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We set up a dedicated #fdroid repository for the #35C3 here:

https://fdroid.gitlab.io/35c3/fdroid/repo/

You can get the Fahrplan/schedule app and c3nav from there.

This will be kept up-to-date during the congress!

Our new #TWIF #35 is online, talking about our presence at #35C3, the first release of #Repomaker to #Flathub and wishing you Merry Christmas 🎄

https://f-droid.org/2018/12/21/twif-35-the-flatpak-edition.html

For people wanting to help updating/unblocking/adding apps, have a look at our issue tracker: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata and request for packaging tracker: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/rfp/issues

You'll find docs here: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/ and drop by on #fdroid on freenode if you need help.

Google somehow changed the license terms of the Android SDK a few days ago. As the licnese hash is programatically checked by the SDK-tools, this means hat unfortunately builds are failing all over the place. (Not just for #fdroid but in peoples CI systems as well.)

We are looking into it: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver/issues/620

#Newpipe 0.14.2 can't play YouTube videos anymore. Downgrading to 0.14.1 seems to work for the moment. (Need to uninstall the latest version first.)

The problem is fixed upstream in version 0.15 which will be on fdroid in 1-2 days.

If you want to get some great app recommendations you really should follow @fdroid_lurker!

Also make sure to take a look at the backlog of that account.

Anyone wants to jump in and write this weeks #TWIF?

So what to do:

1. Does the app look legitimate? Are the permissions it declares (AndroidManifest.xml) reasonable? The library dependencies (build.gradle) look okay?
2. Does it build with fdroid build <appID>?
3. Is there at least a description and Summary present in the metadata file? Also author name, website, donation information where applicable?

We need reviewers for new apps submitted as Merge Requests to #FDroid. There are over 40 pending MRs:

https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/merge_requests?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened&search=new+app

(or here as well: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/merge_requests?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened&search=add)

This is now live!

The f-droid.org website now **finally** displays antifeatures again.

As a bonus you can now search by anti features: https://search.f-droid.org/?q=NonFreeNet&lang=en

With that a happy new year to all! 🎉

#davdroid is now called #DAVx5, read more about this here: https://www.davx5.com/faq/general/what-does-davx5-stand-for

You'll find it under the new name in #FDroid with the next update.

We totally need to make an #fdroid #infobeamer ad next year! #35c3