Closed PanderMusubi closed 7 years ago
This will sadly not happen. Signal already has been in official F-Droid repo in the past (for a brief time), but it has been removed because Moxie Marlinspike (author of Signal) didn't like it and demanded it to be removed.
Just heard about this:
commit 1669731329bcc32c84e33035a67a2fc22444c24b
Author: Moxie Marlinspike
Date: Mon Feb 20 12:00:03 2017 -0800
Support for using Signal without Play Services
This is now possible with beta calling, so non-GCM users are a
part of beta calling by default.
Update: I have moved this comment to the public OWS community forum since it seems like the right forum for this discussion.
Thanks for the detailed summary @anarcat .
@xmikos can you open this issue back up since @anarcat wrote that report? or should they publish the report elsewhere?
@herbsmn I have reopened it, but I am not completely sure if this is proper place to discuss it.
Moxie just commented on the commit outlining what he wants before releasing official APKs outside of the Google Play Store.
alright - i updated my comment above with the relevant changes. i also opened a new thread in the OWS forum about this. i would have preferred moving my lengthy comment there and close the discussion here, but i wasn't able to post the full thing because I was limited to 10 links as a new user, probably a sort of anti-spam measure...
update: the restrictions were lifted, and i have moved the post there. I guess we can close this again now?
Please, publish LibreSignal in F-Droid repository. For some of my contacts it has been a huge step to switch to F-Droid. Having them add repositories without fingerprint will only add confusion and result in less trust. Publishing LibreSignal in F-Droid will increase the use base quickly and eventually lessen the burden to maintain a separate repo.
PS I know F-Droid is designed to add repo's manually, but if all apps have their own repo, the entire idea of an app store is gone.