Bug#922811: RFP: transporter -- GUI magic-wormhole client that makes file transfer between computers a breeze

[Nicholas D Steeves]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

Package name    : transporter
Version         : 1.3.3
Upstream Author : bleak_grey <bleakgrey at gmail.com>
URL             : https://github.com/bleakgrey/Transporter
License         : GPL-3+
Programming Lang: Vala
Description     : GUI magic-wormhole client that makes file transfer between computers a breeze

 Transporter is a simple GUI for magic-wormhole.  It supports drag and drop.
 \/ the following is copy+pasted+trivial edit from magic-wormhole's d/control:
 .
 Magic Wormhole makes it possible to very easily transfer short
 pieces of text or arbitrary-sized files or directories from one
 computer to another.
 .
 The two endpoints are identified by using identical "wormhole codes":
 in general, the sending machine generates and displays the code,
 which must then be typed into the receiving machine.  The codes are
 short and human-pronounceable, using a phonetically-distinct
 wordlist.  The receiving side offers tab-completion on the codewords,
 so usually only a few characters must be typed.  Wormhole codes are
 single-use and do not need to be memorized.
--

I assume that this GUI drops support for sending output through a pipe
into wormhole.

This package is a useful inclusion to Debian because it makes Magic
Wormhole accessible to users who are not comfortable using the command
line; this lowers the barrier to entry to file-transfers that avoid
corporate data-mining such as Dropbox, Google Drive, unencrypted
email, etc.  I learned of its existence in the following article:
  https://medium.com/elementaryos/appcenter-spotlight-transporter-7c9db2472f37

Given that ElementaryOS has a pay-what-you-want Appstore model, and
the upstream developer primarily targeted this platform, I believe
they would appreciate it if their software was packaged with
upstream/metadata containing a "Donation: $URL" field.

CCing the magic-wormhole maintainer and GNOME team, who seem like the
people who would be most interested in packaging this.


'wish I had learned of it months ago so that it could have been part
of Buster!

Cheers,
Nicholas