Hi Christof. Thank YOU for looking into helping us with making Subsurface easier accessible.
On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 5:11 AM Christof Arnosti via subsurface <[email protected]> wrote: > > But first let's see if I get the build setup that subsurface uses: > > The whole android build runs in a docker container as defined in > https://github.com/subsurface/subsurface/blob/master/scripts/docker/android-build-container/Dockerfile > > This is basically installing QT (currently 5.15.1) and android SDK/NDK > (currently platform 21) > > then the build script is executed: packaging/android/qmake-build.sh Yes, pretty much - to give this a spin yourself on your machine, you can just run `packaging/android/docker-build.sh`. > Since F-Droid (the repository) seems to be quite restrictive about how the > software should be built (must be built on their own infrastructure using > only source code - so no pre-built QT for example), another way could be to > create a F-Droid repository for subsurface using the github build artifacts. > This would not help with visibility (since it's not visible in F-Droid > without installing the repository), but would enable automatic updates for > F-Droid users. I think that this is a good middle ground: - going all the way to an 'official' F-droid package will be a lot of work; - getting automatic updates will be a welcome improvement for a lot of users. Ngā mihi Michael Keller _______________________________________________ subsurface mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
