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Anyone know what happened with Raccoon for lemmy? I use Obsidian to download and update the app from Github but now it tells me there's an error when I try to update it. I tried checking the Github page and I get an error there saying the website doesn't exist.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Apparently it got taken down arbitrarily by dev's choice. Someone may have a fork but no telling if anyone plans to take up the mantle and continue.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

This fork is the new official one. A new community has been created recently to replace the old one too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

It has also been forked and looks like there is active development here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

more in depth about the same question here

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The dev took it down, I'm not going to go into his reasons to do so, but you can find a fork here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Good to know that at least the code is out there. I feel bad for the developer though, he was nice and dedicated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

do you know if anyone has set up a release of this new fork now that the original is down?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We are planning to release a new version, at least on GitHub asap. The announcement is likely to be given in tomorrow's Q&A session (the monthly AMA).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Great to hear!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It was taken down by the developer after a sh*tstorm originated in this community which was damaging his reputation as a professional, since his real name was associated with the repository.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

which was damaging his reputation as a professional

Damn, that sucks. Did the dev state that explicitly, or is that just speculation?

Links to discussions for reference in case others are curious:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

From his explanation before removing everything:

I find myself in a very uncomfortable situation right now because, after revealing my personal information as the project owner, the current circumstances create a real damage to my public image as a professional and as a person. My coworkers, my managers, my employers (current and future) can see all of this and my personal reputation is compromised.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

That's too bad. I didn't think that post was intended to damage any of the devs reputation, just to provide some useful feedback and critiques on what were already great apps.