Föderation EN Sa 26.10.2024 04:55:28
I just upgraded to F-Droid 1.20.1, before I saw the advice to wait for 1.21.1. Do I need to be worried, or do/ not do anything?
I also see the vulnerability warnings on Fennec F-Droid and Mull, telling me to uninstall. Do I really need to do that, or just avoid using them until patched updates are shipped?
Föderation DE Sa 26.10.2024 06:42:24
@strypey @fdroidorg for mull if you have fdroid as the preferred repo, you'll see that
Please drag divestos to the top of the repo list
Föderation DE Sa 26.10.2024 11:46:11
@toaskoas
> Please drag divestos to the top of the repo list
I presume you're referring to a repo for a custom ROM? Does it have the same policy as F-Droid of only shipping apps under licenses that respect our software freedoms?
Föderation EN Sa 26.10.2024 12:48:02
Föderation EN So 27.10.2024 00:33:58
Hi @divested
@toaskoas said;
> Please drag divestos to the top of the repo list [in F-Droid]
I replied:
> I presume you're referring to a repo for a custom ROM? Does it have the same policy as F-Droid of only shipping apps under licenses that respect our software freedoms?
@cantences suggested I ask you.
Föderation EN Do 31.10.2024 08:05:15
Me:
> Does it have the same policy as F-Droid of only shipping apps under licenses that respect our software freedoms?
Hmm, no response from the DivestOS maintainer ( @divested), so I'll take that as a no. If I didn't care about that, I'd just use the @IzzyOnDroid repo. No offence untended to the workers of either project, we just have different priorities.
More motivation to get a fresh OS working on my PinePhone ...
Föderation EN Do 31.10.2024 14:25:39
@strypey
The license of all the apps included in the DivestOS repositories is noted accurately in the metadata and here https://divestos.org/pages/our_apps. All apps are built from source and are fully FOSS with the exception of Chromium-based Mulch Browsers which contains the proprietary Google Play Services library.
I could not respond to you timely because notifications have been broken: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-android/issues/913
Föderation EN Fr 01.11.2024 01:41:23
@divested
> All apps are built from source and are fully FOSS with the exception of Chromium-based Mulch Browsers which contains the proprietary Google Play Services library
Good to know. Thanks. Repo added. I avoid Chromium-based stuff anyway, so no worries there.
Föderation EN Fr 01.11.2024 18:44:55
@divested @strypey to chime in, as I was pinged: at IzzyOnDroid we provide the APKs built & signed by the developers. But we perform thorough scanning on them. non-FOSS components are tolerated at best, but even then only within limits and always pointed out with the NonFreeComp anti-feature. Further, more than every 4th app (25.7% as of now) is covered by our reproducible builds (checked on our own as well as on 3rd party builders). @cantences @PINE64
