Re: jabber.gnome.org's future

[Nicolás Satragno <nsatragno gnome org>]

El 01/03/2013 12:59 p.m., Shaun McCance escribió:
> 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
>
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+1

Dropping @gnome.org support would hurt foundation members Internet 
identity and more importantly, where would emails sent to @gnome.org go? 
If the answer is they would simply be lost, then I think we should keep 
the service alive - I gave most of my contacts the gnome address.

Have a good day,
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Nicolás Satragno <nsatragno gnome org>
GNOME Spanish translator & proofreader