Stomata@buddyverse.one to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoSymphony, One of the best open source lite weight offline android music playergithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down13
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minus-squareMettled@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIt’s too bad that the F-Droid releases are far behind. I do not install from Github to prevent against proprietary dependancies.
minus-squarenaeap@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI’m not sure, if I can follow Aren’t the dependencies for the app (hopefully - as it’s the same code) completely the same, no matter how I install it? With GitHub (apk releases) the only difference would be, that you’ll need to keep an eye on updates yourself Or do I miss something here?
minus-squareMettled@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAnything released on Github has no code requirements or restrictions, that is why some people do reproducible builds of software, to verify is has 100% functionality of a binary release. Any app from F-Droid is repoducible.
minus-squared-RLY?@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoNot the person you were replying to, but you can use Obtainium to check for and install updates from the github releases in a similar way to F-droid.
It’s too bad that the F-Droid releases are far behind. I do not install from Github to prevent against proprietary dependancies.
I’m not sure, if I can follow
Aren’t the dependencies for the app (hopefully - as it’s the same code) completely the same, no matter how I install it?
With GitHub (apk releases) the only difference would be, that you’ll need to keep an eye on updates yourself
Or do I miss something here?
Anything released on Github has no code requirements or restrictions, that is why some people do reproducible builds of software, to verify is has 100% functionality of a binary release. Any app from F-Droid is repoducible.
Not the person you were replying to, but you can use Obtainium to check for and install updates from the github releases in a similar way to F-droid.