Open papjul opened 2 weeks ago
FOSS build setup can exist for F-Droid but I don't necessarily see a point of having them on GitHub.
FOSS build setup can exist for F-Droid but I don't necessarily see a point of having them on GitHub.
The point of having them on GitHub is to allow reproducible builds. Basically, you build and sign the release with your key, and F-Droid compares it with their own build. If they match, they will publish your release with your key. This makes the release process safer by making the developer sign the releases (and not F-Droid), while allowing F-Droid to still check for any tampering attempt.
Also:
some users may want to use the FOSS flavor with the internal updater, or something else like Obtainium
FOSS builds can stay in a separate repo then similar to preview/beta
Good idea! Should I revert the changes from the .github
directory and let you create the other repo?
This PR implements a FOSS flavor (i.e. with no proprietary dependencies) and builds it when a new version is tagged. It's a pre-requisite for #1 although publishing it on F-Droid is not mandatory (some users may want to use the FOSS flavor with the internal updater, or something else like Obtainium). Note that compared to Tachiyomi, the updater can be left enabled this time, if you choose to make reproducible builds (which is the recommended way to publish on F-Droid).
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