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@lhc_fl@stelpolva.moe 估计带“鱼”的开源软件都不吉利😣。22年左右有个很好看的操作系统叫做CuteFish，停止维护时，连公告都没有，忽然官网就停止解析，一个月后外界猜测停止维护。目前是被大开源组织的开发者维护，但也只是在大版本更新时发布一下，一点活力都没有，跟死了差不多。
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ネフレン・ルク・インサニア(@lhc_fl@stelpolva.moe) renotes:
@dvd@dvd.chat DVD 关于这个事情有什么看法吗？感觉可能真的要换实例软件了……
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Firefish(@firefish@info.firefish.dev) says:
Announcement: Firefish will enter maintenance mode
For those who have been supporting Firefish and me, I can’t thank you enough. But today, I have to make an announcement of my very difficult decision: As of today’s release, Firefish will enter maintenance mode and reach end-of-support at the end of the year. The main reasons for this are as follows.
In February, Kainoa suddenly transferred the ownership of Firefish to me. This transition came without prior notice, which took me aback. I still wish Kainoa had consulted with me in advance. At that time, some people were already saying that “Firefish is coming back”, making it challenging to address the situation. Also, since there were several hundred active Firefish servers at that point, I could not suddenly discontinue the project, so I took over the project unwillingly.
Over the past seven months, I have been maintaining Firefish alone. All other former maintainers have left, leaving me solely responsible for managing issues, reviewing merge requests, testing, and releasing new versions. This situation has had a significant impact on my personal life.
Frankly speaking, there are numerous bugs and questionable logic in the current Firefish codebase. While I attempted to fix them, balancing this work with my personal life made it clear that it would take ages, and I’ve started thinking that I can’t manage this project in the long run. Additionally, vulnerabilities have been reported approximately once a month. Addressing vulnerabilities, communicating privately with reporters, and testing fixes have proven overwhelming and unsustainable. Moreover, a certain percentage of users have made insulting comments, which have severely affected my mental well-being and made me fearful of opening social media apps.
I will do my best to refund the donations made to Firefish via OpenCollective, but that’s not guaranteed.
Server admins may downgrade Firefish to version
Downgrade instructions: https://firefish.dev/firefish/firefish/-/blob/downgrade/docs/downgrade.md
Thanks,
naskya
@lhc_fl@stelpolva.moe 估计带“鱼”的开源软件都不吉利😣。22年左右有个很好看的操作系统叫做CuteFish，停止维护时，连公告都没有，忽然官网就停止解析，一个月后外界猜测停止维护。目前是被大开源组织的开发者维护，但也只是在大版本更新时发布一下，一点活力都没有，跟死了差不多。
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ネフレン・ルク・インサニア(@lhc_fl@stelpolva.moe) renotes:
@dvd@dvd.chat DVD 关于这个事情有什么看法吗？感觉可能真的要换实例软件了……
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Firefish(@firefish@info.firefish.dev) says:
Announcement: Firefish will enter maintenance mode
For those who have been supporting Firefish and me, I can’t thank you enough. But today, I have to make an announcement of my very difficult decision: As of today’s release, Firefish will enter maintenance mode and reach end-of-support at the end of the year. The main reasons for this are as follows.
In February, Kainoa suddenly transferred the ownership of Firefish to me. This transition came without prior notice, which took me aback. I still wish Kainoa had consulted with me in advance. At that time, some people were already saying that “Firefish is coming back”, making it challenging to address the situation. Also, since there were several hundred active Firefish servers at that point, I could not suddenly discontinue the project, so I took over the project unwillingly.
Over the past seven months, I have been maintaining Firefish alone. All other former maintainers have left, leaving me solely responsible for managing issues, reviewing merge requests, testing, and releasing new versions. This situation has had a significant impact on my personal life.
Frankly speaking, there are numerous bugs and questionable logic in the current Firefish codebase. While I attempted to fix them, balancing this work with my personal life made it clear that it would take ages, and I’ve started thinking that I can’t manage this project in the long run. Additionally, vulnerabilities have been reported approximately once a month. Addressing vulnerabilities, communicating privately with reporters, and testing fixes have proven overwhelming and unsustainable. Moreover, a certain percentage of users have made insulting comments, which have severely affected my mental well-being and made me fearful of opening social media apps.
I will do my best to refund the donations made to Firefish via OpenCollective, but that’s not guaranteed.
firefish.dev and info.firefish.dev will remain operational until the end of February 2025, after which they will return a 410 Gone status.Server admins may downgrade Firefish to version
20240206/1.0.5-rc and migrate to another *key variant, or may fork Firefish to maintain.Downgrade instructions: https://firefish.dev/firefish/firefish/-/blob/downgrade/docs/downgrade.md
Thanks,
naskya
