Oh, I didn’t notice. fdroid just switched it over I suppose. I even noticed the weird release notes and checked the repo but just accepted I had misremembered the repo name and maintainer name.
I strongly advise against using anything from researchxxl. The conditions under which the fork changed hands are unclear, continued development has been poor, and researchxxl’s behaviour has been consistently uninspiring and unhelpful. See issue 16 if you don’t believe me. In the meantime, I’ve uninstalled Syncthing-Fork and will wait until nel0x’s version is in F-Droid.
I have to confess that I was not aware of this, thank you so much for letting me (us) know. It’s interesting, and shows why taking the time to research software as well as the devs in charge is so important. I did not see any red flags other than the way the handover has been handled though.
I get it, and I am well aware you’re correct about the risks, but the infrastructure I’m running doesn’t really allow me to go without it at the moment. I did stop the updates in my Obtainium entirely.
I uninstalled syncthing-fork when I first heard “foul voices on the air” (LotR ref) because I haven’t needed it recently, & decided to reinvestigate when I next need it (& the dust might have settled itself by then). In the meantime someone commented that you can configure & use vanilla syncthing on termux instead. I use termux for so much already that it is the obvious choice (for me) if actually true. If you hadn’t heard that either it might be a viable choice for you too…
Oh, I didn’t notice. fdroid just switched it over I suppose. I even noticed the weird release notes and checked the repo but just accepted I had misremembered the repo name and maintainer name.
As others commented Obtanium just swapped it over too. Everyone’s in the same boat, or rather on the same rug - without the rug.
https://github.com/researchxxl/syncthing-android
There’s a fork of the fork. Been using this one for a couple of months.
researchxxl’s account is 3 weeks old so I have doubts if you have been using their app for months.
I strongly advise against using anything from researchxxl. The conditions under which the fork changed hands are unclear, continued development has been poor, and researchxxl’s behaviour has been consistently uninspiring and unhelpful. See issue 16 if you don’t believe me. In the meantime, I’ve uninstalled Syncthing-Fork and will wait until nel0x’s version is in F-Droid.
I have to confess that I was not aware of this, thank you so much for letting me (us) know. It’s interesting, and shows why taking the time to research software as well as the devs in charge is so important. I did not see any red flags other than the way the handover has been handled though.
I get it, and I am well aware you’re correct about the risks, but the infrastructure I’m running doesn’t really allow me to go without it at the moment. I did stop the updates in my Obtainium entirely.
The good news is that this just came up: https://github.com/nel0x/syncthing-android/releases
So, it’s looking bright right now.
I uninstalled syncthing-fork when I first heard “foul voices on the air” (LotR ref) because I haven’t needed it recently, & decided to reinvestigate when I next need it (& the dust might have settled itself by then). In the meantime someone commented that you can configure & use vanilla syncthing on termux instead. I use termux for so much already that it is the obvious choice (for me) if actually true. If you hadn’t heard that either it might be a viable choice for you too…
I wasn’t following this too closely, but read that the other day.
What struck me was the new owner not having an account on the forum. :/