From 9e087f4893a0d8d2387939da1f0e8832e47c0b3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Daniel=20Mart=C3=AD?= Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2015 22:31:32 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add F-Droid Privileged Extension --- metadata/org.fdroid.fdroid.privileged.txt | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+) create mode 100644 metadata/org.fdroid.fdroid.privileged.txt diff --git a/metadata/org.fdroid.fdroid.privileged.txt b/metadata/org.fdroid.fdroid.privileged.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..74bbaf2e6f --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/org.fdroid.fdroid.privileged.txt @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +Categories:System +License:GPLv3+ +Web Site:https://f-droid.org +Source Code:https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient +Issue Tracker:https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/issues +Donate:https://f-droid.org/about +FlattrID:343053 +Bitcoin:15u8aAPK4jJ5N8wpWJ5gutAyyeHtKX5i18 + +Auto Name:F-Droid Privileged Extension +Summary:Help F-Droid acquire system privileges +Description: +'''Note:''' This is still in a testing phase. Current F-Droid versions do not +yet interact with this extension. + +[[org.fdroid.fdroid]] can make use of system privileges or permissions to +install, update and remove applications on its own. The only way to obtain +those privileges is to become a system app. + +This is where the Privileged Extension comes in - being a separate app and +much smaller, it can be installed as a system app and communicate with the +main app via AIDL IPC. + +This has several advantages: + +* Reduced disk usage in the system partition +* System updates don't remove F-Droid +* The process of installing into system via root is safer +. + +Repo Type:srclib +Repo:fdroidclient + +Build:0.1-alpha0,1000 + commit=68899ec476a20de87389e2ac1b38aa5463c4c35e + subdir=F-Droid-Privileged + gradle=yes + +Auto Update Mode:None +Update Check Mode:Static +Current Version:0.1-alpha0 +Current Version Code:1000 +