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XMPP Summit 10 at FOSDEM 2011 - update
Posted on January 20, 2011 | 1 minutes | | bear
In a bit more than two weeks (!) the tenth XMPP Summit to be held by the XMPP Standards Foundation will happen. February 4-7, 2011, in Brussels, Belgium (the same weekend as FOSDEM 2011). The space available for the Summit itself has already reached the room capacity for the Feb 7th Summit day and there are only a handful of slots available for the Feb 4th Hackfest! Sponsors are still being sought for the XSF Dinner and I’m hearing talk that details of the Dev Challenge will be known very soon! [Read More]
2nd Annual SeaBeyond event at ProcessOne
Posted on January 12, 2011 | 1 minutes | | bear
ProcessOne, for the second time, will be hosting the SeaBeyond event. This year SeaBeyond is dedicated to federated social real-time tools and mobile real-time collaboration, with more discussions about real-time technologies in general. In the morning will be the “sandbox” where news/developments, demos and technical discussions will take place, and in the afternoon the “lighthouse” for talks and presentations. Visit ProcessOne’s SeaBeyond website for full details. Speakers coming from all over the world, including Europe (France, Poland, Germany, Finland), USA, and Australia: [Read More]
Interop event report
Posted on December 14, 2010 | 4 minutes | | kev
From 6th-11th December 2010, the XSF ran its first remote interop event. All client and server projects were invited to attend, and we had a good turnout. The aim of the interop event was to test basic XMPP interoperability, particularly re correct TLS and certificate handling, for both clients and servers. We provided projects with a list of tests, together with a set of known-bad server configurations, and worked through these during the week. [Read More]
Member Voting - last call!
Posted on December 13, 2010 | 1 minutes | | bear
The proxy voting still has not reached a quorom, so unless you plan on voting at the meeting you have until the close of business on December 14th. On December 15th we will have one of the few required “all hands” meetings to formally approve the voting results. The voting is handled by the XSF’s Membership Bot memberbot@jabber.org and you can review the current membership applications listed here: November 2010 Applications [Read More]
The XMPP Summit 10 is coming!
Posted on December 10, 2010 | 1 minutes | | florian
Hey, the 10th XMPP Summit is coming up quickly, so we’re preparing the participant lists so that we know for how many people we need to book venues etc. So it would be great if you’re joining us for the Summit 10 in Brussels this year, if you could leave a comment on the XMPP.org page or just say hi on the Summit list.: XMPP Summit 10 Page That page will also list all the information you’ll need to know about this years Summit (some parts are still work in progress :) ). [Read More]
2010 XMPP Interop Event Update
Posted on December 8, 2010 | 2 minutes | | bear
Monday saw the 2010 XMPP Interop start right up with many of the participants working with Kev (who was wearing his XSF ITeam hat) to establish the base line DNS entries and with MattJ for any CA Certificate items needed. Details can be found on the Interop wiki page and discussions are happening in the chat room which is logged. A full report will be generated after the event is over and a summary will be posted here. [Read More]
XSF Membership Vote Update
Posted on December 8, 2010 | 1 minutes | | bear
We still need folks who haven’t voted to do so as Alexander has reported that our current voting tally does not fulfill the required quorum. The proxy voting is ongoing and will continue until the close of business on December 14th. On December 15th we will have one of the few required “all hands” meetings to formally approve the voting results. The voting is handled by the XSF’s Membership Bot memberbot@jabber. [Read More]
XMPP Summit 10
Posted on December 7, 2010 | 6 minutes | | florian
The tenth XMPP Summit held by the XMPP Standards Foundation happened on February 4-7, 2011, in Brussels, Belgium (the same weekend as FOSDEM 2011). A Trip Report can be found on the XSF Blog. Friday, February 4: XMPP Hackfest Saturday, February 5: Devroom @ FOSDEM Sunday, February 6: FOSDEM Sunday, February 6: Official XSF Dinner Monday, February 7: XMPP Summit Dev Challenge Friday, February 4: XMPP Hackfest The official XMPP Hackfest is there for people to code on XMPP, test interoperability, build or extend applications, and give a few talks about technical topics. [Read More]
XSF Interop 2010 has started
Posted on December 6, 2010 | 1 minutes | | bear
XSF is conducting an online interop event to allow testing of interoperability based on the latest core standards from Monday, December 6th all the way thru Saturday the 11th of December.
The event has started with all the usual fun of setting up the infrastructure required :)
Client and Server implementers are encouraged to participate, see our Interop page for details or to follow along as the event unfolds!
Roundup of client software
Posted on December 3, 2010 | 2 minutes | | Nyco
This software Roundup has been brought to you by Neustradamus and Nyco, with the help of Mike and Will. Coccinella 0.96.20 Sander Devrieze has released a new version 0.96.20 of Coccinella, a free and open-source cross-platform communication tool with a built-in whiteboard for improved collaboration with other people. (Linux, Mac, and Windows) Pidgin 2.7.7 Since our last Roundup, the Pidgin Team has made great progress with the 2.7.x series, with an impressive changelog, especially related to XMPP. [Read More]