Issue #1887
closedUse F-Droid's signed build of RepWifi so that it can be easily updated in F-Droid
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Description
For our next release, we should add RepWifi to vendor/replicant/get-prebuilts so we use F-Droid's signed build instead of the build that comes with 0003 https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/ReplicantSourceCode#Prebuilt-apps
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Updated by Joonas Kylmälä over 5 years ago
We can just use https://f-droid.org/repo/fil.libre.repwifiapp_9.apk that I found from https://f-droid.org/en/packages/fil.libre.repwifiapp/ ? It has signature by "F-Droid <admin@f-droid.org>" so should be good, correct?
Updated by Fil Bergamo over 5 years ago
Joonas Kylmälä wrote:
We can just use https://f-droid.org/repo/fil.libre.repwifiapp_9.apk that I found from https://f-droid.org/en/packages/fil.libre.repwifiapp/ ? It has signature by "F-Droid <admin@f-droid.org>" so should be good, correct?
Yes, the apks built by F-Droid should be reachable with links following this general structure:
https://f-droid.org/repo/fil.libre.repwifiapp_[VERSION_CODE].apk
where "[VERSION_CODE]" is the integer indicating sequential versions of RepWifi, as indicated in AndroidManifest.xml
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
<!-- ... -->
android:versionCode="10"
<!-- ... -->
The latest version code for RepWifi is currently 10.
Updated by Fil Bergamo over 5 years ago
- Related to Feature #1895: Implement a self-update system for RepWifi added
Updated by Fil Bergamo over 5 years ago
I think we should reconsider this approach, if we chose to eventually remove F-Droid from Replicant.
It would make no sense to provide a prebuilt from F-Droid to ease future updates, when F-Droid isn't shipped with Replicant making future updates impractical.
If we remove F-Droid, then I think it makes a lot more sense to develop a method for RepWifi to update itself.
This way it could still be built from source.
I opened a feature request to myself: #1895
Updated by Fil Bergamo over 5 years ago
- Related to Feature #1878: Make f-droid be FSDG compliant again to be able to include it again in Replicant added
Updated by Fil Bergamo over 5 years ago
- Status changed from New to Closed
- Resolution set to wontfix
There is a patch pending, that enables using WiFi dongles with the default system GUI:
https://lists.osuosl.org/pipermail/replicant/2018-December/001752.html
I won't be maintaining RepWifi any longer, if the patch gets applied.
In this case, using the Fdroid-signed build is no longer needed.
I will reopen the issue if needed.