svntogit-community VS Signal-Server

The author of the AUR package, removed it from the community repo and moved it to the AUR. And now it has another maintainer in the AUR.

The original maintainer still maintains 2185 packages [2].

Can't find an explanation why though.

[0]: https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-community/commit/2b5ec...

[1]: https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/commit/?h=units&id=e6...

[2]: https://archlinux.org/packages/?packager=arojas

In /usr/bin/ there is no cargo binary after new update. If I try call it in shell it says bash: cargo: command not found. I tried to understand git commit message - symlink was changed and rust-analyzer is deleted. So I need to add some environment export to my shell and install rust analyzer from now?

The package was updated 18 hours ago (https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-community/commit/a389cb3538aa3c73e2ca75227c151bbcdaf0bfa2) please check your mirrors!

Guess there is no easy way, well here is a command that will generate a nice list: curl -L https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-community/raw/packages/nerd-fonts/trunk/PKGBUILD 2> /dev/null | tr -d '\n' | grep -oP '(?<=pkgname=\().*?(?=\))' | sed -r 's/\s+/ /g'

Here's the PKGBUILD link: https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-community/blob/packages/signal-desktop/trunk/PKGBUILD

About a week ago I began encountering some little bugs with a few application's icons in the system tray. I use Arch with GNOME Wayland and Papirus icons, and my only extension is gnome-shell-extension-appindicator. I believe it started after this update: gnome-shell-extension-appindicator (specific commit in question)

> They could at least BSL the server code and allow others to verify the server code and host but not compete.

This is exactly what they do (except they use AGPL): https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server/blob/main/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/push/APNSender.java for APNs push notification payloads

git clone https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server.git

yes it is available here https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server/blob/main/service/pom.xml

You could also start your own signal server, but with blackjack, and hookers

The fact that it locks you into using their servers, does not distribute on F-Droid (only Google Play OR an APK with an insecure update mechanism), and has a completely closed-source "abusive message filter" module server side, that could functionally be used for censorship, storing messages for future decryption, or any other number of nefarious purposes - we have no idea since it's not open source (https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server/blob/main/.gitmod...).

Additionally, you cannot distribute branded forks or Signal, and if you do fork it, your fork is not allowed to connect to Signal's "official" OWS (open whisper systems) servers - hostility to federation should be viewed with prejudice and suspicion at the very least, it suggests a vested interest in a single point of failure (or control), which goes against user interests.

Further reading: https://drewdevault.com/2018/08/08/Signal.html

It’s actually the signal server that isn’t reproducible because of the abusive message filter that’s in a private repository. It’s clear as day here: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server