GSoC/2022/StatusReports/SnehitSah

Project Details

Spaces are a feature in Matrix to group related rooms. Spaces can be nested and have their summary page. A room may belong to multiple spaces at the same time. This makes discovery of rooms easier for end-users, and at the same time allows communities to drive more participation.

NeoChat didn't support spaces. Having this support will make it a more viable and feature-rich Matrix client, up to date with the latest Matrix specification.

Spaces were introduced in MSC1772 and there is a related open feature request on the NeoChat bug tracker.

I will add support for Matrix Spaces in NeoChat. After this project, NeoChat should be able to show Spaces, filter rooms based on which room is part of a Space, create / edit Spaces and let users explore and join rooms under a Space.

Blog Posts

• Beginning with Google Summer of Code 2022
• Community Bonding GSoC 2022
• Adding Spaces Horizontal Bar to NeoChat
• https://snehit.dev/posts/kde/gsoc-22/adding-spaces-list-pt-2/
• Making Spaces Bar Work
• Improving Space Bar Functionality
• Review and Updates for Merge Request
• Getting Stuck and Unstuck
• Be Careful With Signal Slots
• Space Hierarchy Caching Finally Works
• Separating Space Hierarchy Cache to New Class
• Polishing Spaces Horizontal Bar And Space Home
• Creating Spaces In NeoChat
• Adding Room To Space
• Updates On Space Actions Merge Request