On Wed, 2022-02-16 at 17:57 -0300, Diego Herrera wrote: > Hi. I was checking if the scrcpy software [1] could get packaged, but > to continue I need to know how to package an APK package file. For > context, this project consists on a Linux client and an Android > server app that is uploaded as an APK package by the client to an > Android device using adb to share the Android device screen. > > The project provides the sources to build that APK file, but it > depends on gradle and the Android SDK to build it. Even if we revive > the gradle package, I doubt that we can package the Android SDK since > it requires it's own set of licenses and I don't think that > everything complies to the policies. I also don't know if there is a > way to compile the APK without those dependencies. > > On the other hand, the project also provides the precompiled APK that > can get directly added to the package (that's how other distros > package this software), but I doubt that adding a binary package > complies with Fedora's policies even if its not used on the same > Fedora machine. > > Another idea that I thought of was to patch the program or add a > script that downloads the APK on the first run and save it on > userspace. Technically you are not packaging the binary, but in my > opinion it's just a roundabout way to get the same result. > > Is any of these approaches viable from a policy perspective? Is there > a better way to do this? Or should I desist on packaging this project > on Fedora for now? > > [1] https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy
you got several packages from https://repology.org/project/scrcpy/versions https://fedora.pkgs.org/34/rpm-sphere-x86_64/scrcpy-1.19-1.x86_64.rpm.html in copr https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/fulltext/?fulltext=scrcpy https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/useidel/scrcpy/ https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/sixg0000d/scrcpy/ https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/zeno/scrcpy/ etc > Best regards. > > -- > Diego Herrera C. > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure -- Sérgio M. B.
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