Re: The Android port and the Emacs web page

[Po Lu]

Peter Oliver <p.d.oliver@mavit.org.uk> writes:

> 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.

Not exactly.  This app (of which I've heard many favorable reviews) is
said to be able automatically to detect updates to the Emacs APKs I
upload to SourceForge by reference to their timestamps:

  https://f-droid.org/en/packages/dev.imranr.obtainium.fdroid/

> 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.

If this satisfies F-Droid, I'd be pleased to accept it.  Thank you for
your interest in Emacs.