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Re: Bug#848695: ITP: telegram -- Official desktop client for the Telegram instant messaging protocol



在 2016年12月19日星期一 SGT 下午4:55:24,Nicolas Braud-Santoni 写道:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: "Nicolas Braud-Santoni" <nicolas@braud-santoni.eu>
> 
> * Package name    : telegram
>   Version         : 0.10.20
>   Upstream Author : The Telegram Developers
> * URL             : https://desktop.telegram.org/
> * License         : GPL-3
>   Programming Lang: C++
>   Description     : Official desktop client for the Telegram instant
> messaging protocol
> 
> Telegram is a popular, multi-platform, open, instant messaging protocol,
> which seems especially popular on mobile, but has a desktop client.
> 
> While the protocol probably shouldn't be relied on for confidentiality
> [0,1], the UI pushes users towards insecure communication as the default,
> and the developers have made quixotic attempts at arguing why their
> protocol is secure rather than fixing it [2], I believe that there is
> value in packaging Telegram rather than having users download and
> install unsigned binaries [3].

Protocol reliability has been discussed before. [4] Personally I don't really
care about it, though. Please go ahead.

Just one (and maybe the biggest) question: how would you handle the patched 
Qt?

[4] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=767418

Sincerely,
Boyuan Yang

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