No merge into master in the last 5 years, should we use development?

[kiesel]

Basically the title. According to github nothing has been merged to master in the last 5 years. Can anybody speak to the stability of development?

I have three nodes running 2.4 alpha (created those in 2019, needed to use dev because of some rfm69 issues irrc), and my gateway recently died. I am creating a new gateway and I am wondering what the best course of action would be.

Thanks!

[skywatch]

I guess that at best the project has 'stalled' and at worst it is abandoned.

[kiesel]

@skywatch That's pretty sad to hear.... it's what got me into electronics/soldering. Are there any comparable projects that are seeing development?

[skywatch]

@kiesel This is just my impression, nothing has been announced so it is guess work. But it took a week to get even one response to your question, and that says a lot.

Nothing comparable that I know of, but this all still works just as it always did and I have invested too much in hardware to leave it all and risk the same thing happening again.

[monte]

@kiesel I would look into ZigBee and/or matter. It's an industry standard, so won't be abandoned any time soon. Or you can try ESPHome if you don't mind using WiFi as a carrier.

[skywatch]

I found this if it is of interest (or not)...

https://www.hackster.io/TMRh20/iot-home-automation-w-nrf24l01-raspberry-pi-9ee904

[nagelc]

Wow. Has it been 5 years?
I haven't really used development because master has been working for me. Just added some new NRF5 nodes a couple of weeks ago.

[igo]

@skywatch said in No merge into master in the last 5 years, should we use development?:

https://www.hackster.io/TMRh20/iot-home-automation-w-nrf24l01-raspberry-pi-9ee904

from my point of view, community is moving towards zigbee, lora and meshtastic

[TheoL]

For me almost all I need is in Master. For some nice to haves I have some custom libraries, like a message and a presentation queue. The only wish I have is dual led support.

[bgunnarb]

Well, my network with two handfulls of nodes in three different locations is still live and kicking! I agree that there does not seem to be a lot happening in the community. I'm running 2.4.0- alpha since this gives support for MQTT over TLS. Just managed today to create one more MQTT GW after reading a lot about support for ESP8266. You know, these things you do once per year and have to learn new each time.

MySensors is the cheapest way I have found to create small sensor nodes etc. But now slowly running out of my supply of hardware. Well, time will tell...