[sr-dev] [info] matrix chat room for kamailio

Thanks to the efforts made by Fred Posner, a matrix.org server has been installed on Kamailio project infrastructure (matrix.kamailio.dev - server sponsored by lod.com), which enables us to create chat rooms as we need for our community of users and developers. It tries to be an alternative to the existing IRC #kamailio channel, given that a while ago freenode.net had to enforce user registration to join the channels on their service (not complaining about it, they did it for good reasons to protect against spammers and D/DoS attacks). The #kamailio channel on freenode.net will still be in use by the people that like it, there is no plan to consider it obsolete. One of the main benefits of running own matrix server is the ability to allow guest access during the devel online meetings, so people that do not want to create an account can still participate by using a web browser. Also, it offers modern encryption and privacy, along with richer collaboration features (e.g., file sharing), many considering it a viable open source alternative to Slack or other private team collaboration services. The first room created is #kamailio:matrix.kamailio.dev :   * https://riot.kamailio.dev/#/room/#kamailio:matrix.kamailio.dev The matrix server is federated, so you can join if you have an account on any other public federated matrix server or one that you can host yourself. The server on matrix.kamailio.dev is not allowing public registrations. If you are a registered developer (have git commit access) and need a matrix account, let us know and we will find solutions. It is the first phase now and based on the interest from the community, its usage can be increased (e.g., creating rooms for development notifications (commits, pull requests, issue); bridge to irc channel; etc...) or the server can be shut down if proves not useful. We will try to do the next online devel meeting (scheduled for Wednesday, April 29, 2020, at 14:00UTC) on the matrix chat room mentioned above. More details at:   * https://www.kamailio.org/w/2020/04/matrix-chat-room-for-kamailio/ Stay safe and healthy! Cheers, Daniel -- Daniel-Constantin Mierla -- www.asipto.com www.twitter.com/miconda -- www.linkedin.com/in/miconda