On Mon, 10 Nov 2025, altoid via Dng wrote:

>Hello:
>
>On 10 Nov 2025 at 10:46, Alessandro Vesely wrote:
>
>> > I expect that the previous versions of [telegram-desktop] will work
>> > properly in their version installations: Daedalus, Chimaerra, etc.
>> Upgrading to Excalibur removed it.
>I believe that is the default action when dist-upgrade finds a
>package that is not in the distribution version's repository.
>

The default action is to leave as-is, unless there are broken dependencies. With
broken dependencies, the non-existing package would be removed.

>> ... untarred from the .deb file, seems to work.
>> Let's see what happens.
>Unless it is very important for you, you may want to wait till it is
>back in the repository.
>
>Like I said, something is going on with [telegram-desktop].
>Maybe nothing important or maybe it is.
>eg: a security issue.
>

There's nothing happening with telegram-desktop, and that's why it hasn't been
included in trixie. The package isn't being maintained.

>That said, you may want to consider:
>
>1. directly using your browser?
>ie: www.telegram.org
>Probably has much less overhead.
>

You can download the official telegram client, which is opensource, and use it.
That's probably what most people do. The client in the debian repo is outdated
by two (2!!) major releases. You shouldn't use it.

Cheers,
                 Ludovic