Re: Add xmpp room to the list of group chats.

[Ada Stevenson <adanskana@gmail.com>]

Hi,

On 12/2/23 8:20 AM, MSavoritias wrote:
> Hey, I thought this mailing list is the most fitting for the request 
> feel free to point out if its better somewhere else.
>
>
> Is the community open to have group chats listed in other networks 
> than IRC assuming they are free software?
>
> Having chat groups in different networks is going to greatly improve 
> the accessibility of the project towards new contributors which I 
> think we recently wanted to start working on as one of our areas of 
> focus.
>
> The group chat I am talking about is in xmpp/jabber and it is here -> 
> guix@chat.disroot.org
>
> It has already the CoC of the guix project and xmpp is free software 
> from server to client.
>
>
> Also disclaimer: I am not talking about starting to bridge them. That 
> is an entirely separate thing with different tradeoffs and maintenance.
>
> Just listing the group chat is easy though :)
>
>
> Msavoritias
>
>
This sounds like a good idea to me! XMPP just works a lot nicer with 
stuff like attachments and message logging without needing peripheral 
tooling like znc to get around things like message logging/persistance. 
Whether we go with disroot.org to host the chat, or whether GNU can host 
something for us in the future I'm not sure, but I'm keen to see more 
usage of XMPP.

I think the channel should be listed once we have a strong consensus 
that we want to use XMPP as a main communication channel. Perhaps this 
is suitable for a RFI?

However, I understand the desire to keep everything as central as 
possible, especially when it comes to communication. IRC works well 
enough in most cases, and by far has the most active users. This doesn't 
mean things can improve, though, and the niceties provided by a more 
modern protocol such as XMPP could be worth it, potentially. Anyway, 
there isn't much harm in maintaining our own XMPP channel for those who 
wish to use it.

What do you think?

Thanks,

Ada (adanska)