Unblock F-Droid #2136

MysticJungle commented 2025年09月16日 05:49:10 +02:00

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I was told that Codeberg is blocking F-Droid and as such my app can't be updated on there.

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Why should it be unblocked?
From their home page: F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.
F-Droid is the biggest open-source app store for Android and since Google is about to require developers to create a Google account and give them our full name, address, and phone number for third-party apps (not even talking about apps on Google Play), it is increasingly important. They have been blocked in the past by Codeberg but it looks like it was resolved: #1678

If Codeberg is blocking app updates to F-Droid, including potential security updates, I simply can't use Codeberg and will need to move to another platform.

I know this was likely an automated block, but I face blocks myself about half of the time I want to use Codeberg, which I've never faced on any other user-respecting website (read: open source, non-profit owned, etc.), and rarely elsewhere.

Thanks.

### Comment I was told that Codeberg is blocking F-Droid and as such my app can't be updated on there.  **Why should it be unblocked?** From their home page: `F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.` F-Droid is the biggest open-source app store for Android and since Google is about to [require developers to create a Google account and give them our full name, address, and phone number](https://developer.android.com/developer-verification) for third-party apps (not even talking about apps on Google Play), it is increasingly important. They have been blocked in the past by Codeberg but it looks like it was resolved: #1678 If Codeberg is blocking app updates to F-Droid, including potential security updates, I simply can't use Codeberg and will need to move to another platform. I know this was likely an automated block, but I face blocks myself about half of the time I want to use Codeberg, which I've never faced on any other user-respecting website (read: open source, non-profit owned, etc.), and rarely elsewhere. Thanks.

n0toose commented 2025年09月16日 11:23:06 +02:00

Hi, thank you for reaching out. See my response here: #1678 (comment)

Hi, thank you for reaching out. See my response here: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/Community/issues/1678#issuecomment-7208449

MysticJungle commented 2025年09月20日 04:04:48 +02:00

@n0toose Was F-Droid unblocked?

@n0toose Was F-Droid unblocked?

licaon-kter commented 2025年09月20日 08:00:47 +02:00

It wasn't F-Droid specifically, just Google Cloud where Gitlab hosts, which we use...

It wasn't F-Droid specifically, just Google Cloud where Gitlab hosts, which we use...

n0toose commented 2025年09月20日 11:45:20 +02:00

Was F-Droid unblocked?

It wasn't F-Droid specifically

Indeed. But we tried our best to unblock F-Droid specifically (for now) and took time from our schedules to offer multiple permanent solutions (such as reducing the ratelimit of checking for git tags in remotes – which is what we implemented anyway), but the ball's on F-Droid's court now.

> Was F-Droid unblocked? > It wasn't F-Droid specifically Indeed. But we tried our best to unblock F-Droid specifically (for now) and took time from our schedules to offer multiple permanent solutions (such as reducing the ratelimit of checking for git tags in remotes – which is what we implemented anyway), but the ball's on F-Droid's court now.