[ANN] ADC Repository Consolidation and Development Workflow Changes

[Nathan du Buy]

Hi,

I will be merging the Canary repository, Aurora branch, and Stable versions into a single centralized repository.

From now on:

• Active live development will happen in the main branch

• Stable and Aurora releases will be created through tags and dedicated maintenance branches

• New versions and updates will receive their own branches when needed

• Aurora tags will be created from main whenever the codebase is considered stable enough for broader testing

The goal of this change is to simplify development, maintenance, and contribution workflows for ADC.

Reasons for this decision:

• Easier maintenance
  Porting Canary code to Aurora currently takes a significant amount of time due to rebranding, module replacements, updating constants, maintaining separate requirements, and keeping repositories synchronized.

• Centralized development
  While decentralization can be beneficial in many situations, ADC development benefits more from having one clear central repository and workflow.

• Better issue handling
  Canary currently uses separate issue tracking on GitLab, while Aurora development is disconnected from the main issue workflow which is for Stable. Consolidating everything into one repository will improve tracking and communication.

• Less confusion
  Maintaining multiple repositories creates unnecessary complexity for contributors and users trying to follow development.

• Better contribution workflow
  Contributions currently happen mostly through the Canary GitLab repository, requiring external accounts and additional synchronization work before changes reach Aurora or Stable builds. A centralized repository will make contributing much easier and faster.

These changes will help move ADC toward a cleaner, more maintainable future.

This email also serves as the start of a migration/update thread where I will post progress updates regarding the transition.

The merge and migration process will begin Wednesday evening and continue over the following days and weeks.

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Nathan du Buy
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[Nathan du Buy]

I will start soon with the "migration" process. the process will get the name "Xgit", so with that name im talking about the process.

For now i want to warn y'all to not clone the main repository until Xgit has been fully proceeded, so you will not get broken source code. The best thing you can do is downloading the sable source code from here: https://github.com/Mealman1551/ArchivedDataCodec/releases/latest

Will send more mails in this thread to keep y'all updated on this.

Op 11-5-2026 om 20:29 schreef Nathan du Buy:

[Nathan du Buy]

Been busy for a few hours now, i will make the new stable/1.4 as the default branch and development is taking place on the main branch.

Im still busy on Xgit and i will be busy still tonight.

Keep y'all updated.

Op 11-5-2026 om 20:29 schreef Nathan du Buy:

Hi,

[Nathan du Buy]

Im done for today, i will continue tomorrow, please still do not clone the repository, download source code from the stable releases.

I will give out a signal when the repository is safe to clone.

Op 13-5-2026 om 16:38 schreef Nathan du Buy:

[Nathan du Buy]

Merged Xgit into Main this morning, did tests and everything works!

By now im announcing that cloning the repository is safe.

Some more information is that Aurora will be working by tags, when something works i will tag it, the user needs to compile Aurora manually.

This is the end of this thread, tho if i need to come back to this project Xgit, i will send in this thread.

Op 13-5-2026 om 21:08 schreef Nathan du Buy: