Christina WarrenMay 11, 2024
Watching Linux distros (and yes, it is usually Debian packagers who act the most sanctimonious) shoot themselves in the face and then insult upstream AND the users of a popular package under the delusion that only the distro's self-declared experts are capable of making decisions is always a good reminder as to why you will never be able to waterboard me into using Linux as my primary desktop. Very sorry this is happening Team KeePassXC. https://fosstodon.org/@keepassxc/112417353193348720
Team KeePassXC (@[email protected])

Debian Users - Be aware the maintainer of the KeePassXC package for Debian has unilaterally decided to remove ALL features from it. You will need to switch to `keepassxc-full` to maintain capabilities once this lands outside of testing/sid.

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Show threadChristina WarrenMay 11, 2024
The KeePassXC GitHub repo where Debian users are filing bugs (b/c people by default blame upstream, in part b/c the distros love to blame upstream for everything, even when the changes are clearly the packagers fault) and the Debian packager responds by calling the software crap is my favorite part. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10725
Debian No-Feature KeePassXC Package · Issue #10725 · keepassxreboot/keepassxc

Overview I'm using the Brave and Firefox browsers under Ubuntu testing using keepassxc version 2.7.7, suddenly the browser integration doesn't work anymore. So I went into the settings menu to enab...

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Show thread💥meta physical deflationist💥May 11, 2024

@film_girl as a person who this is totally going to effect I dont see the big deal "apt-get install keepassxc-full" and problem solved right?

easier to do that then complain, adding a popup on first upgrade or putting a warning during upgrade could solve that though

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@glassresistor ok, but how are users expected to know about this when this hits stable or Ubuntu or Mint and their various derivatives? All the user sees is that features they used to have enabled don’t work. Or that they now can’t access their password manager with their YubiKey. And Debian is historically very against any sort of user-alert. If there was actual user awareness, fine. But the response is “read the Debian.NEWS file” as if that is sufficient. And there should be complaints here!
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Show thread💥meta physical deflationist💥May 11, 2024

@film_girl apt-get lets packages print warnings, idk if the guis show this. also a first start flag or a bunch of options

idk which is easiest, also dont no if i think full was better over minimal and debian guy seems like a jerk. originally i thought it was removing plugins not compile flags

just feels pretty small potatoes. like i suspect 50% of apt installing keepassxc people have now been informed

Show threadChristina WarrenMay 11, 2024
@glassresistor I just think it’s a lousy decision and incredibly anti-user and it’s going to cause a lot of problems for upstream because downstream made unilateral decisions about what is and isn’t necessary. This is like what they did to @jwz all over again, except somehow worse, b/c these changes could mean people with YubiKeys can’t access their databases without installing a new package and downstream doesn’t seem to care as long as they put the poorly-worded update in the NEWS file.