[WIP] Fix F-Droid index-v1.json parsing error causing workflow failure

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Original prompt

Fix F-Droid index-v1.json parsing error causing workflow failure

Problem:
The workflow fails at the "Verify F-Droid repo APK hash" step with:

AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'get'
  File "<stdin>", line 34, in <module>

This occurs at line 447 in .github/workflows/build-deploy.yml where the Python script assumes data.get('packages', []) returns a flat list of dictionaries. However, F-Droid's index-v1.json actually structures packages as a nested dictionary: {"package.id": [{...}, {...}]}, where each package ID maps to a list of version objects.

Required Fix:
Update the Python validation script in .github/workflows/build-deploy.yml (lines 444-453) to:

1. Change from iterating over a flat list to iterating over the nested dictionary structure
2. Use .items() to iterate over package IDs and their version lists
3. Add isinstance() type checks to safely handle the list of version objects
4. Maintain all existing hash and version validation logic

Expected code change:
Replace:

for p in data.get('packages', []):
    if p.get('apkName') == apkname:

With:

packages = data.get('packages', {})
for pkg_id, pkg_list in packages.items():
    if not isinstance(pkg_list, list):
        continue
    for p in pkg_list:
        if not isinstance(p, dict):
            continue
        if p.get('apkName') == apkname:

This will properly handle F-Droid's nested dictionary structure and prevent the AttributeError.

Related workflow run:
https://github.com/sharpninja/remote-agent/actions/runs/22082166067/job/63809798652

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