Add Transistor to Izzyondroid Repo as alternative to F-Droid? #461

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opened 2023-03-30 01:27:16 +00:00 by Glacierguy · 2 comments

Glacierguy commented

2023-03-30 01:27:16 +00:00

https://gitlab.com/IzzyOnDroid/repo/-/issues

Transistor meets the requirements:

https://gitlab.com/IzzyOnDroid/repo/blob/master/README.md#what-are-the-requirements-an-app-must-meet-to-be-included-with-the-repo

Here's the repo itself. It's very popular as a means to distribute open source apps that aren't on F-Droid for any particular reason or can optionally be there, again, even if it already is on F-Droid.

https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index.php

The entire process is automated. They get your apk from codeberg, scan it for malware and release it on their repo so you can get it on any F-Droid client much faster than you can on F-Droid alone and any user can decide to get your app from either F-Droid or IzzyonDroid. I think having an alternative repo for updating is worth having. Having only 1 repo gives a single point of update failure and Transistor would get more exposure and thus more users from being on Izzyondroid as well.

F-Droid is taking nearly 2 weeks to get v4.1.5. Any chance you can put Transistor in the IzzyonDroid repo as well? You can request to have it added here and they allow you to have it there even if it is already on F-Droid. https://gitlab.com/IzzyOnDroid/repo/-/issues Transistor meets the requirements: https://gitlab.com/IzzyOnDroid/repo/blob/master/README.md#what-are-the-requirements-an-app-must-meet-to-be-included-with-the-repo Here's the repo itself. It's very popular as a means to distribute open source apps that aren't on F-Droid for any particular reason or can optionally be there, again, even if it already is on F-Droid. https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index.php The entire process is automated. They get your apk from codeberg, scan it for malware and release it on their repo so you can get it on any F-Droid client much faster than you can on F-Droid alone and any user can decide to get your app from either F-Droid or IzzyonDroid. I think having an alternative repo for updating is worth having. Having only 1 repo gives a single point of update failure and Transistor would get more exposure and thus more users from being on Izzyondroid as well.

y20k commented

2023-03-31 16:25:30 +00:00

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Having only 1 repo gives a single point of update failur

I agree. I will add Transistor to Izzyondroid. And I need to check what went wrong at F-Droid.

> Having only 1 repo gives a single point of update failur I agree. I will add Transistor to Izzyondroid. And I need to check what went wrong at F-Droid.

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y20k commented

2023-06-01 12:43:41 +00:00

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I created a ticket requesting inclusion of Transistor. https://gitlab.com/IzzyOnDroid/repo/-/issues/388

If everything goes smoothly the next release of Transistor should make it to Izzyondroid quickly, because this repo just takes the APK from https://codeberg.org/y20k/transistor/releases and does not compile the app.

Beware that the original F-Droid APK and the APK from Izzyondroid will be not compatible/interchangeable because they are signed with different keys.

I created a ticket requesting inclusion of Transistor. https://gitlab.com/IzzyOnDroid/repo/-/issues/388 If everything goes smoothly the next release of Transistor should make it to Izzyondroid quickly, because this repo just takes the APK from https://codeberg.org/y20k/transistor/releases and does not compile the app. Beware that the original F-Droid APK and the APK from Izzyondroid will be not compatible/interchangeable because they are signed with different keys.