F-Droid 2.0 rewrites the client in Kotlin and Compose and drops Privileged Extension support

Sources: primary, discussion
Summary: F-Droid 2.0 fetches and installs updates by default and no longer uses the Privileged Extension even where that extension is installed. The release drops Android 6 and ships without the panic app-wipe feature, and the project tells affected users that the missing feature is a reason to postpone updating. The unified installer uses the Android pre-approval API, which the project credits to Digital Markets Act pressure, so a third-party store confirms an install before the download rather than after it.
Why it matters: Android distributions and users that relied on the Privileged Extension or on the panic wipe lose both in this release, and pre-approval moves the install confirmation ahead of the download.
Follow-up: Track whether the panic app-wipe feature returns and how distributions that bundle the Privileged Extension respond.