jonas’I’ll probably be able to attend via mobile since the party only starts at 16:30Z, not at 15:30Z as I originally thought
jonas’(but don’t want to chair using mobile to spare you all some time)
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ZashTime?
Kev16:01
dwdAfternoon
dwd1) Roll Call
ZashNight (from the looks of it)
Ge0rGGood morning everyone!
KevI think jonas’ pinged that he wanted me here, but I'm only semi paying attention (while looking at Fastening etc.).
jonas’.
jonas’here but mobile
dwddaniel, ?
danieli'm here
dwdOK.
dwd2) Agenda Bashing
dwdAnyone got anything not in the agenda?
dwdIf not...
KevFastening in MAM, depending on other discussions.
dwd3) Items for Voting
dwd£a) Resurrection of Reactions
dwdOh, capital number, there.
KevI am attempting to zombify it At This Moment.
KevOr the Fastening element, at least.
dwdThanks.
KevI'm hoping to at least have replied to and triaged feedback by the end of the afternoon.
KevI remain convinced that Reactions are better done in the scope of something like Fastening, FWIW.
ZashIf the auhors of Reactions and Fastening can try to work this out then I'm not blocking.
ZashWe did a similar thing with the Message Forwarding container XEP after publication of Carbons IIRC, so I don't see why you can't do something similar here during expermiental.
dwdI would personally be happy to accept Reactions as-is if we could gain agreement that we'd solve the fastening issues as a priority. My concern is that with other Experimental XEPs of the same nature, such agreements have been ignored and the original authors have simply dug into their position having obtained any kind of concession.
Ge0rGZash: and even years later, clients had the <forwarded> <message> hierarchy wrong.
ZashNot having a XEP number isn't stopping anyone from implementing.
dwdZash, True, but it does prevent people working on it within XSF IPR policies.
dwdDo we have the Reactions authors present?
daniel> Zash, True, but it does prevent people working on it within XSF IPR policies
why is it a worthy goal to prevent that?
KevI think there's a whole load of prior art to show that accepting something for expediency and expecting it to change significantly doesn't lead to it changing, and we end up in a Bad Place. Just looking at Fastening, I had every intention to immediately address feedback, and it's still taken me months because I was on holiday and missed the feedback.
dwddaniel, It isn't.
KevThat's the main drawback, I think.
danielassuming that reactions in it's current form will see adoption (not by me or Conversations fwiw) isn’t it better to have the ipr with the xsf?
danieland/or a referable number
Kevdaniel: I think the answer to that is a definite 'maybe'.
dwddaniel, Yes. The probl;em is that previous cases have seen authors essentially entrench their positions after being accepted.
KevIt /not/ having a number is a clear message that it's not yet endorsed. Despite the banners on Experimental XEPs, it's clear that as soon as it's got a number a good proportion of people believe it's been endorsed.
danieldoesn’t the endorsing step come with 'draft'?
KevShould, yes.
KevDoes, not really.
danieli'd be totally with you if that argument were raised on moving to draft
Ge0rGOur protocol evolution step names are also broken, yes.
danielGe0rG, can we unbreak them?
KevSadly, the argument then becomes "It's Experimental, it's widely deployed because everyone ignored that it was Experimental, it should be made Draft despite it being clearly unsuitable" as does happen.
Kev(And if Mr. Chair would like me to go back to the peanut gallery at some point, I shall do so)
danielby making experimental 'everything goes' and instead move things to draft that belong to draft
Ge0rGdaniel: only by pouring massive amounts of time into it
KevI'm actually coming around to (flo?'s) suggestion of a pre-experimental stage, where it doesn't get a number, or anything like that, but at least goes under IPR.
KevWhich I hate in almost every way, other than that it might actually work.
danielKev, that should be experimental
danielthat is what experimental is for
Kevdaniel: Would that we lived in a world where 'should' counted for anything :)
Ge0rGdaniel: Carbons are essentially expired, and still so widely used that we don't dare breaking them.
danieli mean we can introduce the ietf draft thing…
danielbut then a lot of the other stages don’t make sense
dwdOK, I think we're not making progress.
KevMy view remains (although a minority) that we should work as much as we can to get Reactions to the stage that it's 'ready' and avoid the issue. I realise the blame for stalling Fastening lies with me.
ZashKev: More like the IETF model?
