taw/element

Project ID: 33796

Description

SHUT DOWN NOTICE

I am closing down this project for two reasons:

a core upstream component of Element (the Electron platform) embeds non-free software (a couple codecs in libffmpeg.so) and I have been asked (told) to stop using my preferred build system (COPR)
builds for OpenSUSE are again super-challenging

As such, today—March 1, 2022, version 1.10.6—after almost four years of working on this project, I am ending my maintenance of Element builds for CentOS, Fedora, and OpenSUSE (NOTE, the builds have been pulled off this repo several versions ago). I am a fan of the project and think they are clearly a superior solution in the groups-chat space, but I am tired of fighting all the technical debt baggage and complexity associated to NodeJS and Electron. At some point I will stop checking in changes and that will be that. If someone wants to use my spec files and start a new RPM build project, please do so. Just let me know so I can link to it here.

THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO MY RPM BUILDS!

There is an alternative build out there that should work for everyone: a Flatpak! I am not a huge fan of the bloat and non-native-ness of Flatpak/Snap/AppData builds (they are a kludge), but like all kludges, they are often good enough. So ... instead of the RPM, just go ahead and install the Flatpak.

A big thank you goes out to all the good folks who supported and encouraged me over these four year. Cheers! -todd

Element is . . .

an all-in-one secure chat app for teams, friends, and organizations. Keeps conversations in your control, safe from data-mining and ads. Talk to everyone through the open global Matrix network, protected by proper end-to-end encryption.
more than a messaging app. Element is a shared workspace for the web. Element is a place to connect with teams. Element is a place to collaborate, to work, to discuss your current projects.
an application that removes the barriers between apps, allowing you to connect teams and functionality like never before.
a front-end client implementing the decentralized, secure, messaging and data-transport protocol, Matrix.
(Note: Element was once named Riot. It was rebranded as of version 1.7.0.)

Element is free. Element is secure.

For more information: https://element.io/

VERSION MAINTENANCE NOTICE:

Builds for RHEL7/CentOS7 (EL7, F19-based) and RHEL8/CentOS8 (EL8, F28-based) have ended.
Instead, use CentOS Stream.

Builds for CentOS Stream (EL8+) are currently functional

Builds ended for Fedora 27 (Jan 1, 2019), 28 (Jun 1, 2019), 29 (Jan 1, 2020), 30 (Jun 1, 2020), 31 (Jan 1, 2021)

Builds for Fedora 32 ended Jun 1, 2021

Builds for Fedora 33 likely end Jan 1, 2022

Builds for Fedora 34 likely end Jun 1, 2022

Builds for Fedora 35 likely end Jan 1, 2023

Builds for OpenSUSE Leap 15.0 and 15.1 have ended

Builds for OpenSUSE Leap 15.2 likely end December 2021

Builds for OpenSUSE Leap 15.3 likely end November 2022

Builds for OpenSUSE Tumbleweed are currently functional l

[NOTE: I dropped builds for i386 -- there was no demand]

Installation Instructions

Please visit https://github.com/taw00/element-rpm for installation instructions.

Active Releases

The following unofficial repositories are provided as-is by owner of this project. Contact the owner directly for bugs or issues (IE: not bugzilla).

Release	Architectures	Repo Download
Centos-stream 8	x86_64 [modified] (42)*	Centos-stream 8 (291 downloads)
EPEL 8	x86_64 [modified] (106)*	EPEL 8 (1095 downloads)
openSUSE Tumbleweed	x86_64 (113)*	openSUSE Tumbleweed (362 downloads)