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F-Droid is attempting to support reproducible builds--if you have a Debian system, you should be able to re-build the same .apk, or at least a similar enough .a

F-Droid is attempting to support reproducible builds--if you have a Debian system, you should be able to re-build the same .apk, or at least a similar enough .apk that the original package signature still passes. That said, by my quick count, only about 18% of the F-Droid packages are reproducible right now. nokogiri https://verification.f-droid.org/ -e '$_.css("a").each{|a|puts a.text}'|sed -n 's/\.txt$//p'|sed 's/.*\.//'|sort|uniq -c

scarface74 8y ago
And what about the binary blob drivers?
- greenhouse_gas 8y ago
  F-Droid doesn't package Binary drivers. They don't package drivers altogether, and they don't package anything they don't compile. They used to package upstream Firefox, but they don't seem to do that anymore.
  - cyphar 8y ago
    They don't package upstream Firefox, but you can get GNU IceCat Mobile (which is the GNU fork of it). And they also package Firefox Klar (which is the European edition of the "always incognito" version of Firefox they released last year, with all the telemetry disabled).
    - distances 8y ago
      Firefox Focus elsewhere I think? I really like the concept, I've made it the default browser for opening links and switch to Firefox mostly just when something doesn't render properly (scripts blocked perhaps?)
      - junaru 8y ago
        Firefox Focus gets mentioned a lot on HN yet still doesn't support a simple feature like file upload. https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-android/issues/937 https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-android/issues/937
    - tecleandor 8y ago
      It's Firefox Klar in German speaking countries, and Focus on the rest, not to collude with Focus Magazine brand :)
      - kuschku 8y ago
        Klar also has a slightly different codebase, with less tracking, due to different laws in these regions.
      - SSLy 8y ago
        what's interesting is that the polish edition of the magazine doesn't seem to care
      - solarkraft 8y ago
        Wow, that's dumb and makes everything even more confusing. Add to that the actual apps being different with the purpose being the same. t. annoyed german

scarface74 8y ago

And what about the binary blob drivers?

greenhouse_gas 8y ago
F-Droid doesn't package Binary drivers. They don't package drivers altogether, and they don't package anything they don't compile. They used to package upstream Firefox, but they don't seem to do that anymore.
- cyphar 8y ago
  They don't package upstream Firefox, but you can get GNU IceCat Mobile (which is the GNU fork of it). And they also package Firefox Klar (which is the European edition of the "always incognito" version of Firefox they released last year, with all the telemetry disabled).
  - distances 8y ago
    Firefox Focus elsewhere I think? I really like the concept, I've made it the default browser for opening links and switch to Firefox mostly just when something doesn't render properly (scripts blocked perhaps?)
    - junaru 8y ago
      Firefox Focus gets mentioned a lot on HN yet still doesn't support a simple feature like file upload. https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-android/issues/937 https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-android/issues/937
  - tecleandor 8y ago
    It's Firefox Klar in German speaking countries, and Focus on the rest, not to collude with Focus Magazine brand :)
    - kuschku 8y ago
      Klar also has a slightly different codebase, with less tracking, due to different laws in these regions.
    - SSLy 8y ago
      what's interesting is that the polish edition of the magazine doesn't seem to care
    - solarkraft 8y ago
      Wow, that's dumb and makes everything even more confusing. Add to that the actual apps being different with the purpose being the same. t. annoyed german