Utsuro
October 17, 2020, 10:59am
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More info here:
opened 06:58PM - 03 Oct 20 UTC
**Important updates and disclaimers:** The WebStore listings are no longer under… my control. I am not responsible for the actions of the new developer(s). If you feel concerned about the recent changes (please continue reading for more information), please remember that you can uninstall the extensions and/or find alternatives at any time.
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As some of you might have noticed, Nano Adblocker is now months behind upstream. It became clear that I simply do not have enough time to properly maintain the Nano projects.
At the beginning, there were no backlogs. As the projects grow, I added a backlog system to better manage open issues. That was unfortunately not enough, so I added another level of backlog -- the triage queue. Then a third level. And a fourth one. Now the fourth level of backlog, the notification queue, has over 138 issues waiting for my attention. No matter how well I organize incoming issues, if I do not have enough time to look into them, I will simply fall further and further behind. With thousands of issues backlogged, it is only a matter of time that the Nano projects collapse.
And here comes the news. New developer(s) are in the process of acquiring Nano Adblocker and Nano Defender. Hopefully, they will be able to put an end to this backlog madness and finally give Nano Adblocker some real development time instead of constantly trying to catch up to upstream. The transition is still taking place, so I would like to ask for your patience. I will have more details about this in the upcoming days or weeks.
I would like to apologize for not being able to post an announcement earlier. I was extremely busy last week, and with all the additional things that I have to take care of to ensure a smooth transition, I fall quite a bit behind schedule. If you have any questions or concerns, please post them below. I am still trying to catch up, so please be patient while I find time to respond to your inputs.
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Updates:
The new developer(s) said that they will create their own repositories and change links where appropriate.
The Edge store listings were changed to hidden.
`NanoMeow/MDLMirror` has been archived.
`NanoMeow/UltimateMirror` has been archived, and its visibility has been changed to private.
`NanoMeow/MirrorEngine` has been archived.
The Nano Defender repository has been archived.
Repositories in `NanoAdblocker` and `NanoAdblockerLab` organizations except `NanoAdblocker/NanoCore` have been archived.
The backend server running on `legacy.hugoxu.com` will no longer accept new reports from the Quick Issue Reporter.
`NanoAdblocker/NanoCore` and `NanoMeow/QuickReports` will be archived on 2020-10-15.
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Please head over to my general purpose repository for further discussions: https://github.com/jspenguin2017/Snippets/issues
Uninstall as soon as possible. It’s already been removed from the Chrome Web Store.
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The creator of uBlock Origin (gorhill) said it on the same issue page, I will paste it here:
Additionally, why refer to the acquirer as “Turkish developers” instead of just naming the entity? The nationality of developers is irrelevant, but the entity and its track record is. I find it odd that you feel like mentioning their nationality which is irrelevant while leaving out the more important information about which entity is involved so that people can research it.
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Then it seems that uBlock already does what you need without dubious business practices.
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