Re: [Tools-discuss] Trial chat service: xmpp
Spencer Dawkins at IETF <spencerdawkins.ietf@gmail.com> Wed, 14 October 2020 19:44 UTC
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Subject: Re: [Tools-discuss] Trial chat service: xmpp
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Hi, Robert, On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 12:47 PM Robert Sparks <rjsparks@nostrum.com> wrote: > 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 > Thanks to all of you for your work, but especially on the XMPP instance. I think I'm good for now, but there have been times, and I've had computers, where XMPP/jabber was problematic. I hope this makes XMPP more attractive to the community, so we can really see what its strengths and deficiencies might be. Best, Spencer
- Re: [Tools-discuss] Trial chat service: xmpp Adrian Farrel
- Re: [Tools-discuss] Trial chat service: xmpp Spencer Dawkins at IETF
- Re: [Tools-discuss] Trial chat service: xmpp Robert Sparks
- Re: [Tools-discuss] Trial chat service: xmpp Brian E Carpenter
- Re: [Tools-discuss] Trial chat service: xmpp Matthew Wild
- Re: [Tools-discuss] Trial chat service: xmpp Brian E Carpenter
- Re: [Tools-discuss] Trial chat service: xmpp Michael StJohns