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The whole approach to updates in the FOSS community needs a rethink imho. Security is obviously an overarching imperative and people have been conditioned to do
by college_physics 4y ago
The whole approach to updates in the FOSS community needs a rethink imho. Security is obviously an overarching imperative and people have been conditioned to do their part (update frequently) but the user experience keeps deteriorating.
There are constant updates, there is no distinction of whether they are imprortant or not (applies across the board of stores) but on on f-droid some developers seem to ne pushing things nightly. They get larger over time (KDE is now several GB as somehow almost everything must be updated every month) or they need app-by-app approval (f-droid)
Throwing out some ideas: initiate the concept of security updates (microsoft has it for ages). Bundle other updates in time (eg monthly). And definetely allow the user to have a set of apps that dont need individual approval all the time.
- throwawaybutwhy 4y agoThese devs are, quite plainly, gaming the system (I'm talking about F-Droid specifically). They have found that being on top of 'last updated' list leads to more installs, and are churning out versions.
- jhoho 4y agoAndroid offers seamless updates for apps from third party stores targeting API 29 since Android 12 via the REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES permission: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/12085295 https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answ... https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageInstaller.SessionParams#setRequireUserAction(int) https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/P... There are issues on GitLab covering this: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/issues/1836 https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/issues/1836