Bug#1033868: linphone-desktop: cannot use any account, without agreeing to terms

[Jonas Smedegaard]

control: severity -1 serious

Quoting Martin (2023-04-03 09:29:44)
> Package: linphone-desktop
> Version: 4.4.10-2+b2
> 
> When starting linphone-desktop, the four buttons to create or use any
> accounts are greyed out. Users are supposed to first accept the "Terms
> of use" and "privacy policy" of "Belledonne Communications" by
> checkmark. The actual documents are on web pages under www.linphone.org.
> 
> IMHO, agree to terms only makes sense, if using their linphone SIP
> service, but not when using any other SIP account. I really hope (but
> did not yet check), that linphone does not interchange any data with
> Belledonne, if I don't use their linphone SIP service, right?
> 
> Suggested solution: The buttons "Use SIP account" and "Fetch remote
> configuration" must not be greyed out, even if user does not agree to
> the terms. The other two buttons ("Create a linphone account" and "Use a
> linphone account") should remain as they arey.
> 
> Also, the two documents might not be available, e.g. because using
> linphone-desktop in an internal setup without web access or in a country
> where outside web access is blocked. Maybe the documents could be copied
> and linked to /usr/share/doc/linphone-desktop/?

By abocve description, I would go further and consider this package
unfit for release in section "main" with current constraints, since it
(technically or possibly only as UX) depend on non-free Belledone code.
Until (if possible) fixed, this package belongs in "contrib" as I see
it.

 - Jonas

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