[The XMPP Newsletter August
2024](https://xmpp.org/2024/09/the-xmpp-newsletter-august-2024/)
Posted on September 5, 2024 | 7 minutes |
[Newsletter](https://xmpp.org/categories/newsletter/) | XMPP Communication Team
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Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again! This issue covers
the month of August 2024.
XSF Announcement
https://xmpp.org/2024/09/the-xmpp-newsletter-august-2024/#xsf-announcement
The XSF [has signed an Open Letter to the European
Commission](https://xmpp.org/2024/08/the-xsf-signs-open-letter-to-the-european-commission/).
As currently many other organizations doing, the [XMPP Standards
Foundation](https://xmpp.org/about/xmpp-standards-foundation/) (XSF) has
decided to also sign the [Open Letter to the European
Commission](https://www.ow2.org/view/Events/The_European_Union_must_keep_funding_free_software_open_letter).
The [XMPP Standards
Foundation](https://xmpp.org/about/xmpp-standards-foundation/) is also calling
for XSF Board 2024 and XSF Council 2024. Be involved in the XMPP Standards
Foundation organisation decisions as well as on our specifications we publish.
If you are interested in running for Board or Council, please add a wiki page
about your candidacy to one or both of the following sections until November
3rd, 2024, 00:00 UTC. Note: XMPP Council members must be elected members of the
XSF; however, there is no such restriction for the Board of Directors.
XMPP and Google Summer of Code 2024
https://xmpp.org/2024/09/the-xmpp-newsletter-august-2024/#xmpp-and-google-summer-of-code-2024
The XSF has been accepted as a [hosting organisation at GSoC in
2024](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Google_Summer_of_Code_2024) again! These XMPP
projects have received a slot and have kicked-off with coding:
- [Monal](https://monal-im.org/)
- [Modern Monal onboarding and Media gallery (175 hours,
medium)](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Gsoc2024/Monal/Media_Gallery)
- [Blog post
1](https://thevaidik.medium.com/google-summer-of-code-gsoc-my-experience-1-xmpp-standards-foundation-da781ac95560)
- [Blog post
2](https://thevaidik.medium.com/google-summer-of-code-gsoc-my-experience-2-midterm-evaluations-xmpp-standards-foundation-3be8b27dc653)
[XSF and Google Summer of Code 2024]
XSF and Google Summer of Code 2024
XSF Fiscal Hosting Projects
https://xmpp.org/2024/09/the-xmpp-newsletter-august-2024/#xsf-fiscal-hosting-projects
The XSF offers [fiscal hosting](https://xmpp.org/community/fiscalhost/) for
XMPP projects. Please apply via [Open
Collective](https://opencollective.com/xmpp). For more information, see the
[announcement blog post](https://xmpp.org/2021/09/the-xsf-as-a-fiscal-host/).
Current projects you can support:
- [Mellium Co-op](https://opencollective.com/mellium)
- [Bifrost bridge](https://opencollective.com/bifrost-mam)
- [Prav iOS](https://opencollective.com/prav-ios)
- [diasp.in](https://opencollective.com/diasp-in)
XMPP Events
https://xmpp.org/2024/09/the-xmpp-newsletter-august-2024/#xmpp-events
- [Berlin XMPP Meetup](https://mov.im/?node/pubsub.movim.eu/berlin-xmpp-meetup)
(DE / EN): monthly meeting of XMPP enthusiasts in Berlin, every 2nd Wednesday
of the month at 6pm local time
- [XMPP Sprint in Worcester,
UK](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Sprints/2024-09_Worcester_UK): From Saturday 21st
to Sunday 22nd of September 2024.
- [XMPP Italian happy hour](https://video.xmpp-it.net/c/happyhour/videos) [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).
