Add IzzyOnDroid Repository Back

[C2M6D]

Feature description

Updates are much more quickly available through when they are on IzzyOnDroid Repository, whereas Fdroid can take a couple of days.

Why do you want this feature?

So that I can mor3 conveniently get the newest most up-to-date version of the app.

Additional information

No response

[vfsfitvnm]

I'm pretty sure vimusic was on izzyondroid already, but I can't find it now

[C2M6D]

I'm pretty sure vimusic was on izzyondroid already, but I can't find it now

Yes, thats why I asking for it to be added back.

[vfsfitvnm]

You can contact the maintainer and ask the reason why it got removed

[PassionateG1t]

Hello @IzzySoft

Why was the app removed from your repo?

[IzzySoft]

@PassionateG1t because it made the move to F-Droid.org – and nobody asked me to keep it. So the default is to remove after an overlap of ~10 days (see here for details). But if there's demand, it can be added back any time, no problem – so if @vfsfitvnm says I should list it again, I will do so. For some background of the pros and cons: I've listed them here. I see your reason is "faster updates" – one of the most-given reasons. Please check if the "cons" are acceptable, then let me know. I gladly re-enable it, metadata have just been archived and thus can easily be un-archived 😄

[vfsfitvnm]

When I decided to include this app to f-droid.org, I didn't think of emergency updates - i.e. when youtube changes stuff (it already happened twice). In such case, f-droid.org update system takes too much time (6 or 7 days!), another aspect I didn't know.
So, I would be glad if vimusic could be added again :)
Eventually, I will consider unpublishing vimusic from f-droid.org if it leads to bad user experience.

[IzzySoft]

OK, will be back with the next sync in about 2h from now. If I might suggest a minor adjustment for full_description.txt, I'd enable that to be pulled along with updates as well (currently, it wouldn't be properly formatted as it lacks a line-break before the bullet-point list; see some formatting hints here):

<i>ViMusic</i> is an Android application for streaming music from YouTube Music.

<b>Features:</b>

* Search and play any song or video from YouTube Music
* Background playback w/ notification
…

Just let me know when it's there, and I'll trigger a manual update ASAP to replace the current description in my repo. Thanks!

[vfsfitvnm]

Thanks for reporting; I just added the line-break

[IzzySoft]

Thanks! How about the introductory paragraph? For visuals, this is how it currently looks with that paragraph:

Without, the bullet-point list would go up and have "steps" (first two items will be shifted right):

Actually, it would even look better had the introduction one or two more lines – they usually have:

Apart from that formatting topic, don't you agree it'd be nice to first state what the app is intended for, before going into details of its features? Up to you of course – so if you say it shall stay the way it is, I'll accept that. I just always try for the best presentation and getting users interested. After all, you want some fruits for your hard work on the app, right? 😄

[vfsfitvnm]

Thanks for your dedication and interest. I didn't include any presentation lines because nobody reads those - people just use their eyes to scan the page looking for keywords (and images). I will probably improve the description in the future, but "there's a time and place for everything, but not now" 😄

[IzzySoft]

Yeah, yeah, Salomon the wise. No prob, mind I skip pulling the fulldesc then and use the one I have? You could simply copy-paste though, will take you less than a week I guess 🙊

[IzzySoft]

Just drop me a note then when you want me to pick up your full_description.txt to replace mine. Thanks!