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[Ralf Paffrath <paffrath AT dfn.de>]

Hi Stefan,

> On 24 Feb 2016, at 10:28, Stefan Winter 
> <stefan.winter AT restena.lu>
>  wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> in an earlier thread started by Ralf Jung, at one point I wrote the
> following which I'd like to remind you of:

Thank you Stefan to bring up this subject again and sorry the need for having 
a download site beyond the GooglePlay store in DFN is new to me. The inquiry 
came up today.

> 
> "I agree that offering it *only* on Play Store is not the best of
> approaches.
> 
> That said, we don't have the staff required to maintain "n" places for
> the app. We could choose one, maybe two, additional stores, and offer a
> direct download of the apk.
> 
> Question is, which stores to use? Amazon seems to have a fairly well
> penetration. I have never heard of "F-Droid"? Is there some ranking of
> popularity of alternative app stores?
> 
> This random magazine article suggests Amazon, SlideME, GetJar and said
> F-Droid.
> 
> If we could select two of those...?"
> 
> So - any opinions on good locations for the app, besides the Play Store?
> 

I suggest to put the eduroamCAT app on a Gèant download server, e.g. where we 
have already the sources:

https://forge.geant.net/forge/display/CAT/Downloads
 
> Greetings,
> 
> Stefan Winter
> 
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