Re: zulip-desktop is the legacy version which cannot connect to modern Zulip servers

[klardotsh <klardotsh@users.noreply.github.com>]

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New comment by klardotsh on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/41402#issuecomment-1368564890

Comment:
I filled this out mostly as a formality and because the freeform text template made abundantly clear that package updates or issues weren't to be filed there.

I work for Zulip and we don't officially support Void Linux for the server end of things, but make a best-effort attempt to support at least glibc-based Linux desktops for the client app. I've been using Void (and contributing packages here) for many years before working at Zulip so this is reasonably up my alley to take on.

I very nearly submitted a PR for outright removing `zulip-desktop` as it currently exists on account of it being completely useless and a waste of bandwidth and build server time, but since the new Electron application shares the same name (https://github.com/zulip/zulip-desktop), there'd be some epoch juggling to get the package out of `removed-packages` purgatory when the build template is eventually updated to use the Electron app.

I will likely try to base the template for the new version off of `element-desktop`, another Electron-based chat app, though as a fallback for glibc-based systems only, Zulip ourselves publish an AppImage binary build that I can confirm works fine on glibc-based Void systems. I understand that in general binary-only packages are meant to be avoided here, though.