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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by THE_ANON@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Zak@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What issues? F-droid seems to be going strong as fast as I can tell.

A single package not getting frequent updates could mean that package isn't being actively developed, but sometimes it just means there's no need five updates.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It's likely related to this

https://gitlab.com/fdroid/admin/-/issues/446

https://gitlab.com/fdroid/admin/-/issues/447

[–] Zak@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

That kind of drama comes up in projects every now and then. If the project's fundamentals are solid, either some people leave and the project continues, or the project gets forked and the new one becomes dominant.

[+] THE_ANON@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

There was a post about this a month ago. The tldr is that one of the maintainers is arrogant and controlling so a bunch of other people quit. It wasn't out of the blue either, it's been coming for a long time. There are alternative android store options, so its not too much of a big deal

[+] THE_ANON@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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[–] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago

I'd wait for a bit and see how things turn out. Sometimes there is internet drama in some of the projects. And it seems justified in this case. But it's still internet drama. We have to hope in the end the toxic or incompetent people go away and it's not everyone else who has to leave and the project becomes abandoned. But as of now I don't think there are any immediate consequences for you as a user. I mean you've trusted the same people for years and this seems to also have gone on for years. The only difference is, now we know. If there was a viable alternative, I'd switch for ethical reasons... To not support those people. But I don't think there is a good alternative for me. And secondly I don't think I know enough to judge people and a story with many details and things that had happened, based off of 2 short texts on the issue tracker.

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I too would like to know. Alternatively, does anyone know of any reputable F-Droid alternatives?

[–] sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Edit: sorry, as the guy below stated, this is not an alternative just a new coat of paint

I've been using droid-ify for a bit now and quite like it

[–] solidgrue@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

+1 for droid-ify. Much more polished than f-droid too, IMO.

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's just an alternative front-end for the same service. The problem is the distribution itself, not the client used to access it.

[–] sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oh shit, sorry, thank you for the correction

[–] RovingFox@infosec.pub 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I recommend using Obtainium. It is not a store by himself but it is compatible with a lot of stores including github.

[–] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah, I also thought about Obtanium. Mind those are two different approaches. F-Droid builds things from source, removes trackers and invading libraries, sometimes patches something and there are maintainers who have an independent look at things. Obtanium just fetches what the original developers uploaded to Github and installs it on your device. For the better or worse.

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks! I'll look it up!

[–] NotATurtle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

Is there something like obtainium with the ability to build from source?

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Github isn't a "store". It's just upstream repos where the owner can upload any artifact they like.

[–] RovingFox@infosec.pub 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

didn't say it was, and that wasn't even the point

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

it is compatible with a lot of stores including github.

[–] rikudou 1 points 2 years ago

Do we know which one? One of them rejected my package while being all smug about it, so I wonder if that's been them.

[–] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You can find older software on F-Droid which is not updated for several reasons. One reason can be that the compiling of newer versions of the software didn't work on the F-Droid compile setup. And I've read that, if uploading of newer versions is omitted for some reason, F-Droid leaves older versions of software in their repository because there are people with older Android smart phones that cannot run newer versions, and even when there would be security issues, these users are free to take the risk and use the software.

Best to ask your question on the F-Droid forum, where you can also search for answers without creating an account and where some F-Droid devs may answer : https://forum.f-droid.org/