I have submitted an RFP on Gitlab for my (Android) ‘Painting Courses’ app. I don’t see any progress on it. How can I find out if the RFP has been rejected and/or progress on the app’s ‘loading’ into F-Droid’s app store?
See Submitting to F-Droid Quick Start Guide and the FAQ.
RFPs are the lowest priority for maintainers and there are ~1,200 other packages ahead of you in line, as the RFP README.md says: they prefer you package it yourself.
What is going on with your “source code”? Why isn’t it on git or in a zip/tar.gz - you have both a github and gitlab account, why? Why does it include binaries? Where is your LICENSE?
I’m happy to package my app myself: I just don’t understand what to do. Please refer me to a webpage where it explains the procedure in a clear manner for Newbies like myself.
I have a github account because of my Ubuntu background. I only have a gitlab account because I thought that it was a requirement for ‘getting’ my app onto F-Droid. I didn’t realise what was meant by “source code” in terms of including binaries not to mention about my LICENSE.
You’ll forever stay a newbie if you don’t learn to read the FAQ - which by the way links to a guide on how to CONTRIBUTE.
I would just like to point out that the Code of Conduct says “In a project the size of F-Droid, inevitably there will be people with whom you may disagree, or find it difficult to cooperate. Accept that, but even so, remain respectful. Disagreement is no excuse for poor behaviour or personal attacks, and a community in which people feel threatened is not a healthy community.”.
IMO your comment contravenes this element of the Code of Conduct.
Let me get this straight:
- you wanted your app on fdroid.
- ignored any documentation on how to get your app on fdroid.
- stumbled on the RFP repo, ignored the README.md and made an issue.
- wondered why your issue wasn’t immediately prioritized over 1200+ other issues.
- made this topic on the forum.
- were told to read the documentation.
- didn’t.
- were told to read it again, passive aggressively using a name you gave yourself “newbie”.
- and then felt threatened???
If you push your personal problem of being negligent and or lazy about reading the documentation onto someone else, then if anything, that feels like a threat to any F-Droid volunteer’s time (not mentioning the developers who wrote that documentation).
If you don’t want to feel threatened online, use a pseudonym? Practice your operational security?
I’ll tell you “I’m going to kill you” and “I’m going to bomb your workplace” as much as you want, if it’ll motivate you to read the bloody documentation and or practice your operational security.
You know there is a constant battle for online privacy, no one is (hopefully) forcing you to use your real name everywhere.
If you have any questions not covered in the docs, feel free to make a new topic.