From 33d89dbe8f66b84ed864dda23c3c560f0a422f23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sajith Sasidharan <sajith@hcoop.net>
Date: Wed, 26 May 2021 07:26:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Move IRC from freenode.net to libera.chat

Following some organizational developments, freenode.net's volunteer
staff has quit and formed libera.chat, a new IRC network.  Like many
other FOSS projects, Tahoe-LAFS project too has decided to move to
libera.chat for our IRC needs.
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 README.rst                       | 2 +-
 newsfragments/3721.documentation | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 newsfragments/3721.documentation

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 6c8951fd4..39f2ae582 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ You can find the full Tahoe-LAFS documentation at our `documentation site <http:
 
 Get involved with the Tahoe-LAFS community:
 
--  Chat with Tahoe-LAFS developers at #tahoe-lafs chat on irc.freenode.net or `Slack <https://join.slack.com/t/tahoe-lafs/shared_invite/zt-jqfj12r5-ZZ5z3RvHnubKVADpP~JINQ>`__.
+-  Chat with Tahoe-LAFS developers at #tahoe-lafs chat on irc.libera.chat or `Slack <https://join.slack.com/t/tahoe-lafs/shared_invite/zt-jqfj12r5-ZZ5z3RvHnubKVADpP~JINQ>`__.
 
 -  Join our `weekly conference calls <https://www.tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/WeeklyMeeting>`__ with core developers and interested community members.
 
diff --git a/newsfragments/3721.documentation b/newsfragments/3721.documentation
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36ae33236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/3721.documentation
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Our IRC channel, #tahoe-lafs, has been moved to irc.libera.chat.