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Overview here

https://forum.syncthing.net/t/does-anyone-know-why-syncthing-fork-is-no-longer-available-on-github/25661/39

The new owner of the repo has a fresh github account and apparently has the signing keys from Catfriend1 too.

Time will tell if they are trustworthy, but for the extra paranoid it might make sense to pause updates for a while.

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[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 5 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Interesting - mine is syncthing-fork 1.30.0.4. When I go to the App Info page it says "App installed from F-Droid" and when I tap on that button I get a small pop-up that says "No such app found."

[–] xylene@sh.itjust.works 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Same exact scenario here. Hmm

[–] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Add me to the list with this exact issue.

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

You guys all missed the Syncthing 2.0 upgrade.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I think everyone misses the upgrade except new installs, how users (including power users) can know that they have to uninstall the old app, potentially lose all the settings , then reinstall and reconfigure?

[–] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I knew because I install through F-droid instead of github so ended up getting like a notice informing me that to upgrade to 2.0 I should back up the settings then uninstall 1.3 then install 2.0 then back up settings.

But, if retrieving from github or obtanium then maybe message wasn't relayed.

[–] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I installed through F-Droid as well, but I didn't get any notices. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[–] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago

I think I saw it when i went to go update and then somehow the instructions on syncthing 2.0 being its own separate app, since straight up update could cause issues. Not sure if it was pop up within the syncthing app or descriptions page for it on f-droid. Well I do use droidify to install f-droid apps since I prefer the UI so maybe that's why I saw something.

[–] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago

During the update to 2.0 you had to uninstall the 1.3 version then install and restore your syncthing-fork settings. So if you are still on 1.3 that's probably why you aren't seeing it. Should pop up if you search F-droid for the 2.0 version.