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mod_cloud_notify: Readme: fix links and labels that were removed in the last commit diff --git a/mod_cloud_notify/README.md b/mod_cloud_notify/README.md --- a/mod_cloud_notify/README.md +++ b/mod_cloud_notify/README.md @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +---- +-labels: +-- 'Stage-Beta' +-summary: 'XEP-0357: Cloud push notifications' +---- + # Introduction This module enables support for sending "push notifications" to clients @@ -32,15 +38,15 @@ notification to your device. When your d it will display it or wake up the app so it can connect to XMPP and receive any pending messages. -This protocol is described for developers in \[XEP-0357: Push -Notifications\]. +This protocol is described for developers in [XEP-0357: Push +Notifications]. -For this module to work reliably, you must have \[mod_smacks\], -\[mod_mam\] and \[mod_carbons\] also enabled on your server. +For this module to work reliably, you must have [mod_smacks], +[mod_mam] and [mod_carbons] also enabled on your server. Some clients, notably Siskin and Snikket iOS need some additional extensions that are not currently defined in a standard XEP. To support -these clients, see \[mod_cloud_notify_extensions\]. +these clients, see [mod_cloud_notify_extensions]. # Configuration @@ -58,18 +64,18 @@ these clients, see \[mod_cloud_notify_ex # Internal design notes App servers are notified about offline messages, messages stored by -\[mod_mam\] or messages waiting in the smacks queue. The business rules +[mod_mam] or messages waiting in the smacks queue. The business rules outlined [here](//mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/2016-February/030925.html) are all honored[^2]. -To cooperate with \[mod_smacks\] this module consumes some events: +To cooperate with [mod_smacks] this module consumes some events: `smacks-ack-delayed`, `smacks-hibernation-start` and `smacks-hibernation-end`. These events allow this module to send out notifications for messages received while the session is hibernated by -\[mod_smacks\] or even when smacks acknowledgements for messages are +[mod_smacks] or even when smacks acknowledgements for messages are delayed by a certain amount of seconds configurable with the -\[mod_smacks\] setting `smacks_max_ack_delay`. +[mod_smacks] setting `smacks_max_ack_delay`. The `smacks_max_ack_delay` setting allows to send out notifications to clients which aren't already in smacks hibernation state (because the
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1 # Account based MUC joining
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3 Normally when joining a MUC groupchat, it is each individual client that
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4 joins. This means their presence in the group is tied to the session,
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5 which can be short-lived or unstable, especially in the case of mobile
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6 clients.
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8 This has a few problems. For one, for every message to the groupchat, a
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9 copy is sent to each joined client. This means that at the account
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10 level, each message would pass by once for each client that is joined,
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11 making it difficult to archive these messages in the users personal
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12 archive.
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14 A potentially better approach would be that the user account itself is
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15 the entity that joins the groupchat. Since the account is an entity that
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16 lives in the server itself, and the server tends to be online on a good
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17 connection most of the time, this may improve the experience and
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18 simplify some problems.
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20 This is one of the essential changes in the MIX architecture, which is
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21 being designed to replace MUC.
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23 `mod_minimix` is an experiment meant to determine if things can be
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24 improved without replacing the entire MUC standard. It works by
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25 pretending to each client that nothing is different and that they are
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26 joining MUCs directly, but behind the scenes, it arranges it such that
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27 only the account itself joins each groupchat. Which sessions have joined
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28 which groups are kept track of. Groupchat messages are then forked to
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29 those sessions, similar to how normal chat messages work.
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31 ## Known issues
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33 - You can never leave.
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34 - You will never see anyone leave.
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35 - Being kicked is not handled.
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37 ## Unknown issues
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39 - Probably many.
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41 ## TODO
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43 - Integrate with bookmarks
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44 - tracking outgoing presence
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45 - leaving rooms
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46 - nickname management
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47 - bookmark sync
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49 # Compatibility
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51 Briefly tested with Prosody trunk (as of this writing).