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This is a spew by me of stuff on various topics, stuff I'm working/focusing on, whatever...
It just so happens there is a farily descriptive word close to my name: Jeremiad
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Hopefully none of this gets personal, but this wasn't created for the general public either, it's for those that are helping get stuff done... so, if you continue reading, I fully expect you to jump in and help! it's only a revolution when everyone is participating, *grin*
Oh yeah, this material is likely to be outdated VERY quickly, buyer beware
PPS: just as fast as it's outdated, it's most likely not complete either, it's 4:30 am after all and who knows how far I'll get
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That's right, what the heck is going on? jabber.org as a project has been a mess lately, some of the problem has been focused 1.2 development distracting most of the team, some has been the sucky web site, some has been various miscommunications and tensions between .org and .com, plenty of damn good reasons that are going to get fixed :)
So how are we going to fix this and get the project back on track? PARTY! erm... not really, but hey, if you feel like it, *g*. First focus: fix the web site so we have a central flexible dynamic friendly point to start talking to the world. Second: start talking... more status updates, better project indexing, more releases, MORE DOCS, and a major call for new developers and more PR material and cool demos that break or leave you hanging, enticing developers to fix or complete them (they'll hopefully pick it up and do it better or cooler than we could, and that's the point)
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Main
|__ IM Platform
| -> page containing overview of IM arch, links to jabbercentral, main clients, server releases, transports, other IM sites
|__ OS Project
| -> main index of jabber.org project listings, documentation, team, news
|__ XML Framework
| -> page with links to parts of the documentation and other ideas and projects using jabber
|__ Business
-> page with categories and links to commercial vendors and adoptions
What is Jabber? - Open Distributed Interoperable IM Platform - Accessibility - Security - Management - Adoption - Jabber.org Open Source Development - Server, Services, Gateways, Clients, Libraries, Architecture - News, Team, Developers - Dynamic Services Framework - Presence and Data Management - XML Media - Application Services - Extensible Protocol and Namespace - Business Marketplace (jabber.com, and list other public company adoptions) - Software, Professional Services, Hosting
I was thinking something spiffy like BeBits (sans left column), almost a "yahoo" of projects or jabber development. It would contain categories for servers, clients, IM transports, services, libraries, components, misc stuff, brainstorming, integration projects, wireless, etc. It would also re-use the jabber.org jabber user accounts and a trust-like mechanism as there is now, to allow very fast/easy access to update project listings and profiles, KISS principle of course.
List the various contributing personalities/bios. links to places to find ppl (chat rooms, lists, project maintainers) and how to get involved. dynamic list of team contributed favourite sites, books, tunes, and quotes.
simple docu mgmt system, use j.o accounts. fetches .sgml urls (http or cvs) and creates local .html/.pdf copies (timed or demand), makes searchable, lists by popularity or freshness, shows maintainer(s), allow online editing of the .sgml and some starter base templates?
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libxode/libjabber absorbtion? mio: all socket code converted ssl? all transports as .so's deliver fixes more flexible delivery logic (like for xdb namespaces or log types), _almost_ have an api for it smarter defaults (don't dup normal/xdb pkts, etc, use different logic systems instead of one generic one) intuitive jabberd linking (routing before packet type delivery, avoiding strange xdb/log multi-jabberd and naming issues) reload init new components shutdown and reload component notification .so reloading? admin snmp-like admin protocol? component management jsm, c2s, s2s, xdb browsing replace iq:admin some other jsm features, account browsing and inboxes components uri-based cgi-like exec'ing and .so loading http irc smtp? telnet? aim/icq/msn/yahoo build linux/sun/bsd hpux/cygwin/msvc static/dynamic
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stable pthreads, more io options (integrated poll, aio), full admin and reloading, more db backends, more components, jsx
new not-parser (tokenization, dynamic-nodes), dynamic hashes, other perf tweaks
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I've been wanting to do a massive "project status update" outlining lots of things, not sure if it is feasable... here is some old notes pasted in:
development pace has picked up dramatically overwhelming interest resulting in weakened attention to web site, docu, and communication call for developers and assistance to keep pace w/ exciting developments Server Development 1.2 released, amazing adoption list main features, point to announcement very stable, but can be challenging to install/configure or develop upon looking for help w/ platforms, packaging new architecture, and planning a very quick new 1.4 stable branch in december adds standard io layer, cleans up some artifacts transports and services released for 1.4 as native components http/smtp/irc/yahoo/msn/aim/icq/telnet Project Status Update - busy summer - toc summary Server Development - new architecture - scaling - easier development - flexible administration - pthreads - embedding - personal server, packaged - xdb - srv - dialback hostnames Client Development - new windows clients - unix (jarl/gabber) - bonobo components? - josh - beos? - mac - mozilla Tools Development - libxode/libjabber - jabberoo - perl - python java- - macjlib - co Agent/Transport Development - groupchat (mailing list style w/ auto-archiving) - chatbot - aim/icq/yahoo/msn - imunified - simple(ietf) - sip - imxp - dist JUD/freenet? - update - translate - rss - jive - irc - http/soap New Protocol Feature - new groupchat (name security - 0k auth - xhtml - message events - generic data storage, clients and agents - vcard - browsing - signatures/crypto - envelope (forwarding) - filteringinboxes Resource Guide - virgule projects - list of developers - cvs - docs.j.o - jpg - mailing lists - other jabber sites Misc Notices
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