From 0c869038a06b9e097fbeff504dcc993e036ff306 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zzz <zzz@i2pmail.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 09:30:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update info on BOB deprecation
---
i2p2www/pages/site/docs/api/bob.html | 17 ++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/i2p2www/pages/site/docs/api/bob.html b/i2p2www/pages/site/docs/api/bob.html
index aa5384998..e9d4bd80d 100644
--- a/i2p2www/pages/site/docs/api/bob.html
+++ b/i2p2www/pages/site/docs/api/bob.html
@@ -1,20 +1,27 @@
{% extends "global/layout.html" %}
{% block title %}{{ _('BOB - Basic Open Bridge') }}{% endblock %}
-{% block lastupdated %}2020-08{% endblock %}
+{% block lastupdated %}2022-06{% endblock %}
{% block content %}
<h2>Warning - Deprecated</h2>
<p>Not for use by new applications.
BOB supports the DSA-SHA1 signature type only.
BOB will not be extended to support new signature types or other advanced features.
New applications should use <a href="{{ site_url('docs/api/samv3') }}">SAM V3</a>.
+</p><p>
+BOB is not supported in Java I2P new installs as of release 1.7.0 (2022-02).
+It will still work in Java I2P originally installed as version 1.6.1 or earlier,
+even after updates, but it is unsupported and may break at any time.
+BOB is still supported by i2pd as of 2022-06, but applications
+should still migrate to SAMv3 for the reasons above.
</p>
-<p>{% trans -%}
+<p>
At this point, most of the good ideas from BOB have been incorporated into
-SAMv3, which has more features and more real-world use. BOB still works, but it
+SAMv3, which has more features and more real-world use. BOB may still work
+on some installations (see above), but it
is not gaining the advanced features available to SAMv3 and is essentially
-unsupported at this time.
-{%- endtrans %}</p>
+unsupported, except by i2pd.
+</p>
<h2>Language libraries for the BOB API</h2>
<ul>
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