Videos https://xmpp.org/2024/09/the-xmpp-newsletter-august-2024/#videos
- Blasta: An introduction to the [XMPP-based Annotation
System](https://video.xmpp-it.net/w/cfozoUeVLFbBFMCCSCJ1Dn). (06:38)
XMPP Articles
https://xmpp.org/2024/09/the-xmpp-newsletter-august-2024/#xmpp-articles
- [XMPP Protocol - Introduction to
XMPP](https://machaddr.substack.com/p/xmpp-protocol): An introductory article
and concicse overview of the XMPP Protocol and its most prominent features by
André Machado. This article is also available for reading in
[Portuguese](https://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/~gnemmi/blog/xmpp/xmpp-protocolo-pt.html)
and
[Spanish](https://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/~gnemmi/blog/xmpp/xmpp-protocolo-es.html),
too.
XMPP Software News
https://xmpp.org/2024/09/the-xmpp-newsletter-august-2024/#xmpp-software-news
XMPP Clients and Applications
https://xmpp.org/2024/09/the-xmpp-newsletter-august-2024/#xmpp-clients-and-applications
- [Monal 6.4.2](https://github.com/monal-im/Monal/releases/tag/Build_iOS_964),
[6.4.3](https://github.com/monal-im/Monal/releases/tag/Build_iOS_976) and
version [6.4.4](https://github.com/monal-im/Monal/releases/tag/Build_iOS_978)
have been released.
- [Psi+ 1.5.2040
portable](https://sourceforge.net/projects/psiplus/files/Windows/Personal-Builds/tehnick/)
has been released.
- [Quicksy](https://quicksy.im/), the spin-off of the popular Jabber/XMPP
client, now has iOS version based on [Monal](https://monal-im.org/) and its
[available](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/quicksy/id6538727270) for iPhone and
iPad! ([announcement](https://fosstodon.org/@Monal/113004853520449161) on
Mastodon).
- [Monocles Chat
1.7.11](https://codeberg.org/monocles/monocles_chat/releases/tag/v1.7.11) for
F-Droid has been released, and its packing a huge list of fixes, corrections,
updates, improvements and changes!.
- [Movim 0.27](https://github.com/movim/movim/releases/tag/v0.27) and a small
bugfix [0.27.1](https://github.com/movim/movim/releases/tag/v0.27.1) has been
released with a large number of [changes, new features and
fixes](https://mov.im/node/pubsub.movim.eu/Movim/11207a09-8c4d-4cf9-9756-b0fb0b273ee1).
[Movim 0.27 introducing the floating, chat-integrated, and full-screen modes]
Movim 0.27 introducing the floating, chat-integrated, and full-screen modes
XMPP Servers
https://xmpp.org/2024/09/the-xmpp-newsletter-august-2024/#xmpp-servers
- Yunohost, a (non-official) Prosody host package aiming at providing better
XMPP support has been drafted and available for
[tests](https://github.com/anubister/prosody_ynh). As a reminder,
[Yunohost](https://yunohost.org) is a server distribution based on Debian,
which makes easy to host by yourself a lot of services (apps). Nearing the
release of its version 12, till the version 11 the XMPP server
[Metronome](https://archon.im/metronome-im/) was integrated in the core
installation, allowing a lot of people to discover XMPP easier (though with
some limitations).
XMPP Libraries & Tools
https://xmpp.org/2024/09/the-xmpp-newsletter-august-2024/#xmpp-libraries--tools
- [QXmpp 1.8.1](https://github.com/qxmpp-project/qxmpp/releases/tag/v1.8.1) has
been released.
- [Blasta](https://git.xmpp-it.net/sch/Blasta)
([mirror](https://www.f-hub.org/XMPP/Blasta)) is a federated bookmarking system
based on XMPP, which allows you to share the collection of bookmarks (aka
“social bookmarking”) stored on your own XMPP account, not only among your own
software, devices and machines, but also with other people.
[Blasta browse]
Blasta browse
Extensions and specifications
https://xmpp.org/2024/09/the-xmpp-newsletter-august-2024/#extensions-and-specifications
The XMPP Standards Foundation develops extensions to XMPP in its [XEP
series](https://xmpp.org/extensions/) in addition to [XMPP
RFCs](https://xmpp.org/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](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0001.html), which contains the
formal and canonical definitions for the types, states, and processes. [Read
more about the standards
process](https://xmpp.org/about/standards-process.html). Communication around
Standards and Extensions happens in the [Standards Mailing
List](https://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/standards) ([online
archive](https://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/)).
