| 6 Apr 2021 |
 _hc | improved docs for the mirrors would be great | 14:35:14 |
| _hc | and mirrors in more regions | 14:35:27 |
| _hc | we do not need any more in Germany or France, where most of the offers come from | 14:35:44 |
| _hc | for the moment | 14:35:51 |
| _hc | as for adding mirrors to the official list, they need to post a privacy policy and provide HTTPS to be included there | 14:36:14 |
 proletarius101 | In reply to @eighthave:matrix.org
as for adding mirrors to the official list, they need to post a privacy policy and provide HTTPS to be included there Sure. I can reach some that are already in the official mirror list of some distros | 14:36:54 |
| proletarius101 | In reply to @eighthave:matrix.org
as for adding mirrors to the official list, they need to post a privacy policy and provide HTTPS to be included there * Sure. I can reach some that are already in the official mirror list of some distros. And I can just pick some of them which comply with our criteria | 14:37:30 |
| _hc | FYI there is a non-public mirror in Cambodia at least | 14:37:45 |
| _hc | that's one I know about at least | 14:37:51 |
| proletarius101 | Well, actually I'm more care about out-of-the-box experience, so public mirrors are preferred | 14:39:15 |
| proletarius101 | BTW, what's the status of !963? Seeing you referring to it. Are you reviewing it? | 14:40:24 |
| proletarius101 | * BTW, what's the status of !963? Seeing you referring to it. Are you reviewing it? _hc | 14:40:44 |
| proletarius101 | * BTW, what's the status of !963 ? Seeing you referring to it. Are you reviewing it? _hc | 14:40:57 |
| _hc | looking now | 14:43:24 |
| _hc | its great to see this new wave of contributors, you included proletarius101. we still have to catch up from losing some of the old contributors to new jobs, babies, etc. | 14:44:11 |
| _hc | so it seems I'm the bottleneck for fdroidclient and a couple of other things | 14:44:27 |
| _hc | so apologies in advance when I can't keep up. I am actually working on F-Droid for like 75% of the time for my day job.... | 14:45:31 |
| _hc | proletarius101: may I ask if you're based in that region of the world? I'm just curious | 15:54:38 |
| _hc | the mirroring support could also be improved. Like mirror selection based on current IP | 15:55:27 |
| _hc | then we could include lots more mirrors by default, and have them disabled by default, or only enabled in certain regions | 15:56:25 |
| proletarius101 | In reply to @eighthave:matrix.org
proletarius101: may I ask if you're based in that region of the world? I'm just curious Yes I am | 15:59:30 |
| proletarius101 | And i guess linsui | 16:00:00 |
| proletarius101 | * And i guess linsui is based on China. So ranging from quite different Internet envs | 16:00:32 |
| proletarius101 | In reply to @eighthave:matrix.org
the mirroring support could also be improved. Like mirror selection based on current IP Yeah. Using GEOIP that's a mature technique | 16:01:37 |
| _hc | its great to have contributors from outside of Europe! | 16:02:08 |
| _hc | China at least seems like a natural place for F-Droid since there are so many app stores, users are already used to installing more | 16:02:43 |
| _hc | in the Americas and most of Europe, people really only ever see Google Play | 16:03:09 |
| proletarius101 | In reply to @eighthave:matrix.org
in the Americas and most of Europe, people really only ever see Google Play Although f-droid is really underground there 😂 | 16:03:43 |
| proletarius101 | Hopefully our Chinese contributors all have their strategy for security. And AFAIK they do. | 16:05:14 |
| proletarius101 | But it's quite a lot convenient for ppl who "prefer privacy than convenience", as well as non-technical activists | 16:07:04 |
