That's a good idea for a alpha/beta channel.  I think we don't want to promote
nightly builds too much since we don't want people to think they are real
release builds.

.hc

Patrick Connolly:
> Worth adding a link in each project's description on F-Droid? (assuming
> that would be intercepted in add the repo on v0.89+)
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> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 6:46 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <
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>>
>> 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
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