commit 2b336bbd6b1aaf5177fd4d68fd70399304c5fd73
parent 2ebdf92cc3817fcac6552ca72fccd7d57e335230
Author: Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2020 10:08:35 +0100
post payto news
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diff --git a/news/2020-11.html.j2 b/news/2020-11.html.j2
@@ -1,54 +1,21 @@
{% extends "common/news.j2" %}
{% block body_content %}
-<h1>2020-10: GNU Taler v0.8.0 released</h1>
+<h1>2020-11: RFC 8905: "The 'payto' URI Scheme for Payments" published</h1>
<p>
-We are happy to announce the release of GNU Taler v0.8.0.
+We are happy to announce the publication of RFC 8905 by the IETF.
</p>
<p>
-We have addressed over 200 individual issues, our bug tracker
-has the <a href="https://bugs.gnunet.org/changelog_page.php?version_id=294">full list</a>.
-Notable changes include:
+ RFC 8905 defines the 'payto' Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)
+ scheme for designating targets for payments.</t>
+ <t>A unified URI scheme for all payment target types allows applications
+ to offer user interactions with URIs that represent payment targets,
+ simplifying the introduction of new payment systems and
+ applications.</t>
</p>
-<ul>
-<li>Improved the HTTP API of the merchant to be more RESTful</li>
-<li>Optional inventory management by the merchant backend</li>
-<li>Product image previews in contracts</li>
-<li>Improved message flow for tipping and refunds to ensure merchant knows
- exact state and to reduce bandwidth required by the wallet</li>
-<li>Improved security of order claiming by introducing claim tokens</li>
-<li>Simplified development of merchant frontends by having the backend
- generate HTML pages for wallet interactions</li>
-<li>Implemented long-polling support for refunds</li>
-<li>Packaged merchant point-of-sale and casher Apps for F-Droid</li>
-<li>Various minor bugfixes and documentation improvements</li>
-</ul>
-
-<h4>Download links</h4>
+<h2>Download links</h2>
<p>
-The wallet has its own download site <a
-href="https://wallet.taler.net/">here</a>. The exchange, merchant backend,
-sync and bank components are distributed via the GNU FTP mirrors.
+You can download the RFC from <a
+href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8905">here</a>.
</p>
-<ul>
-<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-exchange-0.8.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-exchange-0.8.0.tar.gz</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-exchange-0.8.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-exchange-0.8.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li>
-
-<!-- STILL TO BE UPLOADED!
-<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-merchant-0.6.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-merchant-0.6.0.tar.gz</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-merchant-0.6.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-merchant-0.6.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-bank-0.6.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-bank-0.6.0.tar.gz</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-bank-0.6.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-bank-0.6.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-wallet-webex-0.6.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-wallet-webex-0.6.0.tar.gz</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-wallet-webex-0.6.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-wallet-webex-0.6.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li>
--->
-
-<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/sync-0.8.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/sync-0.8.0.tar.gz</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/sync-0.8.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/sync-0.8.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-mdb-0.8.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-mdb-0.7.0.tar.gz</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-mdb-0.8.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-mdb-0.7.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li>
-</ul>
-You must install GNUnet v0.13.3 to compile GNU Taler 0.8.0.
-
-
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diff --git a/news/2020-11.html.j2 b/news/2020-12.html.j2
diff --git a/www.yml b/www.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ staticfiles:
- robots.txt
meetingnotes:
newsposts:
+ - page: 2020-11.html
+ date: 2020-10-25
+ title: RFC 8905: "The 'payto' URI Scheme for Payments" published
+ abstract: RFC 8905 defines the 'payto' Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) scheme for designating targets for payments. A unified URI scheme for all payment target types allows applications to offer user interactions with URIs that represent payment targets, simplifying the introduction of new payment systems and applications.
+ content:
- page: 2020-10.html
date: 2020-10-01
title: Talk about GNU Taler in Valencia
