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| Here you can submit news items for inclusion in the next [https://xmpp.org/category/newsletter.html XMPP Newsletter] (as managed by the [[CommTeam]]).
| | This page lists applications for membership in the [http://xmpp.org/about-xmpp/xsf/ XMPP Standards Foundation] received for Q1 2020. |
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| | Applications are welcome from people who are active in the Jabber/XMPP community! |
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| == Contributors: What determines relevancy? ==
| | To apply, create a wiki page about yourself. If you don't have a wiki account, join the [xmpp:jdev@conference.jabber.org?join jdev chatroom] or send your name, e-mail address, and preferred nickname in CamelCase to one of the [[Sysops]], who will be happy to create an account for you. |
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| The submission must ideally be a blog or article about XMPP/Jabber and/or
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| XMPP-based software (clients, servers, libs).
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| Some exceptions might be made, for example for a release page showing a new
| | It is not enough to just add your name! We (the voters) want to know for whom we give a yes or no vote, and we want to know what you have done with Jabber/XMPP technologies and why you want to be a member of the XSF. See recent [[Membership Applications]] for examples. |
| release of some XMPP-based software.
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| However, marketing brochures (e.g. single-page marketing sites) for new products
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| which don't contain information on XMPP, won't be included.
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| Make sure you read the [[Basic communication guide for XMPP techies]]
| | The following information is required with each application: |
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| == Newsletter editors ==
| | * full name |
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| | * Company name (however, everyone serves as an individual, not a company representative) |
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| === TODO/checklist ===
| | Note that we need the foregoing information because members may ask you some questions and we need them for our records. Some members ask questions using the discussion page of your application, please visit it from time to time. Your JID and e-mail are '''required''' to contact you upon acceptance! |
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| For the newsletter editors:
| | Responsibilities of XSF members are listed here. |
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| # Collect links in this wiki page, read and validate content
| | Applications will be accepted until end of business '''February 23th, 2020''', then voted on by existing XSF members and approved in an official XSF meeting. |
| # Copywriting so it is readable by humans
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| # Add images
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| # Add clear CTA
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| # Subject line and preview text
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| # PR on website git repo for blog post (Markdown, Pelican), and peer review
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| # Analytics from latest newsletter in spreadsheet
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| # Newsletter via Tinyletter
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| # [[Twitter scheduling]]: text, image, hashtags, link, timestamp
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| # Empty this page, keep structure
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| === Planning === | | == Meeting particulars == |
| | * Date: March 12th, 2020 |
| | * Time: 19:00 UTC |
| | * Location: [xmpp:xsf@muc.xmpp.org?join xsf@muc.xmpp.org] chatroom |
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| | All applicants are invited to join this meeting. |
| * 2019-09-27 Fri: end of submission
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| * 2019-09-27 Fri: PR on GitHub
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| * 2019-10-01 Tue: newsletter publication, blog post, tweets
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| == Submissions for next newsletter== | | == Applicants == |
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| === Newsletter subject/title === | | == Reappliers == |
| | * [[Ludovic Bocquet Application 2020]] |
| | * [[Jan-Carel Brand Application 2020]] |
| | * [[Dave Cridland Application 2020]] |
| | * [[Alexander Gnauck Application 2020]] |
| | * [[Daniel Gultsch Application 2020]] |
| | * [[Mathieu Pasquet Application 2020]] |
| | * [[Daniel Pocock Application 2020]] |
| | * [[Jérôme Poisson Application 2020]] |
| | * [[Jonas Schäfer Application 2020]] |
| | * [[Florian Schmaus Application 2020]] |
| | * [[Winfried Tilanus Application 2020]] |
| | * [[Matthew Wild Application 2020]] |
| | * [[Tim Henkes Application 2020]] |
| | * [[Damien Jeske Application 2020]] |
| | * [[Dele Olajide Application 2020]] |
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| | == Do not reapply == |
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| * Prepare for FOSDEM, modern XMPP features, and more news
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| * FOSDEM 2020 Feb, modernization of XMPP, peer networks
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| === Intro === | |
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| Welcome to the XMPP newsletter: October edition, covering the month of September.
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| New this month: we added the license (CC by-sa 4.0), and the credits as this is a community effort.
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| Be kind, inform your friends and colleagues: forward this newsletter!
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| === Articles ===
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| Ralph Meijer, chairman of the Board of Directors of the XSF, has written an introductory piece about "[https://ralphm.net/blog/2019/09/09/fastening XMPP Message Attaching, Fastening, References]", specifications currently in progress.
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| In case of internet shut down, whether by disaster or voluntarily, peer networks are useful. [http://monal.im/blog/xmppsignalbluetoothp2p-wifi-serverless-chat/ Monal uses Airdrop] (wifi and bluetooth) along with XMPP and OMEMO end-to-end encryption.
