Comment by edgan
That F-Droid even requires to do the build is one of the reasons I created Discoverium.
That F-Droid even requires to do the build is one of the reasons I created Discoverium.
> and proven to be buildable by someone other than the app developer
Yup. That's a huge, huge issue - IME especially once Java enters the scene. Developers have all sorts of weird stuff in their global ~/.m2/settings.xml that they set up a decade ago and probably don't even think about... real fun when they hand over the project to someone else.
Do you mean the overall issue or that F-Droid’s guarantees are arguable? The guarantees may not be the whole discussion, but for many they are the most relevant piece.
Edit: or perhaps you mean that isn’t the only way to provide such guarantees, which is the implication I got reading your other replies.
So I should take a binary from a random stranger because trust me bro?
That F-Droid requires to do the build ensures all apps provided by F-Droid are free software (as in freedom) and proven to be buildable by someone other than the app developer