On 4/30/12 9:43 AM, Matthew Wild wrote: > On 30 April 2012 17:17, Daniel Dormont <d...@greywallsoftware.com> > wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I've been asked to add invisibility to my XMPP-based application. >> The server I'm running currently, ejabberd 2.1.x, supports XEP-0018 >> but I get the impression that relying on it is a bad idea. If I >> will be using clients that are mostly, but perhaps not entirely in >> some cases, under my own control (ie web based clients where I've >> personally written the code), what is the recommended practice for >> supporting invisibility? Should I just follow the recommendation of >> XEP-0126? Is there an alternative that today's software supports? > > For general compatibility, XEP-0126 is best - unlike XEP-0018 it > doesn't mess with core XMPP. From a high level it's also far from > ideal though. While privacy lists are already implemented in many > clients and servers, it makes for one ugly and complicated way to > say "Hey, I just want to be online without people seeing me!". > > My eggs are in XEP-0186's basket. It would take an hour at most to > add support for it to Prosody, and it's likely as trivial for other > servers too. It also couldn't get any easier from the client's > perspective. > > The main problem is that this isn't moving - most people, XMPP > developers at any rate, seem comfortable /enough/ with the current > situation to not be rushing to implement this. > > Therefore if any client has or is implementing XEP-0186 support and > wants to test it against Prosody then feel free to poke me off-list.
Sounds like a good starter project for someone who wants to get involved with server or client development. :) Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre https://stpeter.im/ _______________________________________________ JDev mailing list Info: http://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/jdev Unsubscribe: jdev-unsubscr...@jabber.org _______________________________________________
