[sldev] Question: Replacing current group chat with XMPP?

[David M Chess]

> From: Rob Lanphier <robla at lindenlab.com>

> This thread has gone on a really, really long time.   There is already a
> feature request filed for this, that seems like a better place to 
discuss:
> https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SVC-419

This is really a convergence of two topics, I think: one about improving 
the current SL group IM (which might well be best in the JIRA), and 
another about what needs to be in OGP to support inter-grid group IM, 
regardless of what SL uses to implement it.  Is there a better list than 
sldev for the latter purpose?  Or we could start beginning the subject 
lines with [OGP] or something to warn people off.  :)

> Additionally, a wiki page describing the options (IRC, XMPP, etc) with
> the pros and cons, would also be a very productive exercise.

As required by Federal law :) I point at:

https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Dale_Innis/Group_IM_in_OGP#A_Simple_Design_Example 


and the rest of that page as well, and beg for contributions.

> However, what's a little frustrating about this conversation is that I
> don't think any of the parties here are seriously discussing doing this
> themselves.

I think it's reasonable to talk about requirements and desired features 
and all even if one isn't planning to start writing code right away?  :) 
Although this might not be the right venue for that discussion.  For what 
it's worth, at some of the recent interop-related meetings, it's been 
suggested that the next POC that we tackle (after raw AV TP and before the 
complexities of assets) might be intergrid IM; that's why I started the 
Wiki page in the first place.  So there are at least some coders with 
itchy fingers!

> A mailing list discussion alone isn't going to be convincing, so please,
> pitch in elsewhere rather than continuing to weigh in on this thread.

Where should we move the OGP-relevant parts of the discussion?  My 
constantly beating people over the head with the Wiki link hasn't been 
working so far...  :)

> Thanks
> Rob

Thanks very much!
Dale Innis
DaleInnisEmail at gmail.com
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