Long-term plan for Wifi-Connect

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HI guys,

Wondering if we can get an update on the plans for WiFi-Connect? The original repo (GitHub - balena-io/wifi-connect: Easy WiFi setup for Linux devices from your mobile phone or laptop) seems to be a little overlooked now in favour of the Balena Blocks version? For example there has been a pending pull request (Bump version in Dockerfile.template by vipulgupta2048 · Pull Request #368 · balena-io/wifi-connect · GitHub) because the current repo doesn’t even pull the latest wifi-connect version for users. Also some long awaited enhancements tentatively waited for (https://github.com/balena-io/wifi-connect/pull/354; Support Linux distros like Alpine by providing musl libc linked binaries · Issue #185 · balena-io/wifi-connect · GitHub).

Is this repo going to be getting long-term love? It still provides significantly more advantages over the Balena Blocks version. If however, the plan is to leave the repo redundant then I need to start thinking about how to try and squeeze what I need out of the Balena Blocks.

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Hi @maggie0002, I am checking with the maintainers on this for you, and we’ll let you know what we find out. Thanks!

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Ok, after some digging, the answer is, both will be maintained! The reason is, the WiFi Connect repo produces a binary…and that binary is consumed by the Block. So, the balenaBlocks version is fully dependent on the WiFi Connect repo. :slight_smile:

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