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?

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

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      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.

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

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