Good initiative Mati, we need people that have the time and want to do things like this in the XSF :)
On 16/01/2012, at 2:25 PM, Mathias Ertl wrote: > Hi, > > After years of waiting, delays, ignored offers for help and broken > promises, I've finally decided to take this situation into my own hands. > Yes, I've written our own tool for maintaining a list: > https://list.jabber.at > > It does (almost) everything automatically, admins only have to enter > their data and get feedback on what (if anything) is not right with > their servers. JIDs and E-Mail addresses are automatically verified. A > simple API that can be used by clients is available. > > The current list at xmpp.org is in a very bad status: > * Only 63 servers are on that list. > * None have been added for years, all requests have been ignored. > * Its even impossible to *remove* a server. > * 6 don't even have SRV records defined. > * 4 have some problem with the SSL certificate via TLS netotiation. > * At least 2 servers don't even allow inband-registration anymore, the > number is probably much higher. > * ~10 linked-to pages do not work at all > * ~15 pages link to a generic page that does not give any info about the > respective service. > > I therefor urge the XSF to finally ditch their own horrible list and > just link to others (i.e. [1] and ours) instead. The fact that the list > is unmaintained and many servers do not even work anymore creates a very > bad experience for all users. The fact that the illusion of maintenance > is kept up frustrates many server-admins. > > Please finally resolve the situation in a realistic way. > > greetings, Mati > > [1] http://www.jabberes.org/servers/ > > -- > twitter: @mathiasertl | soup: http://soup.er.tl | xing: Mathias Ertl > I only read plain-text mail! I prefer signed/encrypted mail! > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Simplifying software development and IT systems http://www.cleartextsystems.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
