 The F-droid app is undergoing major changes: Faster and smaller updates thanks to a new repository format. For this, we needed to change the entire app database. To ensure that there are no regression we need your help: Please install the latest alpha version of F-Droid 1.16 and report anything unusual. 29 comments
@laubblaeser @fdroidorg You should be able to install it via the F-Droid app. Just go to the entry of the regular F-Droid app and open the versions selector on the very bottom. @laubblaeser @fdroidorg not sure if there's a more recent one: this is alpha4 from a few days ago: https://f-droid.org/repo/org.fdroid.fdroid_1016004.apk @laubblaeser @fdroidorg @laubblaeser @fdroidorg @laubblaeser @fdroidorg @Yoss1960   @feonixrift @grote @feonixrift @fdroidorg In that case I can already report the Bitwarden repo as broken. @bitwarden @t_aus_m @feonixrift @fdroidorg @bitwarden That should have been fixed already: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/issues/2502 @grote https://community.kde.org/Android/FDroid @friend @kde @feonixrift @t_aus_m @fdroidorg Could you report this upstream, please? They need to fix their repo address: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/issues/2390 @friend @grote @kde @fdroidorg thanks. also, we're happy to help the maintainer of any repos with this issue. Just reach out via any of the channels, e.g. https://f-droid.org/about/#contact @fdroidorg Just installed the last alpha4. The app vulnerability alert is a really nice feature! @fdroidorg I had this wreid UI issue after my screen turned off and I turned it back on while downloading an update Cool the speed improvement feels good :-)! I was a bit surprised by the vulnerability insert on the update tab. It took me a while to find the list of applications to update. Maybe it could be collapsed by default like the list of updated applications. Thank you for all that you do ♥️ ! @serrq @fdroidorg Not directly as we continue to publish old repository format as well. They can upgrade to the new format though. @fdroidorg where can I get more technical details about this change? Is it related to appbundles? @surendrajat @fdroidorg No it uses JSON diffing to only download was has changed since last time. Still need to write a blog post about it. @grote @fdroidorg oh I see. So it's just index update, I was thinking about faster app updates. Thanks anyway. I wonder if there's a plan to make app updates faster as well.  @fdroidorg when I refresh in F-Droid, I get a message saying no files were found for the KDE repository but all others updated without error. |
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@fdroidorg Where to get it? Can I easily switch back and forth from within FDroid?