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  • Re: Maintaining webext-browserpass package

    From Michael Meskes@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 13 10:10:01 2025
    Hi Subhadip,

    I’ve recently started using the webext-browserpass package on Debian
    and
    noticed that it hasn’t been updated in a while. It appears to be out
    of
    date and is not compatible with the latest version of Chromium from
    the
    Debian repository.

    Why? I'm using the current Debian package with the current Chromium
    without any issue.

    I’m curious if the package is actively maintained, as I would like to contribute to its upkeep. Since I don’t have prior experience in
    package
    maintenance, I would appreciate any guidance or advice from those who
    are familiar with the process.

    It's still actively maintained. The latest version is already in git
    and will be uploaded to unstable once the release is out of the door.

    Later,
    Michael
    --
    Michael Meskes
    Michael at Fam-Meskes dot De
    Michael at Meskes dot (De|Com|Net|Org)
    Meskes at (Debian|Postgresql) dot Org

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  • From Michael Meskes@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 14 09:30:01 2025
    Hi Subhadip,

    I think the webext-browserpass Debian package contains both the
    Browserpass - browser extension and the native messaging host. While
    the native messaging host still works, I found the current browser
    extension version incompatible with Chromium version 138.0.7204.49
    installed from the Debian stable repo. I had to install the latest
    extension from Chrome marketplace to make it work.

    Well the package (including the extension) in unstable/testing does
    work with the current Chromium version. You may have to (re)activate it
    in Chromium, though.

    I am glad to hear that and will wait for the latest version to be
    available. Do you think there's any chance to also make the latest
    version available in the backports?

    Sure, there's definitely the chance. It only needs somebody willing to
    do it. I'll look into it, when time permits.

    Michael
    --
    Michael Meskes
    Michael at Fam-Meskes dot De
    Michael at Meskes dot (De|Com|Net|Org)
    Meskes at (Debian|Postgresql) dot Org

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