[The XMPP Newsletter May
2024](https://xmpp.org/2024/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2024/)
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Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again! This issue covers
the month of May 2024.
XMPP and Google Summer of Code 2024
https://xmpp.org/2024/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-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 will kick-off with coding 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/2024/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-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/2024/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2024/#xmpp-events
- [XMPP Track at FOSSY](https://2024.fossy.us/pages/tracks/): Call for
proposals ends June 14th!
- [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).
XMPP Videos https://xmpp.org/2024/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2024/#xmpp-videos
[Debian and XMPP in Wind and Solar
Measurement](https://saimei.ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/debian-meetings/2024/MiniDebConf-Berlin/38-debian-and-xmpp-in-wind-and-solar-measurement.webm)
talk at MiniDebConf Berlin 2024.
XMPP Articles
https://xmpp.org/2024/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2024/#xmpp-articles
- In the [JMP Newsletter](http://blog.jmp.chat/b/may-newsletter-2024) they
discuss new upcoming SMS routes, a future XMPP to RCS gateway option, and the
Cheogram Android 2.15.3-1 release.
- Aaron P. MacSween [announced webxdc
evolve](https://cryptography.dog/blog/announcing-webxdc-evolve/). Besides other
it has also been ported to the XMPP-based [Cheogram
service](https://cheogram.com/).
XMPP Software News
https://xmpp.org/2024/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2024/#xmpp-software-news
XMPP Clients and Applications
https://xmpp.org/2024/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2024/#xmpp-clients-and-applications
- [Psi+ 1.5.1844 through 1.5 1930
portable](https://sourceforge.net/projects/psiplus/files/Windows/Personal-Builds/tehnick/)
have been released.
- [Psi+ 1.5.1834 through 1.5 1937
installer](https://sourceforge.net/projects/psiplus/files/Windows/Personal-Builds/KukuRuzo/)
have been released.
XMPP Servers https://xmpp.org/2024/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2024/#xmpp-servers
- [Scaling up with MongooseIM
6.2.1](https://xmpp.org/2024/05/scaling-up-with-mongooseim-6.2.1/).
- XMPP Web is a third-party webclient that is available as [plugin for
Openfire](https://discourse.igniterealtime.org/t/new-openfire-plugin-xmpp-web/93982)!
[XMPP Web as Openfire plugin]
XMPP Web as Openfire plugin
XMPP Libraries & Tools
https://xmpp.org/2024/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2024/#xmpp-libraries--tools
- [Initial public announcement of Slixfeed News
Bot](https://slixfeed.woodpeckersnest.space/posts/slixfeed-news-bot/).
[Slixfeed News Bot]
Slixfeed News Bot
- QXmpp [1.6.1](https://github.com/qxmpp-project/qxmpp/releases/tag/v1.6.1)
(with fixed OMEMO group chat support) and
[1.7.0](https://github.com/qxmpp-project/qxmpp/releases/tag/v1.7.0) (with
[MIX](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0369.html),
[SASL2](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0388.html) and updated
[SFS](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0447.html) for compatibility with
deployed protocols) have been released.
- [go-xmpp 0.2.1](https://github.com/xmppo/go-xmpp/releases/tag/v0.2.1).
- [go-sendxmpp
0.11.0](https://salsa.debian.org/mdosch/go-sendxmpp/-/releases/v0.11.0).
Extensions and specifications
https://xmpp.org/2024/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-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/2024/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-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/2024/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2024/#new
- No new XEPs this month.
Deferred https://xmpp.org/2024/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-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/2024/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2024/#updated
- Version 2.5.0 of XEP-0030 (Service Discovery)
- Add note about some entities not advertising the feature. (pep)
- Version 1.34.6 of XEP-0045 (Multi-User Chat)
- Remove contradicting keyword on sending subject in §7.2.2. (pep)
Last Call https://xmpp.org/2024/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-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-0421: Anonymous unique occupant identifiers for MUCs
- XEP-0440: SASL Channel-Binding Type Capability
Stable https://xmpp.org/2024/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2024/#stable
- Version 1.0.0 of XEP-0398 (User Avatar to vCard-Based Avatars Conversion)
- Accept as Stable as per Council Vote from 2024-04-30. (XEP Editor (dg))
Deprecated https://xmpp.org/2024/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2024/#deprecated
- No XEP deprecated this month.
Rejected https://xmpp.org/2024/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2024/#rejected
- No XEP rejected this month.
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Newsletter Contributors & Translations
https://xmpp.org/2024/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-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, 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/categories/newsletter/]
- Translators: Gonzalo Raúl Nemmi
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