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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). |