To those who missed the move: irc.debian.org is now pointing to OFTC (which is also a SPI project) and not to Freenode anymore.

By now, #debian-devel has more users on OFTC than on Freenode, but is still pretty busy on Freenode. Since many of use are involved with other projects on Freenode, I guess most will continue to hang around there. #debian.de is still larger on Freenode. It will be interesting to see how the channels develop over time. The one on OFTC used to be more of a german-language developers hangout, whereas the Freenode one was frequently visited by “unexperienced end users” searching for help, and trolls pretending to search for help, but actually just trying to start some flamewar. I wonder if that means the “good old times” are over. ;-)