Proposed https://xmpp.org/2024/09/the-xmpp-newsletter-august-2024/#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 https://xmpp.org/2024/09/the-xmpp-newsletter-august-2024/#new
- No new XEPs this month.
Deferred https://xmpp.org/2024/09/the-xmpp-newsletter-august-2024/#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 https://xmpp.org/2024/09/the-xmpp-newsletter-august-2024/#updated
- Version 1.2.0 of [XEP-0402](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0402.html) (PEP
Native Bookmarks)
- Encourage clients to immediately leave the room if they receive a bookmark
notification with autojoin set to false (mye)
- Version 1.0.2 of [XEP-0388](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0388.html)
(Extensible SASL Profile)
- Fix various invalid examples.
- Fix the XML Schema to match examples. (egp)
- Version 1.35.0 of [XEP-0045](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0045.html)
(Multi-User Chat)
- Remove references to using resourceparts when banning users.
- Explicitly disallow Ban List modifications that clash with ‘Banning a User’
conditions.
- Status code purpose no longer hints that recipient is the affected user
- Improved ‘Service Removes Non-Member’ example.
- Clarify usage of presence stanzas when removing a non-member from a
members-only room.
- Replace inappropriate RFC 2119 key word usage in §9.7.
- Presence sent to occupants of a destroyed room includes a element.
- Explicitly use bare JIDs when operating on affiliations.
- Allow non-owners to retrieve owner and admin lists in non-anonymous rooms.
- Members should be allowed to retrieve the member list only in non-anonymous
rooms. (gk)
- Version 0.2.0 of [XEP-0478](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0478.html)
(Stream Limits Advertisement)
- Add the XML Schema.
- Clarify that both children can be optional.
- Fix indentation and one typo. (egp)
- Version 1.0.1 of [XEP-0386](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0386.html) (Bind
2)
- Add an XML Schema. (egp)
- Version 1.3.0 of [XEP-0054](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0054.html)
(vcard-temp)
- Updated error cases to be compatible with . (gk)
Last Call https://xmpp.org/2024/09/the-xmpp-newsletter-august-2024/#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 https://xmpp.org/2024/09/the-xmpp-newsletter-august-2024/#stable
- No XEP moved to Stable this month.
Deprecated https://xmpp.org/2024/09/the-xmpp-newsletter-august-2024/#deprecated
- No XEP deprecated this month.
Rejected https://xmpp.org/2024/09/the-xmpp-newsletter-august-2024/#rejected
- No XEP rejected this month.
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- [Lemmy instance (unofficial)](https://slrpnk.net/c/xmpp)
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Newsletter Contributors & Translations
https://xmpp.org/2024/09/the-xmpp-newsletter-august-2024/#newsletter-contributors--translations
This is a community effort, and we would like to thank translators for their
contributions. Volunteers an more languages are welcome! Translations of the
XMPP Newsletter will be released here (with some delay):
- English (original): [xmpp.org](https://xmpp.org/categories/newsletter/)
- General contributors: Adrien Bourmault (neox), Alexander “PapaTutuWawa”,
Arne, cal0pteryx, emus, Federico, Gonzalo Raúl Nemmi, Jonas Stein, Kris
“poVoq”, Licaon_Kter, Ludovic Bocquet, Mario Sabatino, melvo, MSavoritias
(fae,ve), nicola, Schimon Zachary, Simone Canaletti, singpolyma, XSF iTeam
- French: [jabberfr.org](https://news.jabberfr.org/category/newsletter/) and
[linuxfr.org](https://linuxfr.org/tags/xmpp/public)
- Translators: Adrien Bourmault (neox), alkino, anubis, Arkem, Benoît Sibaud,
mathieui, nyco, Pierre Jarillon, Ppjet6, Ysabeau
- Italian: notes.nicfab.eu
- Translators: nicola
- Spanish: [xmpp.org](https://xmpp.org/categories/newsletter/)
- Translators: Gonzalo Raúl Nemmi
- German: [xmpp.org](https://xmpp.org/categories/newsletter/)
- Translators: Millesimus
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