Just wondering, should it be necessary to clone the repo for a merge request if that is the only change? --Maybe there should be a dedicated interface for this? Same on GitHub, if you only need to submit metadata (like app icon pack in a single binary blob) why should you have to clone the repo and write 2 pull requests?
If Jami team is too busy to include [change log/release notes] with updates then of course they are too busy to handle F-droid distribution. (And maybe they did not know that Google’s app store is blocked in China.) When the F-droid version gets old, people start looking in other app stores — but will have to uninstall the F-Droid version for continuous updates from the alternative repository because the developer’s signature is different:
Release 20230728-01 (375), F-Droid version
415682375ec0bfbd3173121b8b9835da6331159d59133baf061348781025
Release 20230810-01 (376), Play Store version
c52bb536adcfea9253b457f710bf27e8bb12c0cd9da63fd9be25313eeace6631
Properties shown in App Manager:
Note the difference between push services in the Play Store and F-droid versions (which is not clearly explained here). I don’t know which push service is more reliable – but if you need the latest version and cannot access the Play Store, you can try one of the mirrors below…
Updated Google Play Store mirrors:
To ensure that developer’s signature matches Google Play Store version:
Also the ZTE App Store will accept mirror requests in the search dialog of the ZTE mobile app. (If the search fails, you can submit a request to include something from the Play Store)