  <li>Post <q>!join #spectrum</q> in your "Freenode IRC Bridge" chat.</li>
-  <li>Accept the invitation you are sent.</li>
-</ol>
 
 <p>
 If you experience this issue, kindly report it to the people who run
-- 
2.28.0

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2020-08-11 16:32 [PATCH] Add and clarify matrix workarounds Philipp
2020-08-11 18:31 ` Alyssa Ross
2020-08-11 21:54   ` Philipp Steinpaß
2020-08-12 13:34     ` Alyssa Ross
2020-08-15 13:15       ` [PATCH www v2] " Philipp Steinpaß
2020-08-21 18:10         ` Alyssa Ross

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