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Bug#971524: marked as done (ITP: briar-gtk -- Desktop and mobile client for Briar p2p messaging)

Your message dated Fri, 24 Sep 2021 08:43:03 +0000
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and subject line Re: ITP: briar-gtk -- Desktop and mobile client for Briar p2p messaging
has caused the Debian Bug report #971524,
regarding ITP: briar-gtk -- Desktop and mobile client for Briar p2p messaging
to be marked as done.

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Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Nico Alt <nicoalt@posteo.org>

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* Package name    : briar-gtk
  Version         : 0.1.0
  Upstream Author : Nico Alt <nicoalt@posteo.org>
* URL             : https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-gtk
* License         : AGPLv3
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : Desktop and mobile client for Briar p2p messaging

Briar is a messaging app designed for activists, journalists, and anyone
else who needs a safe, easy and robust way to communicate. Unlike
traditional messaging apps, Briar doesn't rely on a central server -
messages are synchronized directly between the users' devices. If the
internet's down, Briar can sync via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, keeping the
information flowing in a crisis. If the internet's up, Briar can sync via
the Tor network, protecting users and their relationships from
surveillance.

This package contains the GTK client that uses python3-briar-wrapper
to access the REST API exposed by briar-headless.

Briar GTK is already packaged according to DFSG, but it depends on
briar-headless which can't be build with Debian packages due to Kotlin:
https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-gtk/-/tree/main/debian

I develop and use Briar GTK myself with support by other core developers
of the Briar Project. I plan to maintain this project and its dependencies
in Debian, but I'm always open to and appreciating any help by potential
co-maintainers. Additionally, I'm looking for a sponsor.

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--- Begin Message --- Currently there's a lot of activity happening at Briar which results in this ITP getting closed.
Instead of building a desktop client with Python and GTK, we decided to go with a pure Java/Kotlin version using the Compose UI framework [0]. This has the advantage that we no longer need to build a separate REST API for the GTK client to consume but instead can use all the Java classes and methods directly. This saves us a lot of overhead and allows us to build a more feature-complete client throughout the next months, funded by the Prototype Fund [1].
Once the new desktop client is more mature, I will open a new ITP at Debian for a potential `briar-desktop` package. This package is currently blocked by Kotlin [2], just like the ITP of `briar-headless` was [3]. See this issue [4] in the meantime if you want to track Briar Desktop's inclusion into Debian. 

[0] https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/compose/
[1] https://prototypefund.de/project/briar-desktop/
[2] https://bugs.debian.org/892842
[3] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=971526
[4] https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-desktop/-/issues/50

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