> 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?
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:
<a href="https://gitlab.com/fdroid/privileged-extension/-/work_items/100" rel="nofollow">https://gitlab.com/fdroid/privileged-extension/-/work_items/...
mzajc · · focus · HN ↗
This is a shame. Is the privileged extension a large maintenance burden?
eighthave · · focus · HN ↗
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