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A repo is just files in a directory, so the namespace can be changed, but the whole thing stinks. Having to setup Android signing keys and needing to provide ID
by luke-stanley 1y ago
A repo is just files in a directory, so the namespace can be changed, but the whole thing stinks. Having to setup Android signing keys and needing to provide ID is not fun.
It means you won't easily be able to run builds on Google certified Android devices that aren't from "approved" people.
- abeyer 1y agoThat's where the "prohibitively difficult" part comes in... surely they don't expect every developer on every open source app in the world to have their own app registration/package name for the same app, do they? Feels like an N * M problem, if so.
- luke-stanley 1y agoThey are namespacing, like it or not, and clearly they don't care about open-source that much.
- weikju 1y agoGet rid of those pesky open source guys, keep the merchants who want $$$ and can pay $ to Google.