Please publish on F-Droid

[baldurmen]

WOW. Thanks for this app. I was impressed when I saw it, but even more when I saw it was free software.

You should definitely publish it on F-Droid to make it available for people not wanting to use Google Play:

https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/Inclusion_Policy
https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/Inclusion_How-To

[jcharaoui]

+1

[michaelkourlas]

There's really not much point in publishing the app on F-Droid, as a core feature (notifications) relies on GCM, which in turn requires Google Play services, which in turn means you have Google Play installed.

If you really don't want to use Google Play, can't you just download the APK from the Releases section of the repository?

[dkisselev]

Wouldn't the apk crash/be unhappy when it tries to configure itself with Play Services as it installs/runs? Or does GPS work on a pub/sub model that doesn't blow up if play services isn't available?

[michaelkourlas]

Not unless you enable notifications, which are disabled by default. Then it'll continuously ask you to install Google Play Services. I don't believe the app will crash, though.

[anarcat]

one advantage of putting this on f-droid (compared to using the releases section) is that you can get automatic updates. also, if we can turn off push notifications and google play services integration (#37), then it becomes really useful to use this app directly from f-droid.

[anarcat]

oh, and for the record, the releases tab doesn't show up on Android 5.1's web browser (mobile or desktop version) nor through the github client app, at all. not sure why, and this is obviously not your fault, but it does make this thing harder to install.

[anarcat]

followup on f-droid's side: https://f-droid.org/forums/topic/voip-ms-sms/

[michaelkourlas]

I'll create an F-Droid compatible version this summer as part of the v0.4.2 release.

[michaelkourlas]

All right, there's now a purely FOSS build in the fdroid branch.

[michaelkourlas]

The F-Droid password reset mechanism is broken, so I can't log in to update the inclusion thread for VoIP.ms SMS. Can somebody else do that?

[anarcat]

@michaelkourlas just did that, thanks for the followup!!!

[anarcat]

and now of course the question is how to get realtime notifications without GCM :) followup on #37 for that. #77 may be a solution.

[michaelkourlas]

Confirmed that the app is available on F-Droid.

[anarcat]

for me, the app is signed with a different key, i assume this is normal?

[baldurmen]

F-droid builds & signs with it's own key. That key is different from
@michaelkourlas's one, so I guess the answer would be yes.

On 23/09/16 03:41 PM, anarcat wrote:

for me, the app is signed with a different key, i assume this is normal?