I really wonder why there is no .rpm file, only a .deb file to download from the
official signal site (as far as Linux distros are concerned.) signal download for Linux
FWIW, there is a community maintained Flatpak version, which works on Fedora.
For GNOME users there is also a promising new unofficial client called Flare. Currently still missing some core functionalities such as calling, bot works well for text messages.
A better question might be who else is auditing the code.
Signal’s stance on Websocket/GCM years ago would have me a little skeptical of any packages not directly coming from them. Signal can afford to be picky somehow, while others offer encrypted chat fine (Keybase builds RPMs and deb).
What i can recommend here is flood there github with request for providing a verified flatpak or snap or a .rpm build.
And yes this maybe seems bad and really bad but this is a revolution against not proving proper packages for linux. there should be no excuse not to provide that for .rpm this is just pure unwillingness this doe not cost a panny to provide it as flatpak. Or .rpm build.
@frankjunior, I thoroughly disagree. That’s a surefire way to be banned from their repository, and wastes maintainers’ time. They stipulate that their Discourse instance exists for FRs. GH issues are solely for BRs.
I’ve read those issues now, and they’re not terrible – they replace closed issues, and are, each, unique. Apologies.
…except for a minor strangeness, if that’s an exception:
However, what’s it installing it as? (An unpacked .Deb)? I ask because I don’t see a /pulls or /issue (not even with label:wishlist) at rpmfusion-infra/fedy for Signal, and I’m hoping it’ll remediate:
…because that at least provides me with better traces, even if unpackaged. [1] It’s the reason that I wanted an RPM.
