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  Msg # 255 of 1179 on ZZLI4422, Thursday 9-03-25, 1:16  
  From: PAUL R. TAGLIAMONTE  
  To: JMTD@DEBIAN.ORG  
  Subj: Re: why package Signal in Debian? (was R  
 From: paultag@gmail.com 
  
 My memory here is sketchy but I think on top of this very good point, 
 clients built longer than some time (like, 4 weeks?) earlier won't 
 successfully handshake 
  
 :wq 
  
 On Tue, Sep 2, 2025, 7:33€€€AM Jonathan Dowland  wrote: 
  
 > On Tue Sep 2, 2025 at 3:23 AM BST, Sergio Durigan Junior wrote: 
 > > This package will be maintained by the Debian Javascript team.  It's a 
 > > requirement for signal-desktop. 
 > 
 > I use and value Signal, but what's the point of packaging signal-desktop 
 > in Debian? Surely the packaged client will perennially be too 
 > out-of-date to connect to the servers. Certainly by the time it reaches 
 > a stable release. 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > -- 
 > Please do not CC me for listmail. 
 > 
 > Jonathan Dowland 
 >  jmtd@debian.org 
 > https://jmtd.net 
 > 
 > 
  
 
My memory here is sketchy but I think on top of this   very   good point, clients built longer than some time (like, 4 weeks?) earlier   won't successfully handshake€€

:wq
<   /div>
On Tue, Sep 2, 2025, 7:33€€€AM Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> wrote:
   /div>
On Tue Sep 2,   2025 at 3:23 AM BST, Sergio Durigan Junior wrote:
   > This package will be maintained by the Debian Javascript team.€€   It's   a
   > requirement for signal-desktop.
   
   I use and value Signal, but what's the point of packaging signal-desktop   
   in Debian? Surely the packaged client will perennially be too
   out-of-date to connect to the servers. Certainly by the time it reaches
   a stable release.
   
   
   
   --
   Please do not CC me for listmail.
   
   Jonathan Dowland
   €€jmtd@debian.org
   https://jmtd.net
   
   
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