Mailing List Archive: xmpp vs. jabber USE flag

xmpp vs. jabber USE flag

Apr 12, 2008, 2:10 PM

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Hello list,

A user recently filled bug #216300
(https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216300) which is about changing
jabber USE flag to xmpp. Here is user's comment:

>
> Is it another reason than legacy reasons that named the USE-flag "jabber"?
> Since 2007 XMPP has been the name of the standard and documentations (including
> the release notes [1]) mostly refers to XMPP.
>
> The most other programs does the same (also loudmouth, used by abiword, refers
> to itself as a XMPP library).
>
> This I think can make it somewhat confusing for people that do not know that
> jabber and XMPP is (at least in this context) the same thing.

I thought it would be better handled on the mailing list and would like
to hear from your opinions.

--
Gilles Dartiguelongue <eva@gentoo.org>
Gentoo

Re: xmpp vs. jabber USE flag [ In reply to ]

vapier at gentoo

Apr 12, 2008, 2:33 PM

Post #2 of 3 (405 views)

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On Saturday 12 April 2008, Gilles Dartiguelongue wrote:
> A user recently filled bug #216300
> (https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216300) which is about changing
>
> jabber USE flag to xmpp. Here is user's comment:
> > Is it another reason than legacy reasons that named the USE-flag
> > "jabber"? Since 2007 XMPP has been the name of the standard and
> > documentations (including the release notes [1]) mostly refers to XMPP.
> >
> > The most other programs does the same (also loudmouth, used by abiword,
> > refers to itself as a XMPP library).
> >
> > This I think can make it somewhat confusing for people that do not know
> > that jabber and XMPP is (at least in this context) the same thing.
>
> I thought it would be better handled on the mailing list and would like
> to hear from your opinions.

doing a global change from "jabber" to "xmpp" sounds sane. just put in the
use.desc description for xmpp something like "(used to be called jabber)" and
things should be peachy.
-mike

Re: xmpp vs. jabber USE flag [ In reply to ]

opfer at gentoo

Apr 29, 2008, 11:47 AM

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Gilles Dartiguelongue <eva@gentoo.org>:

> I thought it would be better handled on the mailing list and would
> like to hear from your opinions.

xmpp is the way to go as it describes the underlying protocol.

V-Li

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