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Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again! This issue covers
the month of April 2024.
XSF Announcements
https://xmpp.org/2024/05/the-xmpp-newsletter-april-2024/#xsf-announcements
If you are interested to join the XMPP Standards Foundation as a member,
[please apply until 19th May
2024!](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Membership_Applications_Q2_2024).
XMPP and Google Summer of Code 2024
https://xmpp.org/2024/05/the-xmpp-newsletter-april-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 are in the community bonding phase now:
- [Monal](https://monal-im.org/)
- [Media Gallery (90 hours,
easy)](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Gsoc2024/Monal/Media_Gallery)
- [Prav.app](https://prav.app/)
- [Standards compliant SMS OTP based authentication (350 hours,
medium)](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Gsoc2024/Prav.app/Standards_compliant_SMS_OTP_based_authentication)
[XSF and Google Summer of Code 2024]
XSF and Google Summer of Code 2024
XSF Fiscal Hosting Projects
https://xmpp.org/2024/05/the-xmpp-newsletter-april-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)
- [Prav iOS](https://opencollective.com/prav-ios)
XMPP Events https://xmpp.org/2024/05/the-xmpp-newsletter-april-2024/#xmpp-events
- [XMPP Sprint in Berlin](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Sprints/2024-07_Berlin): On
Friday, 12th to Sunday, 14th of July 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).
Articles https://xmpp.org/2024/05/the-xmpp-newsletter-april-2024/#articles
- Monal:
- [iOS app banned from Chinese
Appstore](https://monal-im.org/post/00010-ios-banned/)
- [Partial security audit for Monal iOS
client](https://monal-im.org/post/00011-security-audit-1/): Radically Open
Security (ROS) performed a security audit of some parts of Monal.
- Snikket Android app temporarily [unavailable in Google Play
store](https://snikket.org/blog/snikket-google-play-removal) (problem already
resolved)
Software News
https://xmpp.org/2024/05/the-xmpp-newsletter-april-2024/#software-news
Clients and Applications
https://xmpp.org/2024/05/the-xmpp-newsletter-april-2024/#clients-and-applications
- [Monal 6.3.0](https://github.com/monal-im/Monal/releases/tag/Build_iOS_900)
has been released, which brings support for [XEP-0425: Moderated Message
Retraction](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0425.html) and [XEP-0490: Message
Displayed Synchronization](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0490.html).
- [Movim 0.24
“#Mueller”](https://mov.im/node/pubsub.movim.eu/Movim/007843a5-5a44-4710-86a1-70ad7e18bd84)
and a [0.24.1
bugfix](https://mov.im/node/pubsub.movim.eu/Movim/d71c1b3a-d36a-4eb4-a6fb-ff245123348f)
have been released.
- [Psi+ 1.5.1747 through 1.5.1816
installer](https://sourceforge.net/projects/psiplus/files/Windows/Personal-Builds/KukuRuzo/)
and [Psi+ 1.5.1768 through 1.5.1819
portable](https://sourceforge.net/projects/psiplus/files/Windows/Personal-Builds/tehnick/)
have been released. Now with Qt6 instead of Qt5.
Servers https://xmpp.org/2024/05/the-xmpp-newsletter-april-2024/#servers
- [MongooseIM 6.2.1](https://github.com/esl/MongooseIM/releases/tag/6.2.1) has
been released. Version 1.1.0 of [XEP-0313 Message Archive
Management](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0313.html) is now supported. The
improved CETS in-memory storage backend allows you to easily deploy, manage and
scale your MongooseIM installation in the cloud without the burden of
persistent volumes.
- [ejabberd Docs now using
MkDocs](https://www.process-one.net/blog/ejabberd-docs-now-using-mkdocs/)
Libraries & Tools
https://xmpp.org/2024/05/the-xmpp-newsletter-april-2024/#libraries--tools
- [Smack
4.4.8](https://discourse.igniterealtime.org/t/smack-4-4-8-released/93807) has
been released
- [Slidge v0.1.0](https://sr.ht/~nicoco/slidge/) Slidge is an XMPP (puppeteer)
gateway library in python. It makes writing gateways to other chat networks
(legacy modules) as frictionless as possible.
- [go-xmpp 0.2.0](https://github.com/xmppo/go-xmpp/releases/tag/v0.2.0).
- [go-sendxmpp
0.10.0](https://salsa.debian.org/mdosch/go-sendxmpp/-/releases/v0.10.0).
Extensions and specifications
https://xmpp.org/2024/05/the-xmpp-newsletter-april-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/2024/05/the-xmpp-newsletter-april-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 XEP was proposed this month.
New https://xmpp.org/2024/05/the-xmpp-newsletter-april-2024/#new
- No new XEPs this month.
Deferred https://xmpp.org/2024/05/the-xmpp-newsletter-april-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/2024/05/the-xmpp-newsletter-april-2024/#updated
- Version 0.7.0 of XEP-0333 (Displayed Markers)
- Change title to “Displayed Markers”
- Bring back Service Discovery feature (dg)
- Version 0.4.1 of XEP-0440 (SASL Channel-Binding Type Capability)
- Recommend the usage of tls-exporter over tls-server-end-point (fs)
- Version 0.2.1 of XEP-0444 (Message Reactions)
- fix grammar and spelling (wb)
- Version 1.0.1 of XEP-0388 (Extensible SASL Profile)
- Fixed typos (md)
Last Call https://xmpp.org/2024/05/the-xmpp-newsletter-april-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.
- XEP-0398: User Avatar to vCard-Based Avatars Conversion
Stable https://xmpp.org/2024/05/the-xmpp-newsletter-april-2024/#stable
- Version 1.0.0 of XEP-0386 (Bind 2)
- Accept as Stable as per Council Vote from 2024-04-02. (XEP Editor (dg))
- Version 1.0.0 of XEP-0388 (Extensible SASL Profile)
- Accept as Stable as per Council Vote from 2024-04-02. (XEP Editor (dg))
- Version 1.0.0 of XEP-0333 (Displayed Markers)
- Accept as Stable as per Council Vote from 2024-04-17. (XEP Editor (dg))
- Version 1.0.0 of XEP-0334 (Message Processing Hints)
- Accept as Stable as per Council Vote from 2024-04-17 (XEP Editor (dg))
Deprecated https://xmpp.org/2024/05/the-xmpp-newsletter-april-2024/#deprecated
- No XEP deprecated this month.
Rejected https://xmpp.org/2024/05/the-xmpp-newsletter-april-2024/#rejected
- XEP-0360: Nonzas (are not Stanzas)
Spread the news
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Newsletter Contributors & Translations
https://xmpp.org/2024/05/the-xmpp-newsletter-april-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, Simone Canaletti, 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
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