Bug 2548541
| Summary: | Review Request: whatsapp-desktop - Independent desktop client for WhatsApp Web | ||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | abdallah-shehawy <shehawey9> |
| Component: | Package Review | Assignee: | Nobody's working on this, feel free to take it <nobody> |
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | unspecified | ||
| Version: | rawhide | CC: | package-review |
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| URL: | https://github.com/abdallah-shehawey/whatsapp-desktop | ||
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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| Bug Blocks: | 177841 | ||
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Description
abdallah-shehawy
2026-10-09 12:23:31 UTC
Updated Fedora review artifacts following the devel feedback (RPM revision 2). Correction: Fedora Rawhide already provides nodejs-electron-43.2.0-1.fc46. My initial assessment was incomplete: I checked stable Fedora and missed the Rawhide package. The revised Fedora SPEC requires Electron >=43,<44, matches the actual native WM_CLASS and hardlinks duplicate icon/metadata files. It remains a source-only application package; it neither downloads Electron nor runs npm during the build. Spec URL: https://github.com/abdallah-shehawey/whatsapp-desktop/releases/download/packaging-review-2026-10-10-fedora43/whatsapp-desktop.spec SRPM URL: https://github.com/abdallah-shehawey/whatsapp-desktop/releases/download/packaging-review-2026-10-10-fedora43/whatsapp-desktop-1.9.12-2.fc46.src.rpm Review artifacts, checksums and validation details: https://github.com/abdallah-shehawey/whatsapp-desktop/releases/tag/packaging-review-2026-10-10-fedora43 Implementation: https://github.com/abdallah-shehawey/whatsapp-desktop/pull/8 Validation: application 1.9.12 was tested in a private Rawhide container with Fedora's official nodejs-electron-43.2.0-1.fc46. The source RPM rebuilt, the application RPM installed, application tests and source-only installation checks passed, and rpmlint reported zero errors and warnings. The installed application's real logged-out WhatsApp QR page, Settings, Fonts and About rendered; preloads/IPC worked; private settings writes were read back; and the native WM_CLASS matched the installed desktop entry. This was a basic compatibility check using X11 with GPU disabled. Signed-in messaging/calls, native Wayland and hardware acceleration remain unvalidated. Later Electron major versions will need fresh compatibility validation as Fedora moves forward. The Fedora devel follow-up has been sent in the original proposal thread: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/2L7VRATKFL4CDYQWCE5GXZHEFLLAG62P/ I would appreciate application review and packager sponsorship guidance. Sponsorship request: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/packaging/sponsors/issues/802 Rawhide runtime availability does not establish availability on stable Fedora or Debian/Ubuntu. Debian's separate Electron prerequisite remains unresolved. These application checks and this submission are not archive acceptance. The normal stable application remains 1.9.12 with bundled Electron 40. FAS: abdallah-shehawey |