Re: jabber.gnome.org's future

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>]

On Fri, 2013-03-01 at 13:45 +0100, Andrea Veri wrote:
> Howdy guys,
>
>
> as you may know we're currently hosting an openfire istance (jabber
> server) on one of our machines, I'm currently migrating a good bunch
> of services and reviewing all the services we host in case they need
> an upgrade or just a little maintenance. 
>
>
> I have a few questions I would like to ask to our Foundation members
> (jabber.gnome.org is actually a service meant for @gnome.org
> addresses) about our jabber service:
>
>
> 1. have you ever used jabber.gnome.org?
> 2. is it a service you find useful?

I use it every single day. It is my primary IM account. 

> 3. do you think we should discontinue it? if yes, why? if not, why?

No. For the same reason I don't think I should lose my @gnome.org
email address. It's part of my digital identity.

> 4. what are the major issues you had with it and you would like to see
> fixed? (apart the self-signed SSL certificate, which will be fixed
> soon)

For some reason, you can't use the default server settings.
I have to put Server: jabber.gnome.org, Port: 5223, and check
"Use old SSL" in Empathy to make it work.

Also, the password is tied to the Mango password, which is
some autogenerated nonsense I can never remember. Good thing
we have a keyring in GNOME, but it's a hassle when setting
up a new machine.

--
Shaun