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Is project abandoned/neglected? #273

Open FluorescentHallucinogen opened 9 years ago

FluorescentHallucinogen commented 9 years ago

@koush, Is the project abandoned/neglected?

pjc123 commented 9 years ago

I must say that it worked flawlessly while I used it, but I could not wait anymore for a Lollipop update so switched to SuperSU.

FluorescentHallucinogen commented 9 years ago

SuperSU is closed source. Both, root permission manager app and su binary should be open source. It's the gateway to root on your device. It must be open for independent security analysis. Obscurity (closed source) is not security. BTW, free version of SuperSU has no some features from paid SuperSU Pro version.

The only active development fork of Superuser is CyanogenMod/Superuser. But Superuser app has been excluded from CyanogenMod (http://review.cyanogenmod.org/83759). Its functions relegated to Privacy Guard. It seems that the development of Superuser will be stopped.

This means that at this moment there is no working open source root permission manager app and open source su binary for Android >=5.0 ROMs (AOSP based, not CyanogenMod based).

jeekajoo commented 9 years ago

there is also this fork: https://github.com/SlimRoms/Superuser I have the same concerns as you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/help/lollipop-superuser-fork-opensource-t3022824

unforgettableid commented 9 years ago

koush/Superuser saw its most recent commit in Nov. of '14. It seems to be no longer actively maintained.

Excluding automatic translation checkins, CyanogenMod/Superuser saw its last commit in Dec. of '14. It also is probably no longer actively maintained.

The main fork seeing active development is phhusson/Superuser, which saw its last commit fifteen days ago. See also #268 and #283.

jeekajoo commented 9 years ago

Yeah, I already knew that @phhusson was working on a fork (https://github.com/SlimRoms/Superuser/issues/4#issuecomment-125494463) but thanks for the heads up.