Bug#900928: RFP: fractal -- Matrix group messaging app
Hi,
On Tue, 12 Apr 2022, at 12:23, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> Control: owner -1 !
>
> @Andrej: I took your silence to mean that you stopped working on this -
> feel free to take back this ITP if I am mistaken.
Yeah, I've been quite busy lately and I was unable to work on this package. Sorry for not replying, I didn’t have time back then and then I forgot 🙂
> Quoting Antoine Beaupré (2022-03-17 15:51:22)
>> Is there any progress on the packaging of fractal in Debian? Any
>> blockers or missing crates?
>
> I have now put together a draft source package, tracked at
> https://salsa.debian.org/matrix-team/fractal
>
> It compiles, also in an non-networked build environment if first
> fetching 428 Rust crates (see debian/README.source).
>
> Build takes ~40 minutes on my local amd64 system.
>
> The built executable segfaults, however:
>
>> $ LANG=C fractal
>>
>> (fractal:354481): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: 12:02:22.755: Settings schema 'org.gnome.Fractal' does not contain a key named 'markdown-active'
>> Sporings-/stoppunkts-fælde (smed kerne)
>
> That last message oddly ignores the LANG variable - it says something
> like "Tracing/stoppoint trap (threw core)" which I guess essentially
> means a segfault.
>
> My plan is to continue refine this package until suitable for release
> into Debian, and then maintain it in the Matrix team.
It would be great if you could get the Rust team involved, as the majority of the dependencies should go in there. I started packaging dependencies for the non-next-Fractal back in the day, but the crypto stuff (for secret-service) was taking ages to get through NEW, which is why I gave up at some point.
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Cheers,
Andrej
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