[Pkg-xmpp-devel] Only one XMPP package in Debian with OTR support?

[Simon Josefsson]

> 
> Hi.
> 
> I just tried to find all XMPP clients in Debian with OTR support, to
> figure out which one I would like to use, and was surprosed to see
> from an apt search that there is only one:
> 
>   % apt-cache search off the record xmpp
>   profanity - console based XMPP client
>   %
> 
> Perhaps the package description of other packages should be extended
> to mention both otr and xmpp?  It seem to me like there are more
> packages available with OTR support, but they do not mention it in
> their package description.

There is the pidgin-otr package, which I've used semi-successfully (it
works, but not for my real-life use, but that's because I'm logged in
on multiple clients at the same time, and OTR doesn't work well in
that case -- I think this is pretty common though).

I don't understand why 'apt-cache search' doesn't find it?  Its search
algorithm seems a bit weak.  I believe it ought to find the package
with your search query too.

jas at latte:~$ apt-cache search off-the-record xmpp
jas at latte:~$ apt-cache search pidgin otr
keysync - Syncs OTR identities between the different chat programs
pidgin-otr - Off-the-Record Messaging plugin for Pidgin
jas at latte:~$ 

Maybe the 'pidgin-otr' package description could include the XMPP and
Jabber keywords, and change 'OTR' into 'Off the Record (OTR)', so that
these searches work better.

/Simon
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