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submitted 1 year ago by Nevermore@lemmy.world to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

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[-] somedaysoon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform.

That is the first sentence on their official site. Again, just because they have an app that allows you to add other repos doesn't mean those other repos are a part of f-droid... they are not, and it's absolutely ridiculous to say otherwise.

Why would an Fdroid repo have nothing to do with Fdroid?

Because those other repos are not f-droid repos, they are 3rd party repos that have nothing to do with f-droid. Just because you can add them to the f-droid app doesn't mean they then become f-droid repos. I use droidify, and I can add any repo to it that I want including f-droid, but that doesn't mean that all the repos I add to it then become droidify repos.

You misunderstand how package managers work.

[-] TheHighRoad@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Just saying, nobody loves a pedant.

[-] somedaysoon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Looks like you're talking from personal experience based on your comment history, but I'm not being a pendant... I'm making a very simple correction. And I did so patiently. F-droid does not want their project to be conflated with 3rd party repos so people shouldn't do it. It's that fucking simple... I'm really not sure why this has been difficult to understand, nor why it required any further explanation, nor why it prompted personal attacks from insecure douchnozzles.

[-] TheHighRoad@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I apologize for douchenozzling up the thread. I actually appreciate the explanation as it was informative, but it is pedantic to focus on that instead of answering the original question.

[-] somedaysoon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The comment I replied to was about whether it would be released to f-droid, and when I read that, it sounds like someone is under the wrong impression on how f-droid works which is the reason I corrected them. Others also got that impression and corrected them.

For those that care about FOSS, the distinction is very important,... which makes it not pedantic for us.

[-] TheHighRoad@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Can't argue with that, was just trying to point out why people were reacting negatively is all.

[-] RunAwayFrog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Your aggressive tone is predictably inappropriate considering your failure at applying simple logic. You would only have a partial excuse if you're 11y/o or something.

There is f-droid the app store, and f-droid.org's main repo. See, it's not that hard.

just because they have an app that allows you to add other repos doesn’t mean those other repos are a part of f-droid

And that app is called... get it?

Because those other repos are not f-droid repos

Repos made to work in the f-droid app are not f-droid repos... wow

Is the f-droid.org's archive repo not an f-droid repo, too. lol.

Please tell me you're not an adult!

The thing is, you started on the right track:

Sync is not open source and Fdroid only allows open source.

Here, you are on the right. And you could have followed up later by simply pointing out that "Will it be released to F-Droid" usually means "Will it be on f-droid.org's FOSS-only main repo", but you decided to rant some weird incoherent shit, and insisted on dying on a hell of straws instead!