XSF Discussion - 2024-02-04

I was planning to remove the Message Fastening in Movim but I see that some XEP are still relying on it

https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0425.html

Wasn't this supposed to change?

MattJ, I do not remember what is the current status of hats, is there any other pending update or is version 0.2 the current?

Because right now it does not define a way to create or delete a specific hat, only to don/doff them

which might be an issue if we want them in spaces

(I know it makes sense in closed deployments where the server admin is the one creating them, but in the wider internet it is an issue in my opinion)

edhelas: it's waiting to be merged I guess https://github.com/xsf/xeps/pull/1271#issuecomment-1865229546

Ah ! Didn't saw it. Thanks 👍

So, as it was discussed a bit discussed in the summit room, what would be the process for making both accessility and privacy considerations mandatory in newly submitted XEPs? I believe there is value in forcing us to consider those elements for every new specification

(there’s also value in going back to existing XEPs, but that is more painful and thankless work)

1. change the template 2. shout at council whenever they ignore it

3. maybe add a linter which rejects PRs adding XEP files which don't have these sections (match the title)

thanks :D

I need to do small updates to 0455 as well anyway

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I'm +1 on everything jonas’ said and would go further to reject everything where those sections (and security) are "to-do"

agreed on the rejecting. and for security too

Actually I think I'd move it to not put them up for council vote until those were filled out

Right, so we already have an accessibility section in the template, but optional

Well it probably doesn't apply in most xeps

That's fine, it's not too much work to write "this doesn't apply"

true

yep

PR done