On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 09:51:14PM +0200, Alex ARNAUD wrote: > > 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
Hi, I think that this project is essentially dead, there has never been a release and as you say there hasn't been changes in almost a year. I have stopped using it myself and the reason why I didn't ask for its removal from Debian is that it's a very small package with a very low manteinance burden (and because popcon shows that it has some users). But it seems that there are other alternatives nowadays. The official Matrix website no longer lists purple-matrix, but there are however other text-based clients such as weechat-matrix and gomuks. I cannot evaluate how accessible they are, though. Berto