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| JabberFr, the French XMPP/Jabber community, has again [https://news.jabberfr.org/2019/09/lettre-dactualite-xmpp-du-3-septembre-2019/ translated the XMPP newsletter in French], merci beaucoup.
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| For the poor lonesome techies, we wrote a very minimalistic [https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Basic_communication_guide_for_XMPP_techies communication guide], could be worth for some.
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| === Videos ===
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| === Tutorials ===
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| === Events ===
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| As usual every year, that time has come: we proudly announce the XMPP Summit 24 and the FOSDEM. The 24th XMPP Summit will happen on Thursday 30th and Friday 31st of January, and the FOSDEM will be held on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd of February. Prepare for the community gathering.
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| === Software releases ===
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| ==== Servers ====
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| Réda Housni Alaoui is reviving the formerly dormant [https://github.com/apache/mina-vysper Vysper XMPP server], please pronounce "whisper".
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| [https://blog.xabber.com/xabber-server-v-0-9-alpha-is-released/ Xabber Server v.0.9 alpha is released], with quick installation and management panel, and interesting innovations.
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| The Fastpath Service plugin has been released in versions [https://discourse.igniterealtime.org/t/fastpath-service-plugin-4-4-4-released/86155 4.4.4] and [https://discourse.igniterealtime.org/t/fastpath-service-plugin-4-4-5-released/86198 4.4.5]., bringing support for managed queued chat requests, such as a support team might use.
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| [https://www.erlang-solutions.com/resources/download.html MongooseIM 3.4.1 is out now] with and important security upgrade, fixing a vulnerability that increased the chance of a cluster node crash. [https://twitter.com/MongooseIM/status/1176111308430815232 Read the whole thread on Twitter] for more precise info.
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| ==== Clients and applications ====
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| Profanity, the console/terminal app, has been released in [https://github.com/profanity-im/profanity/releases/tag/0.7.0 version 0.7.0] after five months of work, brining OMEMO end-to-end encryption, followed by a [https://github.com/profanity-im/profanity/releases/tag/0.7.1 0.7.1] bug fix release.
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| [https://gultsch.de/dino_multiple.html Multiple Vulnerabilities found in Dino], please update as soon as possible.
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| Converse, the web app for team chat, has been released in versions [https://github.com/conversejs/converse.js/releases/tag/v5.0.2 5.0.2] and [https://github.com/conversejs/converse.js/releases/tag/v5.0.3 5.0.3] fixing security issues among others. A [https://github.com/conversejs/converse.js-docker Converse Docker image] has been released by odajay, and Agayon has released a [https://blog.agayon.be/converse_xep_0070.html plugin to verify HTTP Requests via XMPP].
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| The Android chat app [https://github.com/siacs/Conversations/releases/tag/ Conversations has been released in version 2.5.8].
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| ==== Libraries ====
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| === Other ===
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| === Services ===
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| [https://search.jabbercat.org/ Christopher Muclumbus], a listing and search engine of public XMPP/Jabber chat rooms/groups, has been updated with visual redesign, groupchats avatars, link to anonymous web chat if available, and software version pie chart.
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| === Extensions and specifications ===
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| This month, three proposed XEP, and two updated. No XEP in Last Call, New, or Obsoleted.
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| Message Fastening
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| This specification defines a way for payloads on a message to be marked as being logically fastened to a previous message.
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| URL: https://xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/fasten.html
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| XMPP Compliance Suites 2020
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| This document defines XMPP protocol compliance levels.
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| URL: https://xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/cs-2020.html
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| This document defines an XMPP protocol extension for issuing authentication tokens to client applications and provides methods for managing сlient connections.
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| URL: https://xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/auth-tokens.html
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| * Version 0.13.1 of XEP-0280 (Message Carbons) has been released. Changelog: Add clear example on problematic (spoofed) carbon messages and that they need to be handled. (gl). URL: https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0280.html
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| * Version 1.16.0 of XEP-0060 (Publish-Subscribe) has been released. Changelog:Add a pubsub#rsm disco#info feature to clear confusion (edhelas). URL: https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0060.html
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| ==== Friendly specs ====
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| === Thanks and CTA, Call To Action (remove this mention before publishing) ===
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| This XMPP Newsletter is a community collaborative effort. Thanks to Nÿco, Daniel, Jwi, and MDosch for aggregating the news. Thanks Nÿco and SouL for the copywriting.
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| Please follow and relay the XMPP news on our Twitter account [https://twitter.com/xmpp @xmpp].
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| === License ===
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| This newsletter is published under CC by-sa license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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