Trial chat service: xmpp
Robert Sparks <rjsparks@nostrum.com> Wed, 14 October 2020 17:45 UTC
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In addition to the trial instances of the matrix and zulip chat services, we have deployed a trial instance of an xmpp service that allows local accounts to be registered, allows guest account access, and provides a web client. These services are available at xmpp-trial1.ietf.org. As noted earlier, we are deploying these services to gain operational experience and get community feedback about how well they meet the need for IETF-related chat. We have clear evidence from the IETF 107 post-meeting survey (https://www.ietf.org/media/documents/ietf-107-survey-results.pdf) that many IETF participants find jabber a significant problem. This is partly due to difficulties in finding a free jabber service and partly due to client issues. There are two paths to try to resolve these problems, one is to improve the IETF jabber service and the other is to switch to an alternative groupchat solution. This addition explores the the first path. This install has very little local configuration or customization. As with the other trials, over the next few weeks, we will be exploring reconfiguring the service to use datatracker credentials for sign-in. Bridging between the systems is already being explored. Please remember that one consequence of these explorations is that there will likely be times, outside of meetings, when accounts will be disrupted or even removed and will have to be recreated. We would like feedback on how well any of these services meet chat needs during meetings, both the full online IETF 109 meeting, interims, adhocs, and hallway conversations. Around December, we will assess our experiences and the feedback received to inform which chat services we provide in the future and how we will operate them. In January, these trial instances will be taken down. We do not intend to preserve or migrate any account configuration or chat history from the trial instances as we move forward. The chat services are intended to be explorational and informal. However, please treat them as contexts where contribution rules apply (See https://www.ietf.org/about/note-well/). Please send feedback on the services to tools-discuss@ietf.org There are several community members who have put in significant effort helping us to set up these trial instances. Please join me in thanking Tim April, Matthew Hodgson, and Matthew Wild for their assistance. Robert Sparks - Tools team project manager
- Trial chat service: xmpp Robert Sparks