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Eternity

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Eternity is a free and open-source Lemmy client, forked from Infinity for Reddit!

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Hello everyone!

It's been some time since our last update. As the version number indicates, this is primarily a bugfix update; hence, it doesn’t bring the "big new feature" I had hoped to introduce. The most important change here is that this version of Eternity will be compatible with the upcoming Lemmy version 0.19.

It's worth noting that upon upgrading to this version, you may need to log out and then log back into your account, based on my experience.

For the next release, I want to address more of the common issues found in our bug tracker. So, there may be another minor update shortly, but I can't make any promises at the moment. I've also made some progress with multi-community support and I plan to introduce modding tools as well.

In the meantime, thank you so much for your continued support.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thank you for replacing my crippling R*ddit addiction with a Lemmy addiction.

Edit: censor bad word )=<

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

The new icon is so cute!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Nice! Installed. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Thank you for the value and your service to the community. Having an Infinity clone made it so much easier to switch to Lemmy!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Just switched from Liftoff after having used Infinity for years. Thank you for wasting years of collective time my dude πŸ‘Œ

Edit: Just gave it 5 stars on Google Play

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't think he is the original dev of infinity. He has taken over the project and ported it to function with lemmy. So he is not to blame for your years of wasted time.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Love you man, thanks for making lemmy even better!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Awesome. I was worried development had stopped or was on hiatus.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Great job at keeping the project live and improving mate. I love the new logo too

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Eternity is so cute it's become my most used Lemmy app!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I was thrown off by the new icon, but I like it! Thanks for making the best Lemmy app.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Is it in the F-droid main repo? (Not izzysoft)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not yet :(

But I'm working on it.

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

Cool, I am ready for something other than Jerboa

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Great news! It looks like the MR to add the app has already been merged here.

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

Look into Obtainium. Lets you install apps straight from the code repository's release page. I've moved to managing all my open source apps with it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This isn't a good solution for two reasons:

  • App discovery isn't a good without an app store
  • Getting your apps directly from the devs allows for them to slip in things like non-free software and libs
[–] zolax 6 points 1 year ago

this app is amazing

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

best app ever πŸ’•

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you so much!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

In the play store I still have the old version. (I don't get an "Update" button just Open or Uninstall).

Not hurried to update. But wonder if it's not updating because I originally installed the apk manually or just because I need to wait a bit more.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Depends on how you installed it originally.

If you installed via play store then try clicking on your icon, on the top right, then 'manage apps' and go to the update area, refresh and see if the update appears.

If you installed via fdroid (izzy's repo), then you will have to wait until it's available there.

If you installed it directly from codeberg, then I believe you will have to download and install the latest release. People tend to use the Obtainium app for this.

Hopefully this clears things up for you. And if I'm mistaken on something, my apologies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I can't remember if I installed via APK or Fdroid. But thanks I'll then uninstall and reinstall

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Some excellent bug fixes! Thanks for all your work on this!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you very much

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I updated from Fdroid, and after doing so, then logging off and back in, the app icon did not change to the new one. Is this the expected behavior?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Eternity on izzysoft's f-droid repo is still on 0.1.1

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depends on your launcher. Force close it, or restart your phone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm using F-droid launcher. Eternity Nightly version in F-droid is 0.1.2. I did force close both apps (F-droid, Eternity), cleared cache both apps, rebooted my phone. Uninstalled Eternity, reinstalled. None of this updated the icon.

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

By launcher, I mean your home app. Go to your device Settings > Apps > Default apps > Home app. Something like Nova, Lawnchair, KISS, etc. or whatever the default launcher for your phone is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

oh, my bad. My launcher is Samsung One UI. That said I have already tried stopping the app clearing cache and data, closing and reopening the app. No change.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The new icon is so cute.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Finally picked sorting option stays after closing the app!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Anyone else have to re-add eternity to obtainium to get it to find the release?