On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 00:12:35 +0100 Kurt Roeckx <k...@roeckx.be> wrote:
> Package: purple-matrix
> Version: 0.0.0+git20170105-1
> Severity: serious
>
> Hi,
>
> I think this version shouldn't be shipped with the next
> release. Like the description says, it's "somewhat alpha".
>
> It works some times, but then stops working, it crashes,
> and so on.
I've used the package purple-matrix on Debian 10 since at least 6 months
through Pidgin. It's not a perfect tool, have issues but in my opinion
it is usable. Sometimes purple-matrix is disconnected or makes Pidgin to
crash but it's quite rare. It's sufficient to restart Pidgin to make it
working again.
I have two points why I think we should have it into next stable:
* This is very difficult for a stable user to use purple-matrix. In my
case, I have had to rebuilt the package due to dependencies and it's
clearly something not easy for all.
* As a visual-impaired person, purple-matrix through Pidgin is the
most accessible Matrix client I've used.
There are still reasons why we would like to keep it in unstable:
* There are no commits in 2020
* The project doesn't publish new release and "just" push commits
In my humble opinion, the drawbacks of keeping it to unstable are more
important.
@Kurt: I let you decide if you prefer to keep close or not but since the
creation of this issue in 2017 many commits come to the project.
Thanks in advance.
