Your message dated Fri, 24 Sep 2021 08:41:45 +0000
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and subject line Re: ITP: python3-briar-wrapper -- Wrapper around the Briar
Headless REST API
has caused the Debian Bug report #971525,
regarding ITP: python3-briar-wrapper -- Wrapper around the Briar Headless REST
API
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Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Nico Alt <nico...@posteo.org>
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* Package name : python3-briar-wrapper
Version : 0.0.4
Upstream Author : Nico Alt <nico...@posteo.org>
* URL : https://code.briarproject.org/briar/python-briar-wrapper
* License : AGPLv3
Programming Lang: Python
Description : Wrapper around the Briar Headless REST API
Briar is a messaging app designed for activists, journalists, and anyone
else who needs a safe, easy and robust way to communicate. Unlike
traditional messaging apps, Briar doesn't rely on a central server -
messages are synchronized directly between the users' devices. If the
internet's down, Briar can sync via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, keeping the
information flowing in a crisis. If the internet's up, Briar can sync via
the Tor network, protecting users and their relationships from
surveillance.
This package contains the Python wrapper around the REST API exposed by
briar-headless. It is used by briar-gtk and in future might also be used in
briar_repl [0], a commandline client for Briar.
Briar GTK is already packaged according to DFSG, but it depends on
briar-headless which can't be build with Debian packages due to Kotlin:
https://code.briarproject.org/briar/python-briar-wrapper/-/tree/main/debian
I develop and use briar_wrapper myself with support by other core developers
of the Briar Project. I plan to maintain this project and its dependencies
in Debian, but I'm always open to and appreciating any help by potential
co-maintainers. Additionally, I'm looking for a sponsor.
[0]: https://code.briarproject.org/fphemeral/briar_repl
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Currently there's a lot of activity happening at Briar which results in
this ITP getting closed.
Instead of building a desktop client with Python and GTK, we decided to
go with a pure Java/Kotlin version using the Compose UI framework [0].
This has the advantage that we no longer need to build a separate REST
API for the GTK client to consume but instead can use all the Java
classes and methods directly. This saves us a lot of overhead and allows
us to build a more feature-complete client throughout the next months,
funded by the Prototype Fund [1].
Once the new desktop client is more mature, I will open a new ITP at
Debian for a potential `briar-desktop` package. This package is
currently blocked by Kotlin [2], just like the ITP of `briar-headless`
was [3]. See this issue [4] in the meantime if you want to track Briar
Desktop's inclusion into Debian.
[0] https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/compose/
[1] https://prototypefund.de/project/briar-desktop/
[2] https://bugs.debian.org/892842
[3] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=971526
[4] https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-desktop/-/issues/50
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