Received message after latest update and crashed afterwards. Is this the right place to post about it?
Recommendation from app developer is to use web interface until your instance uptates to 0.18, and probably to 0.18.1 since than will captcha be back.
They had to do it since they changed from using websockets to http calls in 0.18. Maybe downgrading is of jerboa is possible.
Recommendation from app developer is to use web interface until your instance uptates to 0.18, and probably to 0.18.1 since than will captcha be back.
And that won’t probably take that long. The captcha code has already been written, it was just not yet properly reviewed. With some luck as early as next week.
Thank you for explaining!
Yeah, you can also take this opportunity to try out some other apps that are popping up. Liftoff is really active right now and should be backwards compatible with Lemmy 0.17.x
I might try other apps. Although im waiting for sync for lemmy the most
You also have the option to downgrade the Jerboa app back to 0.0.34 until the instance shows
BE: 0.18.0at the bottom of the webpage.
Is there any page where Jerboa devs describes what is the policy for backward compatibility?
Since not all servers updated synchronously with new Lemmy release it’s a good practice to support several older versions.
I’d assume that’ll be the case once it’s out of alpha/beta test status.
Yup, that’s the policy. I could find it on Matrix if you like, but basically the main dev isn’t interested in spending the time for backwards compatibility, and nobody has yet stepped up.
So it’s not like anyone is opposed. Priority right now is improving supporting new lemmy versions, followed by high priority bugs and features.
Plus it’s been a few pretty hectic weeks for the devs. It’s absolutely understandable there would be issues with this huge influx of new users and scramble to fix issues.
Yeah development speed should slow down in the future. Right now I understand the move away from websockets became really urgent to support all users. And now that’s completed.
Next urgent thing is captcha I guess but that doesn’t sound like a massive addition at least.
Customarily, backwards compatibility starts with version 1.x, so until Lemmy doesn’t release a 1.x stable version, instead staying on a 0.x “let’s break everything”, backwards compatibility is more of a lucky coincidence.
The admin for my instance claims that 0.18 is very buggy, won’t update the server until the next version is out and bugs are fixed. The new Jerboa still runs for me, but its a bit wonky… I might just downgrade back to the previous version until its sorted out.
If downgrade doesn’t work, you can try using that fork: https://lemmy.ml/post/1498929
Do not sign out of your account during this time, as you will not be able to sign back in. If this is of interest to you.
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[Screenshot of message from the Lemmy app Jeroba.]
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.
I’m a human volunteer content transcriber and you could be too!
Your admin is someone who controls your instance. This community is for the Jerboa app, and the app is informing you with the message
This is a wonderful time to be a part of the Fediverse and see the development as it happens… It’s happening, all new, large scale and fast… So there’s bound to be some bumps along the way, but it’s still a wonderful ride. I currently have Jerboa and 3 others installed, installing updates, testing, comparing, making suggestions and helping if I can. This is great. This glitch will be sorted soon, no biggie
Connect for Lemmy is a pretty stable alternative.
For some reason it doesn’t recognize my account and let me sign in.
Yup I thought this would happen. I ended up using Lemmy.ml again until instances update. My phone updated Jerboa and now I can’t get into my ordinary instance.
You should be able to install v0.0.34 from the github https://github.com/dessalines/jerboa/releases
You can try using this fork: https://lemmy.ml/post/1498929
I got the message from Jerboa using 0.0.35 from Fdroid but oddly I can just dismiss it and use it just fine. There is an 0.0.36 from Izzy but I’m not able to upgrade to it to test.
Liftoff let’s you use multiple accounts. You should try that.
I couldn’t find any option to hide seen posts so it’s a bit early in development. If there is an app that does all that this version of jerboa does AND let’s you flip through posts instead of opening them individually I’d try it.
Well, I originally used Jerboa as it does as well, but with the current version problems I had to do something else until it’s fixed.
