MaddyUnderStars / MaddyUnderStars/shoot

better compatibility with non-Shoot software

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enhancement federation non-shoot
Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
61
Forks
5
Avg merge
3d 10h
Merged PRs (30d)
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Description

Mastodon/Mitra/etc do not understand Shoot channels. Would it be a good idea to somehow detect if the remote supports groups, and if not then fall back to sending a normal DM? Or is there a way to instead support both without doing capability detection? perhaps by just setting the to field of a dm to all the recipients, and basically getting rid of the concept of channels at the dm level? or perhaps the to field could include both the channel, and all the recipients? so shoot can check find any channels in there, and do normal addressing, and other software can see all users in the channel and do it's own thing?

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Research direction

Start by tracing how Shoot channels are represented and sent to remote Mastodon or Mitra software. Compare capability detection with the proposed DM addressing alternatives: recipients, the channel, or both. Done means choosing and documenting a compatibility approach, with interoperability behavior defined for software that does not understand channels.

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Assessment

Tech stack
nodejs, typescript
Domain
backend-api-design, distributed-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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