Doesn't it make more sense to have a WhatsApp backup file to Signal backup file converter rather than forking the whole app.
This fork would end up being a significant maintenance overhead for something that could be done more simply.
This fork would end up being a significant maintenance overhead for something that could be done more simply.
I would guess it was easier (or even only possible) this way.
Doesn't sound like he really put much more thought into it than "make it work". Like most of these one-and-done things, as a developer, you take the easy path, then forget about it.
See: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/1014
> Thanks, we know [backup] is a big deal and think about it a lot. We're working on ways to do it that would be privacy preserving, and in the mean time we've got the p2p device transfer you mention. We'll keep working to make it better!
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/kt91qk/signal_p...
So, no, they're not interested in WhatsApp import (per the closed ticket liked by the parent).
Additionally, the statement from signal is just PR spew. It boils down to "Nah, we won't make a way to do that.". The "privacy preserving" bit is nonsense because they have an export/import to a file on android.