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=== Newsletter subject/title === | === Newsletter subject/title === | ||
[ Friendly, human introduction for the month (remove this mention before publishing) ] | [ Friendly, human introduction for the month (remove this mention before publishing) ] | ||
Happy new XMPP year! | |||
=== Intro (remove this)=== | === Intro (remove this)=== | ||
Welcome to the XMPP newsletter covering the month of | Welcome to the XMPP newsletter covering the month of December 2019. | ||
Contribute to the community effort, which [https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/News_and_Articles_for_the_next_XMPP_Newsletter process is fully documented]. | |||
=== Articles === | === Articles === | ||
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[https://www.golem.de/news/whatsapp-matrix-oder-xmpp-bmi-sucht-einen-messenger-fuer-bundesbehoerden-1912-145326.html Whatsapp, Matrix or XMPP] (german) - The German Federal Ministry of the Interior is looking for a messenger for the federal authorities while the German Federal Police is experimenting with XMPP. They are using an [https://dipbt.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/19/152/1915218.pdf Open Source Messenger "MOKA" based on XMPP] (german). | [https://www.golem.de/news/whatsapp-matrix-oder-xmpp-bmi-sucht-einen-messenger-fuer-bundesbehoerden-1912-145326.html Whatsapp, Matrix or XMPP] (german) - The German Federal Ministry of the Interior is looking for a messenger for the federal authorities while the German Federal Police is experimenting with XMPP. They are using an [https://dipbt.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/19/152/1915218.pdf Open Source Messenger "MOKA" based on XMPP] (german). | ||
Fabian Sauter known as COM8 (and developer of [https://uwpx.org/ UWPX]) has finalised his Bachelor Thesis on "[https://home.in.tum.de/~sauterf/html-data/Thesis_Smart_Building_Control_with_XMPP_for_IoT.pdf Smart Building Control with XMPP for IoT]". Congratulations! The development will be continued with the goal of an official XEP. | |||
Anoxinon e.V who intend to inform and improve the situation about privacy and free software as well run a XMPP Server are looking for [https://anoxinon.de/blog/logbuchspezial_zukunftdesvereins/ new board members]. | |||
Paul Schaub has written two pieces: | |||
* [https://blog.jabberhead.tk/2019/12/13/pitfalls-for-omemo-implementations-part-1-inactive-devices/ Pitfalls for OMEMO Implementations – Part 1: Inactive Devices] | |||
* [https://blog.jabberhead.tk/2019/12/29/re-the-ecosystem-is-moving/ Re: The Ecosystem is Moving] as an answer to Moxie Marlinspike's talk at 36C3 (Moxie is the creator of Signal) | |||
https://framapic.org/vnIr36vc8UVR/V2BVA5KG8ozl.png | |||
Alex Gnauck wrote about [https://www.ag-software.net/2019/12/30/simpler-code-in-handlers-using-pattern-matching/ Simpler code in handlers using pattern matching] in MatriX. | |||
During the 36C3 a bunch of people finalized the idea to form a [https://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/2019-December/036769.html SIG dedicated to end-to-end encryption]. | |||
=== | ==== Newsletter translations ==== | ||
* [https://linuxfr.org/news/lettre-d-information-xmpp-3-decembre-2019-xmpp-dans-toutes-les-langues French] | |||
* [https://www.jabber.de/xmpp-newsletter-xmpp-auf-allen-sprachen-03-dez-2019/ German] | |||
* [https://www.jabber.de/es-xmpp-newsletter-xmpp-en-todos-los-idiomas-03-dic-2019/ Spanish] | |||
=== Software releases === | === Software releases === | ||
==== Servers ==== | ==== Servers ==== | ||
The Ignite Realtime community has released: | |||
* [https://discourse.igniterealtime.org/t/openfire-4-5-0-beta-release/86888 Openfire 4.5.0 Beta] | |||
* [https://discourse.igniterealtime.org/t/fastpath-openfire-plugin-4-5-0-beta-release/86895 Fastpath Openfire plugin 4.5.0 Beta] | |||
==== Clients and applications ==== | ==== Clients and applications ==== | ||
https://monal.im/blog/ios-4-1-and-4-2/ | Anu Pokharel the developer of Monal has made significant changes to its [https://monal.im/blog/group-chat-improvements/ MUC implemenation] which improves the situation for iOS ([https://monal.im/blog/ios-4-1-and-4-2/ 4.1 and 4.2] and [https://monal.im/blog/ios-4-2-final-beta/ 4.2 final beta]) and macOS ([https://monal.im/blog/mac-2-5-beta-1/ 2.5 beta 1] [https://monal.im/blog/mac-2-5-beta-2/ 2.5 beta 2]) users. Furthermore there has been many [https://monal.im/blog/cve-fixes/ bug fixes], including [https://monal.im/blog/http-upload/ HTTP upload], and [https://monal.im/blog/the-end-of-ios-9-support/ the end of iOS9 support]. | ||
https://framapic.org/ZyopsYd66GsN/aOp2n1IrXfIy.png | |||
