XSF Communications Team - 2020-08-02

For the next issue: https://discourse.igniterealtime.org/t/jsxc-web-client-now-available-as-a-plugin-for-openfire/88467

Thanks

Personal reminder to add: Linuxfr.org user Space_e_man proposed his short overview of [Quicksy the easy XMPP based libre instant messaging platform](https://linuxfr.org/users/space_e_man/journaux/quicksy-la-messagerie-instantanee-libre-basee-sur-xmpp-facile). While the article itself concentrates on the reasons why it should be prefered to other proprietary solutions, the comments of linuxfr.org users, as usual, bring a lot of various points of view, as well as alternatives. > A new TURN server called [eturnal](https://eturnal.net) has been [published](https://www.process-one.net/blog/eturnal-v1-0-0-say-hello-to-a-new-stun-turn-server/). eturnal is a straightforward alternative to servers such as Coturn which can be used for offering STUN/TURN services to A/V clients using [external service discovery](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0215.html). https://yarmo.eu/post/keyoxide-xmpp-omemo https://github.com/cmeng-git/atalk-android/blob/master/aTalk/ReleaseNotes.txt) https://www.kontalk.org/) Monal wurstsalat: Is the XEP section done from your side?

Monal 4.7 both iOS and macOS is live on App Store so the text can be changed a bit, I'll try a PR later.

Licaon_Kter: that would be nice. Maybe you can also summarize other new features, I think there is already an entry for monal

Will try > Despite the small version number update, this is a large upgrade. Among the many changes in this release: 1.New title bar in chat 2.Show when user was last seen online (XEP-0319: Last User Interaction in Presence) 3.Show typing notification (XEP-0085: Chat State Notifications) 4.XMPP blocking (XEP-0191: Blocking Command) 5.Fixed ui glitch that shows incorrect unread mesages 6. Many other Ui and stability improvements

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emus: the linuxfr quickly overview is a news covered in last month newsletter

peetah: ok thx

is'nt a bridge like whatsxmpp considered as an xmpp client ?

hmm, I think putting it into others is the best category. I dont see that this a client 🤔

technically it is a client

it takes a data sent by an XMPP server and process them or send data to the XMPP server

peetah, as the person who wrote it, it's definitely not a client

whatsapp is not an XMPP server

eta: not anymore?

Licaon_Kter, indeed

eta: I understood that it was a bridge between Whatsapp web and an XMPP server : am I wrong ? ✏

eta: What else is whatsapp in you describtion

emus, pardon?

A bridge is not a client

in my understanding, a client is a something talking to a server, hence a bridge is a client. Please, explain where I'm mistaking.

could someone with understanding of the XEP-0313 update review the last commit of my last PR so that I do not introduce inexact information ? thanks

eta, you said its not xmpp anymore. I was jsut interested what else it is in your view?

peetah, a client is designed to be used by a human

eta, no

a bot is a client

Well a bot can be a client

emus, I'm not actually sure - I think it's xmpp with some space optimizations

It can also be a component

emus, whatsxmpp does not speak the whatsapp protocol though, it speaks the whatsapp web protocol

peetah, there's multiple ways to implement a bridge, generally it'll be either component or client (component being really close to a client but on the server and with a namespace for it to use)

In the PoV of the newsletter, I understand that it is not a client as end-users would understand it, but does it justify that whatsxmpp related news should be put in another section ? ✏

peetah, I don't think this is a bad thing, it just a category for things which is, like this software, between the lines

Are you still editing?

I want to do some edits as well

nope, go for it

Ok, I think if eta says its okay to put it in the Other section we can stick to it. Everyone interested will see it there. But thanks for your PR, will merge

Hello everyone, the August PR is open for you contributions! https://github.com/xsf/xmpp.org/pull/756

Licaon, do you still want to add something for July?

looking now

ok

The GSOC section is huge, and parts of it were covered before too, right?

Yes, it is my intention to show the process

Umm, I'm not against, just noticed it's so much bigger 😉

Yes, I take the responsibility 🙁

🙂

I hope wurstsalat is not on holidays 🏖️ - otherwise I would be happy if someone may review the XEP section

Hope I did not go overboard 🙂

https://github.com/xsf/xmpp.org/pull/757

And another one, thanks

Thanks!

Okay guys, I think we are more or less ready for the final review. I will close the collection by now and open for the final reviews till the 6th. Everyone is invited to review! 🕵‍♂️️

Can anyone review the image links, I am not sure if they are properly done for pelican. This time also Github does not render the images, what it did last time

Final reviews are open. I hope we can confirm on the XEP section

https://github.com/xsf/xmpp.org/pull/730

emus: in fact I am right now :) but no xep updates in my inbox so it should be fine!

wurstsalat: Thanks! Enjoy! 🌞