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Change the blessed IRC channel from Freenode to Libera

Craig Miskellrequested to merge
change-irc-location into master

Why is this change being made?

After recent controversy around Freenode (see https://news.itsfoss.com/freenode-controversy/ , https://www.kline.sh/ and many other sources), many channels are moving to libera.chat, and it seems reasonable that we also do so.

The #gitlab channel already exists on the new platform and @newton (previously responsible for the channel on Freenode) is working with the Libera admins to formally register/claim the channel there.

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