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== Contributors ==
== To contributors, editors, reviewers, translators ==
 
=== Live discussion ===
 
xmpp:commteam@muc.xmpp.org?join


=== What determines relevancy? ===
=== What determines relevancy? ===
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Make sure you read the [[Basic communication guide for XMPP techies]]
Make sure you read the [[Basic communication guide for XMPP techies]]


== Editors ==
=== Process ===
 
=== TODO/checklist ===


For the newsletter editors:
# Before: duration 1 month
 
## Collect links in this wiki page: duration 3-4 weeks
# Collect links in this wiki page, read and validate content
##* Read and validate the content
# Copywriting so it is readable by humans
##* Include the reporters credits!
# Add images
## Copywrite so each content is readable by humans: duration 2-3 days
# Add clear CTA
##* Add links
# Subject line and preview text
##* Add images
# PR on website git repo for blog post (Markdown, Pelican), and peer review
##* Add CTAs
# Analytics from latest newsletter in spreadsheet
##* Carefully craft the subject/title line, and the preview text (first lines that are sometimes previewed on email UAs)
# Newsletter via Tinyletter
##* Include the copywriters credits!
# [[Twitter scheduling]]: text, image, hashtags, link, timestamp
## PR on website git repo for blog post (Markdown, Pelican): duration the week-end before posting
# Empty this page, keep structure
##* Include Pelican header
##* Change == in #
##* Change links format
##* Change images format
##* Need at least 2 or 3 peer reviews
##* Include the reviewers credits!
## Twitter:
##* Copywrite and review draft tweet: text, image, hashtags, link
# Sending the newsletter: on D-day
## Copy-paste Newsletter on Tinyletter, test it (peer review is not yet done), send it
## Report analytics from latest newsletter in spreadsheet, send to commTeam MUC
## PR merge and deploy on website git repo for blog post
## Twitter:
##* post draft tweet
##* Report monthly metrics
# Translations: after D-day
## Start the translations: publish before next newsletter :)
##* [[French translation of the newsletter|French]]: published on JabberFr.org and LinuxFr.org, working on Etherpad, need format ?
##* German translation of the newsletter: published on jabber.de, review see below
##* [[Spanish translation of the newsletter|Spanish]]: published jabber.de (looking for spanish publisher, evtl. suchat.org), working on ?, need format ?
##* [[Polish translation of the newsletter|Polish]]: published ?, working on ?, need format ?
## LinkedIn (would be nice to get it back)
## Empty this page, keep structure for next newsletter


=== Planning ===
=== Planning ===


October
December
* 2019-09-27 Fri: end of submission
* 2019-11-25 Mon: copywriting starts
* 2019-09-27 Fri: PR on GitHub
* 2019-11-29 Fri: end of link submission, PR on GitHub
* 2019-10-01 Tue: newsletter publication, blog post, tweets
* 2019-12-03 Tue: newsletter publication, blog post, promotion tweets
 
== Submissions for next newsletter==
 
=== Newsletter subject/title ===
 
[ Friendly, human introduction for the month (remove this mention before publishing) ]
 
* Prepare for FOSDEM, modern XMPP features, and more news
* FOSDEM 2020 Feb, modernization of XMPP, peer networks
 
=== Intro ===
 
Welcome to the XMPP newsletter October edition, covering the month of September.
 
New this month: we added the license (CC by-sa 4.0), and the credits as this is a community effort.
 
Be kind, inform your friends and colleagues: forward this newsletter!
 
=== Articles ===
 
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.
 
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.
 
[https://framapic.org/Qg1mv43w1673/akPmtepp0nfH.png Monal and Airdrop screenshots]
 
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.
 
We have started a very minimalistic [https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Basic_communication_guide_for_XMPP_techies communication guide] to help promoting a project through social networks and other means such as blog posts. Could be worth for those involved in XMPP projects and would like to get ideas on how to reach out to different communities.
 
=== Videos ===
 
=== Tutorials ===
 
=== Events ===
 
As usual every year, that time has come: we proudly announce the XMPP Summit 24 and [https://fosdem.org/2020/ FOSDEM]. The 24th XMPP Summit will happen on Thursday 30th and Friday 31st of January, and FOSDEM will be held on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd of February. Prepare for the community gathering; now is good time to start booking your flights!
 
[https://framapic.org/fTZlikXsyi0F/ZqlvJhNjWDFj.png FOSDEM 2020]
 
=== Software releases ===
         
==== Servers ====
 
Réda Housni Alaoui is reviving the formerly dormant [https://github.com/apache/mina-vysper Vysper XMPP server], please pronounce "whisper".
 
[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.
 
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.
 
[https://www.erlang-solutions.com/resources/download.html MongooseIM 3.4.1 is out now] with an 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.
 
