Jerboa and Lemmy instance incompatible versions after today's update
Pretty sure Im on lemmy.world so how do I notify the admin(s) or when are they going to upgrade?
Kinda odd they wouldn't have planned these upgrades together..
They implemented the version checking in the app so..
Lots of instances are waiting for 0.18.1 to be released, which will bring back captchas, which got removed in 0.18.0. The devs pushed out 0.18.0 to fix a bunch of annoying bugs and to make their api more sustainable (http vs websockets), but changing api technologies meant that captchas needed to be entirely reimplemented. They didn't want to wait for that to push the bug fixes and the new api, hence why you're seeing the discrepancy. The new jerboa app using the new api got pushed together with the new api, but isn't compatible with the 0.17.4 version
As others already stated, lemmy.world skipping 1.8.0 on purpose because of the captcha. My main app is jerboa but currently I'm using liftoff, a little bit more aesthetically and they are pushing update after update literally multiple times a day on github
I can't find liftoff in Google play. Is it Apple or side loaded?
I installed from the git repo releases. So basically sideloaded
https://github.com/liftoff-app/liftoff/releases
I think 0.18 doesn't have a captcha so in order to avoid a flood of bots Lemmy.world is waiting for it to be patched.
Yes, it's due to removing Websocket in v. 0.18. It's supposed to be fixed in 0.18.1. I'm also on Lemmy.world and haven't had too many issues on the latest version of Jerboa but they recommend using the previous version or a different app for the time being. That said, for the main reason we're getting so many Reddit refugees being an issue with third-party apps, particularly on mobile, pushing an update to the official app here that requires a site version not all the main instances are on board with isn't a good PR look.
Yeah this is definitely a downside to a "fediverse".
You can be federated and all that comes with it but you need governance. This rollout seems half baked and uncoordinated.
It's alpha software. You should expect it to be half-baked.
Bingo. Same with Beehaw and many others.
0.18 was a big change (for example websockets to http), I'd imagine future versions are unlikely to be so drastic and will allow Jerboa to be compatible with older versions
Keep in mind that they are still on the 0.x.x versions. That usually signals a not yet fully matured platform. I'm sure there will be some bumpy times ahead while users keep pouring in.
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Server version (0.17.4) is under the minimum supported version (0.18).
Please inform your administrator and login to another instance, or sign out and use the default instance.
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