KevZash: No number until ready? Yes, essentially.
KevDepending which model you mean :)
dwdI see Kev pouring out email to the list, so unless that results in no further movement I'm going to honour the previous Council's decision (and I really hope we can get this all sorted).
Zashdwd: Chair on.
KevI suggest Council apply pressure to me if I miss something again.
KevI care about this a lot.
Ge0rGWe should be discussing the best way to do Fastening instead of meta-discussing process? ;)
dwdKev, Thanks.
dwd4) Outstanding Votes
dwd... are all about Reactions/Fastening.
dwd5) Date of Next
dwdSame time next week work for us all?
Ge0rGI missed last, and I'll on-list everything Fastening/Reactions'y to the latest date possible
daniel> We should be discussing the best way to do Fastening instead of meta-discussing process? 😉
at some point we need to have that meta discussion
Ge0rGThere is nothing on my calendar in +1W
danielmaybe not now
daniel+1w works for me
dwd6) AOB
Ge0rGdaniel: that meta-discussion has been happening in this MUC since Reactions was first proposed
Kev(I agree with daniel that a metadiscussion being scheduled at some point is sane, even if I don't have a horse in that race now)
KevCan I have a quick AOB on Fastening/MAM, please?
dwdI would note - and here seems as good a time as any - that a discussion on process is a thing that ought to happen on the list, and it's a Board thing to approve anyway.
KevDamn, AFK 60 seconds.
dwdAnd since Kev wants to talk about Fastening/MAM...
KevSorry, bad point for a doorbell.
KevSo, two things about Fastening/MAM.
dwdThe other thing to consider would be some form of Inbox. ESL's is a reasonable model to start, and will similarly need to understand concepts of fastening and other ancillary messages.
Kev1) I agree that we need that story told. There's been some suggestion that Fastening isn't usable until MAM3 has also been specified. I'm wondering how strongly people hold that view, if at all.
danielit might be Board's to approve but current and past councils certainly have a lot of valuable insights here
danielKev, i need to be convinced that fastening will actually work with MAM and that we don’t have to rewrite it later
Kev2) We came up with a rough story at the Summit, which is similar to Evgeny's that was recently posted. Get the messages independently or with metadata, including possibly sumarries of metadata. Are people still ok with that, or do they have more input before I try to spec something?
danielif that convincing happens via protocol or by other means is open
dwdKev, (1) I disagree with that view. I agree it urgently needs solving, but without fastening it's useless.
Kev3) (of 2) There's also the inbox story. I'd like to punt that one for the moment, even though I want it.
dwdKev, (2) I'd greatly appreciate it if we threw some ever-more-concrete ideas around on the mailing list. I have a horse in this race.
dwdKev, (3) I also have a horse in the Inbox race, too.
KevI'm hoping to get Fastening 'done' and then move onto MAM2/3/4
KevAnd *hoping* that someone else then sorts Inbox using the same mechanism.
dwdOne problem with Inbox is that it needs an understanding of message receipts, so we need consensus on whether this means Message Receipts, Chat Markers, or Something New.
KevThere are many problems to be solved with inbox. Several of them come with fastening and enhanced archiving.
KevSome are additional. This is why I'd like to put it off, and ideally someone else do it :)
dwdI hope it's the solutions, not the problems, that come.
Ge0rGdwd: also Chat States play into that, which we wanted to move from message to presence semantics
dwdGe0rG, Good point.
Ge0rGA herd of unshaved yaks.
dwdI'll commit to resurrecting Inbox talks.
dwdWe already rely on ESL's design.
Ge0rGwhat's ESL's design?
KevESL's design?
dwdSince we're coming up on the half hour, does anyone have anything else?
dwdGe0rG, The documentation isn't, I find, very clear - but the fundamental shape of it works.
dwdOK, if there's nothing else, I'll close the meeting, but as usual people are welcome to continue chatting.
dwd7) Ite, Meeting Est
dwdThank you all.
KevThanks. And jonas's ping to join because something relevant was discussed was useful, I think.
dwdIndeed - it was a good idea to explicitly request people join. A plan worth repeating.
Kev(Dave says, smuggly, having been a proponent for yeras)✎
Kev(Dave says, smuggly, having been a proponent for years)✎✏
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pep.> at some point we need to have that meta discussion
As a board member I'm happy to have that discussion (you need board anyway to change all that..)