[OnePlus 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] engelhro:
Willing to use GlassROM, but some questions first

Hello,

I discovered GlassROM via some convoluted path. Now that I found it I'm seriously interested in trying it out. I have a few questions though upfront:

GApps support

I know [MENTION=5842226]anupritaisno1[/MENTION] as developer of the ROM doesn't use (Open)GApps, so their use is neither encouraged nor endorsed. But given that I need/really want to use them, I'm unsure about their support in GlassROM:

From this thread I took the information that for GApps I need to wait for a special release with them included (see post 133, last paragraph), but this is rather difficult to achieve (see post 137 or post 157).

On the other hand in the GlassROM thread in the OP forums (for the OP3, but should apply to OP7 Pro as well?) it sounds as if GApps are either already included („Includes both microg as well as Google apps packages“) or can easily be added („Minimal gapps packages can be flashed as well as opengapps“). Those two sentences sound contradicting, by the way.

I'm confused now: can (Open)GApps used with this ROM or not? If yes, how to install them properly (i.e., when to flash during the GlassROM installation, and which steps before or after that are necessary)? Can they be updated later on, and how (regularly via Google Play Store, or by flashing a more recent OpenGApps package)?

F-Droid situation

I'm a happy user of the F-Droid store and many apps there, and I always thought that to be some good thing (given all the ad and tracker infested apps in the Google Play Store). But in this thread I learned (see post 175 or post 176) that there seems to be quite a problem with F-Droid (though I didn't understand the actual technical issue as I'm not a developer).

Two questions here:

Were the F-Droid developers informed about the issue (I'd assume so)? If yes, what was their reaction? Did they at least understand the problem? Did they acknowledge it, but are unwilling or unable to fix it (due to missing resources, wrong priorities, etc.)? Or did they simply deny the issue itself? I'm just trying to understand the situation and how soon (if ever) it might be resolved…

Given I can't use F-Droid and its apps with GlassROM, I think I can switch to the Google Play Store version for some of them. Does a workaround exist for the others (which are not available there)? I guess I also can't install the respective apks directly where provided by the developers e.g. via Github, right?

As I use several apps from F-Droid, I will need to evaluate how serious this restriction in GlassROM is…

OnePlus 7 Pro support duration

With a few exceptions in the past I try to stay away from ROMs provided via XDA which only have one or a few developers – they usually tend to exist for a short time only. The devs have fun with playing with a new gadget, but then they switch their device once again and jump to the next project, giving up on their existing ROMs after just a few months or even weeks… Even LineageOS for one of my older devices went out of support early when the only developer responsible for it stopped working on it.

Is there any statement possible for the lifecycle of GlassROM on the OP7 Pro? I know: no money involved, no obligations, hobby project in the spare time, and so on – I can't request or demand anything :). I also know I can always return to OxygenOS stock ROM any time. But still: it would be nice to know that GlassROM will continue to be maintained for a certain period of time, and not stop in a few weeks. So [MENTION=5842226]anupritaisno1[/MENTION], can you say anything about your commitment for this ROM on this device (with no promises of course, as plans can always change)?

Thanks a lot for a short answer on each of these topics!