Deprecate IRC backend
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- C#
- Stars
- 0
- Forks
- 1
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Description
IRC is an old way of reading Chat messages on Twitch and it will potentially be removed at some point. Twitch itself recommends migration to EventSub as main source of Chat messages.
https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/chat/irc-migration/
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the Twitch IRC migration documentation linked in the issue, then locate the IRC backend in the repository and identify how chat messages are currently sourced. Confirm the intended EventSub migration and define completion around deprecating the IRC path without breaking chat handling.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100