Misc: LAB02-Research vs hass-agent.io

[shalak]

What's the connection between LAB02-Research/HASS.Agent and hass-agent/HASS.Agent? I understand that LAB02-Research is the original author, and hass-agent is a fork. If so, why they didn't change the name? It's all confusing now...

[bcutter]

Same question came to my mind too when I read #272 (comment).

Hopefully someone can shed some light on this.

I think the most official information is:

https://github.com/hass-agent/HASS.Agent/tree/2.0.1?tab=readme-ov-file#fork

[profucius]

It appears that the fork is attempting to keep the software alive until the original developer returns to it. They state it in the installer readme. Presumably if/when the original dev (LAB02-Research) wants to resume development, he can merge the fork in and carry on from there. Personally, I doubt this will happen, looking at LAB02-Research's github activity, he seems to have decided to move on in life. So we should be very glad that at least "hass-agent" dev wanted to continue developement.

[bcutter]

So... better migrate to the forked version?

[shalak]

I don't know, the forked version contains binary executables merged into the source code: https://github.com/hass-agent/HASS.Agent/blob/main/src/HASS.Agent.Installer/dependencies/netcorecheck.exe

I'm staying with LAB02-Research for now

[bcutter]

No idea if that's an actual issue (what's VBA32? never heard about them). Maybe the maintainer of the fork can explain.

But using an outdated, unmaintained and malfunctioning/broken FOSS is also not without risks.