XEP-0377: Add report processing opt-in

[guusdk]

Introduces an additional feature that allows end-users to opt-in to processing of submitted reports.

Changes like these were discussed on the XSF's 'standards' mailing list, as archived at https://mail.jabber.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/RDLWOMBMT24DCH54O2HEV2S3WW67FETE/

[iNPUTmice]

Pinging @SamWhited for approval.

[SamWhited]

I generally think we should design an actual reporting system, figure out what options we want, etc. and then figure out what protocol features we need to support that and suspect that this may not actually provide us with a good system to handle how reports get forwarded around, but I'm also not really involved anymore so I certainly won't stand in the way. I'm happy to defer to what Guus wants here.

[guusdk]

The changes suggested here don't attempt to specify processing mechanisms. Instead, they are intending to convey an opt-in that is applicable to such mechanisms. The changes proposed here are: - compatible with processing mechanisms that are in use today (forwarding to abuse address of local domain, reporting to XMPPBL); - generic enough to be reusable by other mechanisms; - extensible; - not overly specific (to not overload end users with options). Given that there was no response to the question for feedback on the mailinglist, I assume that there's little appetite in further developing a definition of specific reporting systems. As these changes fills a need with application of the existing spec (as a server dev, I want to know what I am allowed to do with a received report), I'd like to proceed with this proposal.

[iNPUTmice]

Hi @SamWhited can I take what you said as you are being OK with @guusdk taking over as co-author? (Granting him the right to make and/or approve further changes?)

@guusdk Would you want to become author? In that case (and pending ack from @SamWhited) can you add yourself to the list of authors?

[guusdk]

Eh, that wasn't my original intention, but sure, I can be co-author.

[SamWhited]

That's fine with me; thanks all!

[guusdk]

Just now, this PR:

• was rebased to the current HEAD of the Master branch (to allow for better validation of multiple XEP-files (which is a recently applied improvement to CI);
• received a new commit in which the author element that refers to Guus in all preexisting XEPs is replaced by an XML entity;
• received another commit that added Guus as a co-author to XEP-0377 (using the new XML entity), and updated the remarks in the revision to reflect this.