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Signal on Linux (lemmy.today)

submitted 5 months ago by theorangeninja@lemmy.today to c/foss@beehaw.org

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How is it possible, that Signal still only provides a .deb package and no .rpm, or even better AppImage or Flatpak? There is an unofficial Flatpak but is it secure?

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[–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I mean it’s FOSS. Have you considered opening a PR to contribute what’s missing? You can be the change you want to see. I wouldn’t normally comment something like this. Your emphasis on “still” raised my hackles a little bit and led me to ask why you still haven’t made your own.

[–] theorangeninja@lemmy.today 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not everyone is a developer and they closed issues on github so why bother?

[–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

All of these packaging systems have plenty of tutorials. Speaking from experience, many maintainers were not developers when they started maintaining packages for distros other than the official distros. I have worked with several maintainers who do work in tech and know socially several who had no background. This could be a great place for you to start!

You bother because FOSS is as much paying it forward as it is getting shit for free.

[–] theorangeninja@lemmy.today 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I will not bother because issues are closed and pull requests rejected left and right from signal for years.

[–] dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

any idea why? Perhaps it's the same as the gnome-mentality, following a very strict philosophy?

[–] theorangeninja@lemmy.today 1 points 5 months ago

No idea