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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)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I did not totally understand what the title is about.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months 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] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 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 longer to get updates.

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.

Obtainium is only okay if you trust the developer. There is no scanning and apps may contain proprietary parts.

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

I use Obtanium, but I also like to wander around fdroid categories and discovering apps to try. Is there something similar with obtanium? Where do you find new apps?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I use "F-Droid Basic" with some repos, most importantly IzzyOnDroid and use Obtainium for updating.

Yeah not perfect. But there is apps.obtainium.imranr.dev

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

Great site! Thanks for the info

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

The goal is just to make harder apps to install easier. So it is not perfect.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months 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] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months 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] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Book Reader removed which I find strange. Shouldn't the oldest apps be removed first? I found apps from 2014.