Worth adding a link in each project's description on F-Droid? (assuming that would be intercepted in add the repo on v0.89+)
-------------------------------------------- Q: Why is this email [hopefully] five sentences or less? | A: http://five.sentenc.es *NOTE* that my emails are delayed from arriving in my inbox until 9am daily. If urgent, please use another way of getting in touch. #slowwebmovement <http://www.musubimail.com/gmail_timer.html> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 6:46 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner < [email protected]> wrote: > > Hey David, > > Glad you hear you also think its useful, I think there is a lot of > potential > for this as a system for beta channels. > > Turns out there is a bug in FDroid v0.85 through v0.88 that broke the > adding > of repos by clicking on a URL. I just fixed that, so the next release > (v0.89) > will include that fix, that should be out by the end of this Sunday. Then > you'll actually be able to just click on a URL, then it'll prompt you > whether > you want to add the repo. > > You have to manually upgrade to v0.89-test since it is a test release, but > that is easy to do: > > * open FDroid's main screen > * go to the "Installed" tab > * select FDroid > * click on 0.89-test in the list of available versions > > .hc > > David Oliver: > > Hans, I tried this and it's pretty cool! Got stuck on the part about > > "adding the Courier Repo". > > > > After installing the F-Droid app, one needs to visit the overflow menu, > > then tap "Repositories". This will display a list of available > > repositories, two of which are "Guardian Official" and "Guardian > Archive". > > > > I turned "GP Official" on, then tapped the re-sync icon, which displayed > > some nice toasts telling me what was happening (love that!). But when I > > returned to the main screen (which was displaying the "available" tab), > > nothing showed up. > > > > Two suggestions: > > > > 1. I see that the updates table shows a number next to it, perhaps the > > number of available updates to apps that are already installed? I'd like > > to see a similar value next to the number of apps installed (that is, > next > > to the "installed" tab keyword). > > > > 2. Rather than displaying nothing in the "available" tab, perhaps the > icons > > for installed apps could be displayed at half-intensity with a message > "up > > to date". > > > > Additionally, I like all the detail shown for apps, but I'm not sure the > > license-type is necessary on the "installed" screen (it should be on the > > "available" screen, where is where you'd make your choice about > installing > > an app of your liking). Can we substitute, for example, the amount of > > storage an app is consuming on the "installed" page? Much more useful. > > > > Looks great! > > > > David M. Oliver | [email protected] | http://olivercoady.com | > > http://dmo.tel | Ostel: oliv | +1 970 368 2366 > > > > On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 1:58 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Hey all, > >> > >> I just put together an collection of automated fdroid repos that > >> automatically > >> include nightly builds from our apps into an FDroid repo. So for > example, > >> if > >> you want to test Courier on a device, just add the > >> "info.guardianproject.courier" repo to your device, and you'll > >> automatically > >> get updates for each build from our build server. > >> > >> To add one of these repos, on a device, first make sure it has FDroid > >> installed: > >> https://f-droid.org > >> > >> Then go to one of these URLs on your device or computer. If you click > on > >> the > >> app you want on your device, you'll be prompted to send it to FDroid, > which > >> will set it up as a new repo. If you are on a desktop, you can click on > >> the > >> app and get a QR code to scan from the device to add the repo: > >> https://dev.guardianproject.info/debug > >> http://k6e4p7yji2rioxbm.onion/debug > >> > >> This is in parallel to the repo that contains the builds of all of the > >> apps: > >> https://dev.guardianproject.info/fdroid > >> http://k6e4p7yji2rioxbm.onion/fdroid > >> > >> .hc > >> > >> -- > >> PGP fingerprint: 5E61 C878 0F86 295C E17D 8677 9F0F E587 374B BE81 > >> https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x9F0FE587374BBE81 > >> > >> > > > > -- > PGP fingerprint: 5E61 C878 0F86 295C E17D 8677 9F0F E587 374B BE81 > https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x9F0FE587374BBE81 > _______________________________________________ > List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/guardian-dev > To unsubscribe, email: [email protected] >
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