On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 09:45:11AM +1000, Daniel Stone scribbled: [snip] > > All this already happens with less overhead (introduced by XML) on IRC > > channels. In order for jabber to provide the same functionality, > > http://www.jabber.org/jeps/jep-0045.html (Multi-User Chat) has to > > mature first, it's in flux and at revision 0.8 since 10/10 only. > > There's a difference between "overhead" and "flexibility". XML parsers > these days are actually quite fast and lightweight. > > Plus, the multi-user chat JEP is going along very well, and is already > in use in several places; I have no doubt in its ability. Plus jabber can be much more secure than IRC and with much less effort. > > > faster bug reporting and solving, and many more... > > > > With a specialized (yet to be written) client and a (to be written) > > BTS interface on the server side, bug management might be > > improved. OTOH we want users submitting a bug report to think twice, > > look if what they consider a bug has already been reported and give > > all relevant information. All this is not well suited to IM. > > Not necessarily submission of bugs; more *management* of bugs, and stuff > like BTS acknowledgements, etc. I, for one, would love to get messages on jabber about bugs filed against my packages, perhaps also stuff like debian weekly newsletters, debianplanet headlines - anything is possible. [snip] > > Jabber has a great potential, e.g. I'm investigating it for remote > > administration where message pushing can be vital. GPG-encrypted > > p2p communiction is a great plus although it requires a quite bit of > > processor power. For conferencing I clearly prefer IRC for now. > > I personally find it has way cool stuff, like: > * SSL support provided you find any server that does use SSL, though :-) It would be great if the Debian jabber server supported it. If there existed a jabber-based BTS interface (an agent, probably) which supported GPG signed/encrypted messages, one would be able to manipulate their bugs in a more secure manner - the identity would always be known... I guess more things could be done using such a gateway. marek
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