The XMPP Newsletter November 2024

Posted on December 5, 2024 | 7 minutes | Newsletter | XMPP Communication Team and Contributors

Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again! This issue covers the month of November 2024.

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XSF Announcements

XMPP Summit 27 & FOSDEM 2025

The XSF is planning the XMPP Summit 27, which is to take place on January 30th & 31st 2025 in Brussels (Belgium, Europe). Following the Summit, the XSF is also planning to be present at FOSDEM 2025, which takes place on February 1st & 2nd 2025. Find all the details in our Wiki. Please sign-up now if you are planning to attend, since this helps organizing. The event is of course open for everyone interested to participate. Spread the word within your circles!

XSF Fiscal Hosting Projects

The XSF offers fiscal hosting for XMPP projects. Please apply via Open Collective. For more information, see the announcement blog post. Current projects you can support:

XMPP Events

Berlin XMPP Meetup (DE / EN): monthly meeting of XMPP enthusiasts in Berlin, every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 6pm local time
XMPP Italian happy hour [IT]: monthly Italian XMPP web meeting, every third Monday of the month at 7:00 PM local time (online event, with web meeting mode and live streaming).

XMPP Articles

ProcessOne
- Docker: set up ejabberd and keep it updated automagically with Watchtower
Erlang Solution
- MongooseIM 6.3: Prometheus, CockroachDB and more
XMPP: the forgotten gem of Instant Messaging. A well thoughtout exploration on XMPP, why hasn’t it reached widespread adoption, why it remains relevant, and how it might be the best option for those seeking a flexible, secure, and open-source messaging tool.
The Quick and Easy Guide to Jabber/XMPP
XMPP For Browsers: An idea for developing browser software with XMPP PubSub.
Facile guida per chattare con XMPP [IT]: An easy guide on how to chat using XMPP (also available in English)

XMPP Software News

XMPP Clients and Applications

Conversations has released versions 2.17.3 and 2.17.4 for Android.
Monocles Chat 2.0.2 has been released. This version brings MiniDNS, settings export, fixes and more!.
Monal has released version 6.4.6 for iOS an macOS.
Cheogram has released version 2.17.2-2 for Android. This release brings a chat requests feature to hide possible SPAM, with an option to report all. Additionally, it comes with several improvements and bugfixes. Also worth noting, since this last November, Cheogram is once again available for download from the Google Play Store!

XMPP Servers

Openfire 4.9.1 and 4.9.2 have been released. Version 4.9.1 is a bugfix and maintenance release, whereas version 4.9.2 is a bugfix release. You can read the full changelog for more details.
MongooseIM version 6.3.0 has been released. The main highlight is the complete instrumentation rework, allowing integration with Prometheus. Additionally, CockroachDB has been added to the list of supported databases for increased scalability. See the release notes for more information.
The (non-official) Prosody app for Yunohost has now reached a beta maturity opening it for everybody to test. This variant aims at providing better XMPP support for Yunohost users. In comparison to official Metronome and Prosody apps, this app enables A/V calls working out of the box. An optional import of rosters, MUCs, and bookmarks from Metronome is also provided. As a reminder, Yunohost is a server distribution based on Debian, which makes it easy to host a lot of services (apps) by yourself. Till the last major release (version 12), Metronome was integrated in the core installation, allowing a lot of people to discover XMPP easier (though with some limitations).

XMPP Libraries & Tools

go-xmpp versions 0.2.5, 0.2.6 and 0.2.7 have been released.
go-sendxmpp versions 0.12.0 and 0.12.1 have been released.
QXmpp versions 1.9.0 and 1.9.1 have been released.
Slidge versions v0.2.1 and v0.2.2 have been released, bringing quite a few bugfixes.

Extensions and specifications

The XMPP Standards Foundation develops extensions to XMPP in its XEP series in addition to XMPP RFCs.

Developers and other standards experts from around the world collaborate on these extensions, developing new specifications for emerging practices, and refining existing ways of doing things. Proposed by anybody, the particularly successful ones end up as Final or Active - depending on their type - while others are carefully archived as Deferred. This life cycle is described in XEP-0001, which contains the formal and canonical definitions for the types, states, and processes. Read more about the standards process. Communication around Standards and Extensions happens in the Standards Mailing List (online archive).

Proposed

The XEP development process starts by writing up an idea and submitting it to the XMPP Editor. Within two weeks, the Council decides whether to accept this proposal as an Experimental XEP.

No XEPs Proposed this month.

New

Version 0.1.0 of XEP-0496 (Pubsub Node Relationships)
- Promoted to Experimental (XEP Editor: dg)
Version 0.1.0 of XEP-0497 (Pubsub Extended Subscriptions)
- Promoted to Experimental (XEP Editor: dg)
Version 0.1.0 of XEP-0498 (Pubsub File Sharing)
- Promoted to Experimental (XEP Editor: dg)
Version 0.1.0 of XEP-0499 (Pubsub Extended Discovery)
- Promoted to Experimental (XEP Editor: dg)
Version 0.1.0 of XEP-0500 (MUC Slow Mode)
- Promoted to Experimental (XEP Editor: dg)

Deferred

If an experimental XEP is not updated for more than twelve months, it will be moved off Experimental to Deferred. If there is another update, it will put the XEP back onto Experimental.

No XEPs deferred this month.

Updated

Version 1.0.1 of XEP-0490 (Message Displayed Synchronization)
- Fix some examples, and their indentation.
- Add the XML Schema. (egp)

Last Call

Last calls are issued once everyone seems satisfied with the current XEP status. After the Council decides whether the XEP seems ready, the XMPP Editor issues a Last Call for comments. The feedback gathered during the Last Call can help improve the XEP before returning it to the Council for advancement to Stable.

No Last Call this month.

Stable

Version 1.0.0 of XEP-0490 (Message Displayed Synchronization)
- Accept as Stable as per Council Vote from 2024-11-05. (XEP Editor (dg)

Deprecated

No XEP deprecated this month.

Rejected

No XEP rejected this month.

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- Translators: Gonzalo Raúl Nemmi
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- Translators: Millesimus

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