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submitted 1 year ago by lFenix@lemmy.ml to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

As it is now, Mlem also supports the ancient v1 of the API. Pretty much the only instance that still uses this version is Hexbear. All other instances use v3.

Dropping support for v1 would mean much less maintenance on my part, and would mean that updates would come out faster and would be less buggy.

On the other hand, Hexbear is probably the largest single instance.

Even now, Mlem doesn't have the same level of support for both API versions; in v1, for example, Mlem doesn't show user avatars (or any avatars for that matter). So overall, v1 of the API is much more limited, and not properly tested.

Is there anyone who uses Hexbear? Should Mlem have so much more code to support just one instance? Please share your thoughts!

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[-] layla@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Hello, Hexbear dev here, we're going to move back to upstream Lemmy and stop using the v1 API soon, so no problems on our end with removing v1 API support.

[-] lFenix@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Alright, great to hear! Thank you for confirming ๐Ÿ˜Š

this post was submitted on 02 Jun 2023
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