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Android syncthing-fork repo gone and Developer profile gone private. Update:moved to a different repo @ https://github.com/researchxxl/syncthing-android (github.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by rezad@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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Is it another "another repository reset"

Update:moved to a different repo @ https://github.com/researchxxl/syncthing-android

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[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 3 months ago

yeah catfriend1 was technically in charge of syncthing-fork before the original syncthing stopped being developed. catfriend1 in other words essentially just continued development on their fork on their own, which kept syncthing alive.

[-] paper_moon@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

F-droid still has the most current builds available for the catfriend1 syncthing-fork.. But yeah, this isn't good. Damn. Was hoping if they needed to step back from maintaining a project like this, they'd at least have a call for a volunteer, or let the project languish until someone forked it again and took charge.. To shut it down completely, not great for anyone.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Well, as OP mentioned, and others have speculated in the official syncthing forums, apparently catfriend1 did a repository reset where they wiped everything and started over something like three times last year. So that's still a possibility. I'm going to wait until more information comes out or until catfriend1 doesn't come back after a month or two before I start worrying about the future of the project. Worth finding anyone who had backed up the most recent version of the repository though, just in case.