Bug#922811: RFP: transporter -- GUI magic-wormhole client that makes file transfer between computers a breeze
On 2019-02-20 20:13:33, Nicholas D Steeves wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Package name : transporter
> Version : 1.3.3
> Upstream Author : bleak_grey <bleakgrey@gmail.com>
> URL : https://github.com/bleakgrey/Transporter
> License : GPL-3+
> Programming Lang: Vala
> Description : GUI magic-wormhole client that makes file transfer between computers a breeze
>
> Transporter is a simple GUI for magic-wormhole. It supports drag and drop.
> \/ the following is copy+pasted+trivial edit from magic-wormhole's d/control:
> .
> Magic Wormhole makes it possible to very easily transfer short
> pieces of text or arbitrary-sized files or directories from one
> computer to another.
> .
> The two endpoints are identified by using identical "wormhole codes":
> in general, the sending machine generates and displays the code,
> which must then be typed into the receiving machine. The codes are
> short and human-pronounceable, using a phonetically-distinct
> wordlist. The receiving side offers tab-completion on the codewords,
> so usually only a few characters must be typed. Wormhole codes are
> single-use and do not need to be memorized.
> --
>
> I assume that this GUI drops support for sending output through a pipe
> into wormhole.
Sure looks like it!
> This package is a useful inclusion to Debian because it makes Magic
> Wormhole accessible to users who are not comfortable using the command
> line; this lowers the barrier to entry to file-transfers that avoid
> corporate data-mining such as Dropbox, Google Drive, unencrypted
> email, etc. I learned of its existence in the following article:
> https://medium.com/elementaryos/appcenter-spotlight-transporter-7c9db2472f37
Wow, that's great!
It would be great if this would also be available for other platforms
(iOS, OSX, Windows) as file sharing between geeks only goes so far - it
is, after all, the current state of affaires with wormhole
itself... Getting a GUI is sure nice but won't help our peers in the
walled gardens out there...
Not sure how portable Vala is anyways?
> Given that ElementaryOS has a pay-what-you-want Appstore model, and
> the upstream developer primarily targeted this platform, I believe
> they would appreciate it if their software was packaged with
> upstream/metadata containing a "Donation: $URL" field.
I didn't know about this field, but sure why not...
> CCing the magic-wormhole maintainer and GNOME team, who seem like the
> people who would be most interested in packaging this.
As one of the wormhole maintainers, I'm interested in seeing this exist
as well!
> 'wish I had learned of it months ago so that it could have been part
> of Buster!
We can always backport, that shouldn't be too hard...
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