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minus-squarefuzzzerdlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoNo, as it stands this is the end of F-Droid. Each developer registration must include the manifest IDs of all apps they publish. No way F-droid can include all the apps they publish in their registration.
minus-squarepory@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoOr of course, each developer themselves becomes responsible for “registering as a developer” and thus loses all anonymity as a dev.
minus-squarefuzzzerdlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThat won’t work either, because F-Droid produces the builds themselves.
No, as it stands this is the end of F-Droid. Each developer registration must include the manifest IDs of all apps they publish. No way F-droid can include all the apps they publish in their registration.
Or of course, each developer themselves becomes responsible for “registering as a developer” and thus loses all anonymity as a dev.
That won’t work either, because F-Droid produces the builds themselves.