PSA syncthing-fork has changed owners

https://forum.syncthing.net/t/does-anyone-know-why-syncthing-fork-is-no-longer-available-on-github/25661?page=2

by raybb • 8 months ago

42 4 8 months ago

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F-Droid needs to step in and take action like they did with simple mobile tools. If there is a change in ownership, the app should not be updated anymore.

_lvbh• 8 months ago

The complete lack of caution is concerning. If this had been malicious, the damage would've already been done

justsomehnguy• 8 months ago

Thanks for the heads-up!

For now it looks like the original developer of the fork [0] decided to retire their efforts including their whole GitHub account.

User nel0x [1] is communicating with the new repo owner.

https://github.com/researchxxl/syncthing-android/issues/16

> Hi @researchxxl, I initially thought this might be Catfriend1’s new account, but apparently that’s not the case.
> That's one of the biggest challenges I think for getting started. It's not about if we are allowed to, but if you don't already have Catfriends1 key, we probably won't have any way of obtaining it :/
> i got the key when the repo was transferred to me.
> Catfriend was on the lookout for a successor and I already knew him from another OSS project they did a while ago. we agreed and I was asked to create a new account after I got keys and creds to their original account. it turned out to be a bad idea to reuse their name so I created a new one.

[0] https://github.com/Catfriend1/

[1] https://forum.syncthing.net/t/does-anyone-know-why-syncthing...

m-p-3• 8 months ago

A good example of what happens when poor communication and lack of transparency collides..

PSA syncthing-fork has changed owners

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