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Firefox Klar is outdated in F-Droid
Steps to reproduce
Download latest Firefox Klar in F-Droid.
Expected behavior
Focus / Klar - v8.0.6 is available in F-Droid
Actual behavior
The latest version that is available is Version 6.1.1 (22) - Added on 2018-08-20
F-Droid's Klar is the only version that I can install, Google Play version is not available in my geographic zone, Firefox Focus is offered instead.
@armentarius, you can always grab Focus/Klar v8.0.6 from here or Mozilla Archive till F-Droid team is finally able to build GeckoView.
@4ut0-M-4t, Thank you for your comment, I tried it before but it didn't work, I can't update F-Droid's version from sources other than F-Droid, the image shows a few minutes ago update results,
@armentarius, one can not easily get round Android's built-in security mechanism (if apps' signatures don't match, the update process is cancelled). As Focus/Klar has never joined Reproducible builds club (and probably won't), F-Droid Team signs every app they build with their own signature. Thus your best course of action will be:
- Uninstall Klar (F-Droid build).
- Install the updated version from any of the above sources.
- Reverse steps taken whenever any build of GV-based Klar appears in F-Droid repo.
@4ut0-M-4t, It worked. Thank you.
Should not this issue be raised at F-Droid actually? If something prevents/breaks build there…
Oh, actually, they already seem to be aware of it, but nothing has happened: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-android/issues/1528
I guess you can close this one here as a dupe of https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-android/issues/1528.
Version 8.4.0 is now available on F-Droid.
But only as ARM64... Please add ARM or ARMv7, thanks... (using a Fairphone that runs an SD801).
This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.
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Mozilla Klar was removed from F-Droid because it added a proprietary library and no one has found time to make a build that removes that proprietary library. Here's the reference: https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/file/0f814a8ab240bb6df6bbc5a88865f979e03f0f68/mobile/android/geckoview/build.gradle#l214
We're tracking it here: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/rfp/-/issues/235
Closing this issue as a duplicate of https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-android/issues/1405.