> Also, F-Droid Privileged Extension (FPE) is not currently supported by 2.0. That means even if FPE is installed, F-Droid 2.0 won’t use it. This overhaul focused on full featured support for the Android “session” installer. That lets F-Droid run background updates on any recent Android version without requiring FPE. Like with any of the changes here, we welcome feedback.

This is a shame. Is the privileged extension a large maintenance burden?

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eighthave an hour ago | parent | next [-]

When Google added the "session" installer to AOSP, we thought it would replace F-Droid Privileged Extension (FPE). So we stopped development on it. The answer now is that the "session" installer mostly replaces FPE, but not fully. So we're exploring reviving development: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/privileged-extension/-/work_items/...

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someonebaggy 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I wonder how they got access to the ordinarily Google-locked "session" installer. Did Google open it up because of EU rules? I doubt it.

	▲	izacus an hour ago \| parent [-]
		The support for that was added to Android 14 in 2023: https://developer.android.com/about/versions/14/features#req... F-Droid took until now to use those APIs.

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NewJazz 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Are you stuck on an older android version?

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hexagonwin 2 hours ago | parent [-]

not the person you replied to, but i'm staying on Android 8 and 11 as long as i can.

	▲	NewJazz 29 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		How much are you willing to fork?
	▲	izacus an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		You are heard. But what's your point?