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On 28.02.2021 12:21, Georgy Yakovlev wrote: |
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> The following packages are for grabs: |
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> net-im/telegram-desktop |
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> media-libs/libtgvoip ( no other revdeps ) |
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> media-libs/tg_owt ( no other revdeps ) |
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> dev-cpp/range-v3 ( has another revdep, not only tg ) |
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> Many bugs open and many issues. |
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> Before you try to take it over, here's some info for future maintainers: |
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> 0. you better speak Russian to be able to reach devs =) optional, but VERY beneficial. I can connect you to developer group. |
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> 1. expect to deal with a lot of bundling, no releases, submodules and all related packaging issues with this approach. |
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> 2. expect pretty aggressive userbase, very direct, even brutally so. |
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> 3. expect dependency fights between wayland-only crowd and x11-only crowd. |
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> 4. same as above but for pulse vs alsa. |
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> 5. same as above but openssl vs libressl (this one should be easier nowadays as support is going away) |
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> 6. project is split into 4 repos basically, 1 for app, 1 for webrtc, 1 for cmake files, 1 for audio lib. there are no releases for any except tdesktop itself. |
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> 7. expect to read a lot of cmake cross-referenced across all those 4 repos. |
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> 8. expect to be able to patch cmake a lot. for example one can't toggle off automagic deps. |
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> 9. expect to collaborate with other disto developers, who also work on mentioned tasks. rpmfusion and freebsd guys are very helpful and solve same problems as we do. |
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> If you are still reading - reach out, I'll help to get started. |
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> I don't have time to maintain it anymore, so it either should be removed or go into caring hands, as it needs A LOT OF CARE. |
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> https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=telegram-desktop |
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> -- |
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> Best regards, |
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> Georgy |
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Since this message made it to some news websites, I'd like to send a |
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follow-up with a positive resolution. |
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tdesktop have finally found a caring person and is now proxy-maintained. |
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we've got an update that fixes quite a lot of issues, including audio |
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call crashes under some conditions and work on unbundling critical libraries is in progress. |
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it will remain in the tree, I'm proxying and still testing it on |
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non-amd64 arches (forcing SSE2 is not nice). |
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stabilization of new versions will happen sooner than later. |
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Have a nice day ;-) |
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Best regards, |
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Georgy |
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