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F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.

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Big cleanup and smaller repo | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository (f-droid.org)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I did not totally understand what the title is about.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Perhaps it's this part:

Besides these updates and new apps, we also have many apps removed or downgraded in our scanner running. PiliPala has been added back and more removed apps will come back with non-free bits removed. But others may never come back because upstream has been inactive for a long time or not willing to fix the problem.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Besides these updates and new apps, we also have many apps removed or downgraded in our scanner running. PiliPala has been added back and more removed apps will come back with non-free bits removed. But others may never come back because upstream has been inactive for a long time or not willing to fix the problem.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I really like F-Droid for their scanning and privacy-first build system.

But I currently use Obtainium as I get way faster updates, where I would need to wait 6 months or so on F-Droid.

But a good in-between could be to get K-9 mail, Mull etc. from dedicated repos and use F-droids builds for less trusted apps.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@boredsquirrel @merde Wait, which app took 6 months to get updates built verified from source by F-Droid?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think 6 months was an exaggeration.

I remember Mull taking very long and skipping multiple updates. K-9 Mail, now under the Mozilla Namespace, also took long, even though I am not sure if the updates are prereleases yet.

The same for the Fossify Apps, which took like a month or so longer to appear?

This may all be wanted or inherent because of submission and build delays.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

@boredsquirrel Fennec/Mull are huge tasks to clean up, delays are expected but are measured in weeks. K-9 pre-releases are coming as they appear, but you need to enable Beta updates in app details menu. Fossify apps were included when ready.