[kde] [Bug 465192] New: F-Droid repository advertises obsolete URL

[Frank Märkle]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=465192

            Bug ID: 465192
           Summary: F-Droid repository advertises obsolete URL
    Classification: I don't know
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Android
                OS: Unspecified
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: FrankMaerkle at posteo.net
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY
F-Droid is currently in the process of changing the repository URL scheme:
https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/issues/2390
The KDE F-Droid repository (https://community.kde.org/Android/FDroid) has
already made changes to comply with this change, however the URL under which
the repository advertises itself is still wrong.
This wrong value is in the repo.address field in this JSON:
https://cdn.kde.org/android/stable-releases/fdroid/repo/index-v1.json
This misconfiguration makes it so the F-Droid repository can be registered in
the F-Droid client with the correct URL, but after the first refresh, the
client will re-configure the repository to use the obsolete address from the
repo.address field.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Newly add the KDE F-Droid repository to the F-Droid client.
2. Tap on the repository entry to see that the URL is correct (ends with
"repo/").
3. Refresh the F-Droid client.
4. Check the repository entry again to see that the URL is now wrong (does not
end with "repo/").

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- The F-Droid team has removed handling for this deprecated scheme in the
upcoming 1.16 release of the F-Droid client, meaning the repository will
effectively stop working then. In F-Droid 1.16-alpha (or newer), subsequent
refreshes will show a toast message indicating that the repository does not
work and KDE apps cannot be installed.
- I have talked to the F-Droid team about this and the information which field
has a wrong value is from them. They would be happy to help with any further
questions and can be contacted via https://f-droid.org/about/#contact .

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