==== Clients and applications ====
 
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.
 
[https://gultsch.de/dino_multiple.html Multiple Vulnerabilities found in Dino], please update as soon as possible.
 
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].
 
The Android chat app [https://github.com/siacs/Conversations/releases/tag/ Conversations has been released in version 2.5.8].
 
==== Libraries ====
 
=== Other ===
 
=== Services ===
 
[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.
 
=== GSoC ===
 
=== Extensions and specifications ===
 
This month, three proposed XEP, and two updated. No XEP in Last Call, New, or Obsoleted.
 
==== Last Call ====
 
==== New ====
 
==== Proposed ====
 
Message Fastening
 
Abstract:
This specification defines a way for payloads on a message to be marked as being logically fastened to a previous message.
 
URL: https://xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/fasten.html
 
 
XMPP Compliance Suites 2020
 
Abstract:
This document defines XMPP protocol compliance levels.
 
URL: https://xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/cs-2020.html
 
 
Authorization Tokens
 
Abstract:
This document defines an XMPP protocol extension for issuing authentication tokens to client applications and provides methods for managing сlient connections.
 
URL: https://xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/auth-tokens.html


==== Obsoleted ====
=== Current newsletter ===


==== Updated ====
* [[XMPP Newsletter December 2019]]


* 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
=== Past newsletters ===
* 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


==== Friendly specs ====
* Soon... [[XMPP Newsletter November 2019]]
* Soon... [[XMPP Newsletter December 2019]]


=== Thanks and CTA, Call To Action (remove this mention before publishing) ===


This XMPP Newsletter is a community collaborative effort. Thanks to Nÿco, Daniel, Jwi, and MDosch for aggregating the news. Thanks Nÿco and Seve for the copywriting.
=== Translations ===


Please follow and relay the XMPP news on our Twitter account [https://twitter.com/xmpp @xmpp].
[[German translations|German translations]]


=== License ===
=== Metrics, statistics, analytics===


This newsletter is published under CC by-sa license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
[[File:https://framapic.org/fg2QAKKv3yfy/JIVbhNNmyTF1.png|XMPP newsletter metrics November 2019]]

Revision as of 07:55, 15 November 2019

Here you can submit news items for inclusion in the next XMPP Newsletter (as managed by the CommTeam).


To contributors, editors, reviewers, translators

Live discussion

xmpp:commteam@muc.xmpp.org?join

What determines relevancy?

The submission must ideally be a blog or article about XMPP/Jabber and/or XMPP-based software (clients, servers, libs).

Some exceptions might be made, for example for a release page showing a new release of some XMPP-based software.

However, marketing brochures (e.g. single-page marketing sites) for new products which don't contain information on XMPP, won't be included.

Make sure you read the Basic communication guide for XMPP techies

Process

  1. Before: duration 1 month
    1. Collect links in this wiki page: duration 3-4 weeks
      • Read and validate the content
      • Include the reporters credits!
    2. Copywrite so each content is readable by humans: duration 2-3 days
      • Add links
      • Add images
      • Add CTAs
      • Carefully craft the subject/title line, and the preview text (first lines that are sometimes previewed on email UAs)
      • Include the copywriters credits!
    3. PR on website git repo for blog post (Markdown, Pelican): duration the week-end before posting
      • Include Pelican header
      • Change == in #
      • Change links format
      • Change images format
      • Need at least 2 or 3 peer reviews
      • Include the reviewers credits!
    4. Twitter:
      • Copywrite and review draft tweet: text, image, hashtags, link
  2. Sending the newsletter: on D-day
    1. Copy-paste Newsletter on Tinyletter, test it (peer review is not yet done), send it
    2. Report analytics from latest newsletter in spreadsheet, send to commTeam MUC
    3. PR merge and deploy on website git repo for blog post
    4. Twitter:
      • post draft tweet
      • Report monthly metrics
  3. Translations: after D-day
    1. Start the translations: publish before next newsletter :)
      • French: published on JabberFr.org and LinuxFr.org, working on Etherpad, need format ?
      • German translation of the newsletter: published on jabber.de, review see below
      • Spanish: published jabber.de (looking for spanish publisher, evtl. suchat.org), working on ?, need format ?
      • Polish: published ?, working on ?, need format ?
    2. LinkedIn (would be nice to get it back)
    3. Empty this page, keep structure for next newsletter

Planning

December

  • 2019-11-25 Mon: copywriting starts
  • 2019-11-29 Fri: end of link submission, PR on GitHub
  • 2019-12-03 Tue: newsletter publication, blog post, promotion tweets

Current newsletter

Past newsletters


Translations

German translations

Metrics, statistics, analytics

XMPP newsletter metrics November 2019