On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 10:00 PM Diego Herrera <dherrera@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi. I was checking if the scrcpy software [1] could get packaged, but to continue I need to know how to package an APK package file. For context, this project consists on a Linux client and an Android server app that is uploaded as an APK package by the client to an Android device using adb to share the Android device screen. > > The project provides the sources to build that APK file, but it depends on gradle and the Android SDK to build it. Even if we revive the gradle package, I doubt that we can package the Android SDK since it requires it's own set of licenses and I don't think that everything complies to the policies. I also don't know if there is a way to compile the APK without those dependencies. > > On the other hand, the project also provides the precompiled APK that can get directly added to the package (that's how other distros package this software), but I doubt that adding a binary package complies with Fedora's policies even if its not used on the same Fedora machine. > > Another idea that I thought of was to patch the program or add a script that downloads the APK on the first run and save it on userspace. Technically you are not packaging the binary, but in my opinion it's just a roundabout way to get the same result. > > Is any of these approaches viable from a policy perspective? Is there a better way to do this? Or should I desist on packaging this project on Fedora for now? > > [1] https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy How's the version-to-version protocol compatibility doing? If it's stable, would it make sense to package the Android part in F-Droid and direct users to install it from there? > Best regards. > > -- > Diego Herrera C. > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
