Re: The Android port and the Emacs web page

[Peter Oliver]

On Mon, 27 Jan 2025, Po Lu wrote:

> Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es> writes:
>
> > OTOH, priorizing easy downgrading over convenient installation &
> > upgrading
>
> Installation and upgrades are just as convenient as if the versionCode
> were incremented with every major release.

I think that’s not entirely true.  My understanding is that they’re just as 
convenient only if you assume that all users can decide somehow that it’s time 
to upgrade their Emacs, go looking for packages (or build their own from 
source), and then manually install the package.

Android users are used to apps receiving automatic updates.  Automatic updates 
carried out by a package manager require an incrementing version code.

I will send in a patch which compromises by putting a “correct” (as an Android 
package manager sees it) version code in a different file, where F-Droid can 
find it.

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Peter Oliver