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Proposals for changes to the matrix specification
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…terms under which new folks can join and leave the spec core team, code core team and Guardians in https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/matthew/msc177... and more formally in https://matrix.org/media/2019-06-10%20-%20Matrix.org%20F…
comment by Arathorn · 2019-06-11 · in Matrix 1.0 and the Matrix.org Foundation -
One of the swift steps should be to address https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/1194 and https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/1915 and https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4540 properly, so others servers…
comment by maxidorius · 2019-04-12 · in Matrix.org hacked -
... or is it? https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/1194 and https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/1915 and https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4540 would tell a different story: Potentially deleting data on…
comment by maxidorius · 2019-04-12 · in Matrix.org hacked -
…to keep the project funded. * The governance of the foundation & protocol is entirely open, as per https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/matthew/msc177... * We're announcing the final board once formally appointed; due in the next…
comment by Arathorn · 2019-04-05 · in Matrix 1.0 – Are We Ready Yet? -
fwiw, the linked MSC https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/1915 solves the problem, is merged, and is implemented in https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/4982 . Yes, it would have been great to have done this sooner, but…
comment by Arathorn · 2019-04-05 · in Matrix 1.0 – Are We Ready Yet? -
…people that keep on reporting about the issue, nothing is done to actually solve the problem. https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/1194 https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4540 https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pu…
comment by maxidorius · 2019-03-24 · in Matrix 1.0 – Are We Ready Yet? -
Totally agreed. https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/matthew/msc177... is the core of the plan.
comment by Arathorn · 2019-03-18 · in Matrix 1.0 – Are We Ready Yet? -
…- hence us making a big noise about it with AreWeReadyYet.com. Most of the gory details are at: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/1442 , https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/1659 ,…
comment by Arathorn · 2019-03-18 · in Matrix 1.0 – Are We Ready Yet? -
…with the next (v3) room version [2]. Again, this development is all being done in public: see e.g. https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/1659 for the v3 room proposal. [1]: https://matrix.org/blog/2019/02/04/matrix-at-fosdem-2019/…
comment by Pneumaticat · 2019-03-18 · in Matrix 1.0 – Are We Ready Yet? -
> You can see our governance model at https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/matthew/msc177... . and see that we do everything we can to ensure that the wider community can contribute to the spec and steer it in the right…
comment by zinid · 2019-02-22 · in France Enters the Matrix -
…one who makes the decision. They don't care on other opinions. You can see our governance model at https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/matthew/msc177... and see that we do everything we can to ensure that the wider community can…
comment by Arathorn · 2019-02-22 · in France Enters the Matrix -
no, threading isn't there yet. editing isn't either, but coming soon ( https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/1849 )
comment by Arathorn · 2019-02-22 · in France Enters the Matrix -
…crap (similar to migrating between IMAP servers). We're working on fixing it properly via MSC1228 ( https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/1228 ) > No easy way to manage multiple identities Multiaccounts are next up for Riot. > The…
comment by Arathorn · 2019-02-22 · in France Enters the Matrix -
…to let you limit how long your messages get persisted for (whether they're encrypted or not): https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/matthew/msc176...
comment by Arathorn · 2019-02-22 · in France Enters the Matrix -
…heavy; we're working on that currently. Meanwhile we're also fixing the data retention behaviour - https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/matthew/msc176... etc.
comment by Arathorn · 2019-02-21 · in COI – Chat Over IMAP -
…epic which is on the horizon. The details for these for those interested can be found at: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/1703 https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/1267 https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/…
comment by Arathorn · 2019-02-18 · in Implementing End-To-End Encryption in Matrix Clients -
…trust between users could work, but i'm failing to find it now. I've raised a bug to track: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/1886 - thanks!
comment by Arathorn · 2019-02-15 · in Riot.im: The Big 1.0 -
so, in riot.im/develop we now do verification by Short Authentication Strings (similar to ZRTP: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/1267 ) and have QR codes on the horizon too ( https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/1544…
comment by Arathorn · 2019-02-04 · in Matrix at FOSDEM 2019 -
….com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc/issues to request configurable retention per bridge. Meanwhile, https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/447 i s the general spec issue if you'd like to upvote or comment on it. But in the end,…
comment by Arathorn · 2018-12-26 · in The Matrix.org 2018 year in review -
Matrix also supports WS actually but nobody bothers with it: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/master/drafts/...
comment by Arathorn · 2018-04-26 · in Matrix and Riot Confirmed as the Basis for France’s Secure Instant Messenger App -
The encoding-agnostic schema for Matrix events is defined at https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/tree/master/event-s... . We haven't yet written up a transport-agnostic description of the client-server API, mainly because the spec is…
comment by Arathorn · 2017-04-12 · in Why Slack is inappropriate for open source communications -
…some kind of request/response mechanism, and a way to stream events back and forth. For instance https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/master/drafts/... is the proposal for Matrix over websockets (which streams server->client…
comment by Arathorn · 2017-04-11 · in Why Slack is inappropriate for open source communications -
…it seems that the simple HTTP+JSON API works well enough that nobody has bothered yet (other than https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/master/drafts/... ).
comment by Arathorn · 2017-04-11 · in Why Slack is inappropriate for open source communications -
…doesn't have, but is on the issue backlog, is support for email-esque thread contexts. [0] [0] https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/492
comment by buzzybee · 2016-12-22 · in Encrypted messengers: Riot, not Signal, is the future -
…. The official bug for replacing this with something decentralised is https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/712 .
comment by Arathorn · 2016-12-06 · in I'm giving up on PGP -
…most of the implementations themselves are ASLv2). It seems really unclear from the site & repo: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc , https://matrix.org/docs/spec/ (apart from being copyright to Matrix.org) Is this yet to be…
comment by dlmetcalf · 2016-06-10 · in Show HN: Vector: a Matrix-powered open-source collaboration Web/Android/iOS app -
…before we freeze the spec, please tell us! Bugs to http://matrix.org/jira/browse/SPEC and PRs to http://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc please ;) And whatever, please do come hang out on #matrix:matrix.org and #matrix-dev:matrix.org…
comment by Arathorn · 2016-03-17 · in Open Sourcers Race to Build Better Versions of Slack -
…privileges, or whatever in retrospect. The full details for signing message history can be found at https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/master/specifi... . End-to-end crypto is another matter. It can make sense both for private…
comment by Arathorn · 2015-02-28 · in IRC History by Jarkko Oikarinen -
…on the application-services branch of https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse and the doc is at https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/application-se... and https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/as-http-api/dr... if you're…
comment by ara4n · 2015-02-05 · in Matrix – An Open Standard for Decentralised Persistent Communication