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JohnMH / BoogDroid

An ad-free Bugzilla client for Android, based on jonan/BugsControl
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Release new features quickly #10

Closed albfan closed 7 years ago

albfan commented 7 years ago

I see this is published on google play:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.johnmh.boogdroid&hl=es

Can you publish on google play new features?

JohnMH commented 7 years ago

I have long requested that the Google Play listing be taken down. Instead, I suggest installing BoogDroid through F-Droid.

https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=me.johnmh.boogdroid

albfan commented 7 years ago

Ok, can I ask why take down from google play?

JohnMH commented 7 years ago

Google Play is proprietary software employing DRM (Digital Restrictions Management).

albfan commented 7 years ago

Makes sense. What's the process to update f-droid? Can you manage to do yourself or we need to generate tags, doc, etc. I can help you with boring details if any

JohnMH commented 7 years ago

I don't know yet, I've made an issue on their repo.

albfan commented 7 years ago

https://f-droid.org/manual/fdroid.html to speed up things or wait for them to do it

albfan commented 7 years ago

Why not release on our own?

https://www.reddit.com/r/github/comments/2bwa1d/this_a_stupid_question_how_do_i_upload_my_apk/

or automatically with travis

https://gist.github.com/mariotaku/7a0c51955d14def2fa0e

JohnMH commented 7 years ago

That's exactly how it'll end up. The way I set it up with F-Droid it does it by Git tags.

On November 9, 2016 1:04:13 AM EST, Alberto Fanjul notifications@github.com wrote:

Why not release on our own?

https://www.reddit.com/r/github/comments/2bwa1d/this_a_stupid_question_how_do_i_upload_my_apk/

or automatically with travis

https://gist.github.com/mariotaku/7a0c51955d14def2fa0e

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albfan commented 7 years ago

Ok. Just commenting because they say it has a lag in releasing if you not provide all the metadata (Indeed this is not released yet in f-droid ) Let me know if you want me to add the apk on

https://github.com/JohnMHarrisJr/BoogDroid/releases/tag/v0.0.2

That will allow people to send feedback and get traction

JohnMH commented 7 years ago

If we want an apk there, I would set up a script for my local Jenkins server to upload a signed debug version of the application. We shouldn't be giving end user releases, only testing snapshots such as that.

On November 9, 2016 1:18:14 AM EST, Alberto Fanjul notifications@github.com wrote:

Ok. Just commenting because they say it has a lag in releasing if you not provide all the metadata (Indeed this is not released yet in f-droid ) Let me know if you want me to add the apk on

https://github.com/JohnMHarrisJr/BoogDroid/releases/tag/v0.0.2

That will allow people to send feedback and get traction

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albfan commented 7 years ago

I like the idea of create a complete workflow that covers release the apk. Travis is configured on repo so everyone forking has the complete lifecycle for the app.

Using your jenkins is for signed apps right? I feel it add a black box to the process, but do it and lets see how it goes

JohnMH commented 7 years ago

My Jenkins install is much less of a black box than Travic CI, which is not free software.

albfan commented 7 years ago

I mean in terms of funcionality. If someone clone this repo he has no CI by default. if we use jenkins, he cannot perform same lifecycle as we do. That way he will be confident on proposing changes. That's the main idea.

Whenever you have it integrated send me a note to see it working, right?

JohnMH commented 7 years ago

@albfan If I do implement Jenkins integration, it will only build tags. I'm keeping Travis, because as bad as it is it already scales to forks too.

albfan commented 7 years ago

Any progress? I'm ok with google play so if you don't mind I can request a deploy there.

JohnMH commented 7 years ago

@albfan I was thinking that through, and I think it's best if we just upload a debug build with each tag.

albfan commented 7 years ago

I did it already

https://github.com/JohnMHarrisJr/BoogDroid/releases/tag/v0.0.2 https://github.com/albfan/BoogDroid/releases/tag/0.0.2b

and share on twitter and #6.

But I can see why we cannot publish it on google play and f-droid. Is it a time matter? We can upload a beta version on markets as many apps do:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chrome.beta&hl=en

JohnMH commented 7 years ago

F-Droid is now set to make a build from every tag I create. I have requested to have the Google Play entry removed from their database. Google Play is non-free DRM, and it is best if I am not seen to be possibly endorsing them in any way.

On November 17, 2016 10:07:55 PM EST, Alberto Fanjul notifications@github.com wrote:

I did it already

https://github.com/JohnMHarrisJr/BoogDroid/releases/tag/v0.0.2 https://github.com/albfan/BoogDroid/releases/tag/0.0.2b

and share on twitter and #6.

But I can see why we cannot publish it on google play and f-droid. Is it a time matter? We can upload a beta version on markets as many apps do:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chrome.beta&hl=en

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albfan commented 7 years ago

I want to update boogdroid on android. If you can share developer console with me let me know

JohnMH commented 7 years ago

The Google Play entry has been removed.

On December 19, 2016 3:19:41 PM EST, Alberto Fanjul notifications@github.com wrote:

I want to update boogdroid on android. If you can share developer console with me let me know

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albfan commented 7 years ago

Are you sure? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.johnmh.boogdroid&hl=es

JohnMH commented 7 years ago

I am sure, though if you installed it in the past, it'll still be visible I believe.

On December 19, 2016 3:23:42 PM EST, Alberto Fanjul notifications@github.com wrote:

Are you sure? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.johnmh.boogdroid&hl=es

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albfan commented 7 years ago

Well let's stick on f-droid then. https://twitter.com/albfanjul/status/810946013292822528 I just want something aware of updates. Have to check when 0.0.3 release is done

albfan commented 7 years ago

I find no traction on f-droid so I release it again on google play.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.albfan.boogdroid

I need to change package to publish (as I don't have your keystore) So it would be hard to collaborate any further.

If you want me to change the name or something just tell me

JohnMH commented 7 years ago

What's wrong with F-Droid?

albfan commented 7 years ago

Nothing at all. I just:

JohnMH commented 7 years ago

Google Play is non-free software. Many Android users, especially users who are interested in an app like this, will know the difference between a platform like Google Play and F-Droid and will avoid Google Play for this reason.

If you want statistics, ask the users. You don't need to use non-free software to track their actions, and I'm sure the users would appreciate it if you didn't do that.

I have no issues with you deploying the app, of course, so long as it's handled in a way compatible with the license of this software.

albfan commented 7 years ago

That means publish source code, right? https://github.com/albfan/BoogDroid If you have to old keystore I can stick to actual package name, but as you're against google play I think that would not happen.

If I need to change package name I think you can revoke my admin rights on your repo.

Waiting for your decision. My email is in my profile

JohnMH commented 7 years ago

If it's necessary to use a separate repo to use a different package name, feel free to do that. I would appreciate it if you would contribute changes back upstream so that it's still available through F-Droid, if possible.

If you want to publish there, I'd say just change this repo to point to yours and the project is yours. I don't really have time for BoogDroid anymore anyway.

On January 29, 2017 1:56:41 AM EST, Alberto Fanjul notifications@github.com wrote:

That means publish source code, right? https://github.com/albfan/BoogDroid If you have to old keystore I can stick to actual package name, but as you're against google play I think that would not happen.

If I need to change package name I think you can revoke my admin rights on your repo.

Waiting for your decision. My email is in my profile

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