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+tags: Replicant SDK release, Wolfgang Wiedmeyer
+date: 2017-04-28 21:02
+title: There won’t be a Replicant 6.0 SDK because there is already something better
+---
+**And you can help making it accessible to more GNU/Linux users!**
+
+We have decided not to create a Replicant 6.0 SDK as part of the upcoming
+Replicant 6.0 release. For three previous Replicant versions (2.2, 4.0 and
+4.2), a SDK was provided.
+
+Replicant offered its own SDK because the Android SDK released by Google is
+distributed under a non-free license and suggests installing non-free plug-ins
+such as the Google APIs. For a long time, Replicant has provided the only
+Android SDK that is available under a free license and that doesn’t offer to
+install non-free software.
+
+**Android SDK in Debian**
+
+However, for some time, the Android SDK is available in Debian and it will be
+possible to [build Android apps in Debian Stretch, the upcoming release][1].
+The Debian packages suffice to build an app that only has a minimal set of
+dependencies. Not all libraries that might be needed for building an app are
+already packaged, but it seems that nothing is missing that would otherwise be
+available in a Replicant SDK. The packaged Android SDK in Stretch even has the
+same target API as a Replicant 6.0 SDK would have.
+
+The packaged Android SDK in Debian has many advantages over a Replicant SDK.
+Build tools should be installable from the package manager of the distribution
+you are using and not be distributed in a binary archive outside of it.
+Android SDK packages are provided in Debian alongside other Android build
+tools like Gradle. The packages can be built reproducibly. We only have very
+limited time and resources to work on the SDK. Debian has its own team, the
+[Debian Android Tools team][2], that focuses on packaging more libraries and
+target APIs, among other things.
+
+**Packaging for more distributions**
+
+For these reasons, rather than spending time and development efforts on a
+Replicant 6.0 SDK, we encourage you to work with maintainers to get the Debian
+Android packages included in more distributions. As Replicant itself is [ a
+fully free software distribution][3], we would be especially happy to see the
+packages included in [fully-free GNU/Linux distributions][4], like
+[Parabola][5] or [Trisquel][6].
+
+The Debian Android Tools team is available to answer questions and they are
+interested in having cross-distro collaboration to solve remaining issues.
+They can be reached via [their mailing list ][7]or in the IRC channel
+[#debian-mobile][8]. [Their wiki page ][2]provides useful documentation.
+
+Of course, [we are available as well][9] to answer questions and to coordinate
+these efforts.
+
+ [1]: <https://bits.debian.org/2017/03/build-android-apps-with-debian.html>
+
+ [2]: <https://wiki.debian.org/AndroidTools>
+
+ [3]: <https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-non-gnu-distros.html>
+
+ [4]: <https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html>
+
+ [5]: <https://www.parabola.nu/>
+
+ [6]: <https://trisquel.info/>
+
+ [7]: <https://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/android-
+tools-devel>
+
+ [8]: <irc://irc.debian.org/debian-mobile>
+
+ [9]: <http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki#Contact>
+
+