Gajim has posted their [https://gajim.org/post/2020-01-07-development-news-december/ Development News] for December 2019: old message dialog system, compact tooltip when hovering a group chat in Gajim’s contact list, new assistant for password change and account removal, HTTP File Upload now work asynchronously with the ‘libsoup’ library, bug fixes, plugin updates, and changes in python-nbxmpp. | |||
Tigase has released [https://tigase.net/beagleim-3.4-and-siskin-5.4-released/ BeagleIM 3.4 and Siskin IM 5.4]: BeagleIM 3.4 allows you to set MUC room avatar, simplifies MUC room settings, and bug fixes, while SiskinIM 5.4 adds support for setting MUC room avatar. | |||
https:// | [https://nl.movim.eu/?node/pubsub.movim.eu/Movim/cdfc0a4c-3459-4d3b-8c15-08994810d54e Movim 0.16.1] has been released: you can now share posts to your connected chatrooms, communities layout were redesigned, all the messages that you sent in the one to one discussions can now be edited, the videoconferencing feature was heavily refactored, and the bug fixes. | ||
Goffi has published the [https://www.goffi.org/b/JLPTTHfRnqhxNozHjRz553/progress-note SàT progress note 2019-W51]: infinite scroll is now implemented in Cagou, Kivy community extensions used by SàT are now installable like any other Python dependency, e2e encryption with OMEMO, and more. | |||
==== Libraries ==== | ==== Libraries ==== | ||
[https://camaya.net/news/gloox-1-0-23-released/ gloox 1.0.23 released] as a maintenance version. | |||
=== | === GSoC === | ||
Google Summer of Code 2020 has been announced, some XMPP projects have already shown interest to mentor student. | |||
=== Extensions and specifications === | === Extensions and specifications === | ||
==== New ==== | ==== New ==== | ||
===== XEP-0426: Character counting in message bodies ===== | |||
Version 0.1.0 of XEP-0426 (Character counting in message bodies) has | |||
been released. | |||
Abstract: | |||
This document describes how to correctly count characters in message | |||
bodies. This is required when referencing a position in the body. | |||
Changelog: | |||
Promote to Experimental as per Council decision. (mb) | |||
URL: https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0426.html | |||
==== Proposed ==== | |||
===== Character counting in message bodies ===== | |||
Title: Character counting in message bodies | |||
Abstract: | |||
This document describes how to correctly count characters in message | |||
bodies. This is required when referencing a position in the body. | |||
URL: https://xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/charcount.html | |||
===== User-defined Data Transfer ===== | |||
Title: User-defined Data Transfer | |||
Abstract: | |||
This specification proposes a simple mechanism by which applications | |||
can transfer data safely, without needing additional protocol design | |||
work. It is intended to provide a protocol that is trivial to | |||
implement and can be driven with a simple API. | |||
URL: https://xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/udt.html | |||
===== MAM Fastening Collation ===== | |||
Title: MAM Fastening Collation | |||
Abstract: | |||
This specification proposes a mechanism by which MAM results | |||
containing fastenings can be collated effectively. | |||
URL: https://xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/mamfc.html | |||
===== Fallback Indication ===== | |||
Title: Fallback Indication | |||
Abstract: | |||
This specification proposes a mechanism by which message bodies can be | |||
marked as being purely for fallback purposes, and therefore to be | |||
ignored by intermediaries and anything that understands the remainder | |||
of the message. | |||
URL: https://xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/fallback.html | |||
===== Special Interests Group End to End Encryption ===== | |||
Title: Special Interests Group End to End Encryption | |||
Abstract: | |||
This document proposes the formation of a Special Interest Group (SIG) | |||
within the XSF devoted to the development of end-to-end encryption | |||
within the context of XMPP. | |||
URL: https://xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/sige2ee.html | |||
==== Updated ==== | ==== Updated ==== | ||
* Version 0.13.2 of XEP-0280 (Message Carbons) has been released. | |||
* Version 0.1.2 of XEP-0284 (Shared XML Editing) has been released. | |||
* Version 0.2.1 of XEP-0328 (JID Preparation and Validation Service) has been released. | |||
* Version 0.1.2 of XEP-0422 (Message Fastening) has been released. | |||
=== Thanks all! === | === Thanks all! === | ||
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This XMPP Newsletter is produced collaboratively by the community. | This XMPP Newsletter is produced collaboratively by the community. | ||
Thanks to | Thanks to Alejandra, Sven, zzz for their help in creating it! | ||
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