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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 4a90429647..e0fdce3619 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -2,10 +2,17 @@ Synapse |support| |development| |documentation| |license| |pypi| |python| ========================================================================= -Synapse is an open-source `Matrix <https://matrix.org/>`_ homeserver written and -maintained by the Matrix.org Foundation. We began rapid development in 2014, -reaching v1.0.0 in 2019. Development on Synapse and the Matrix protocol itself continues -in earnest today. +Synapse is now actively maintained at `vector-im/synapse <https://github.com/element-hq/synapse>`_ +================================================================================================= + +Synapse is an open-source `Matrix <https://matrix.org/>`_ homeserver developed +from 2019 through 2023 as part of the Matrix.org Foundation. The Matrix.org +Foundation is not able to resource maintenance of Synapse and it +`continues to be developed by Element <https://github.com/element-hq/synapse>`_; +additionally you have the choice of `other Matrix homeservers <https://matrix.org/ecosystem/servers/>`_. + +See `The future of Synapse and Dendrite <https://matrix.org/blog/2023/11/06/future-of-synapse-dendrite/>`_ +blog post for more information. Briefly, Matrix is an open standard for communications on the internet, supporting federation, encryption and VoIP. Matrix.org has more to say about the `goals of the diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py index 4a9bbc4d57..e21ba6e186 100644 --- a/synapse/__init__.py +++ b/synapse/__init__.py @@ -29,6 +29,18 @@ from synapse.util.stringutils import strtobool # Allow truncated JPEG images to be thumbnailed. ImageFile.LOAD_TRUNCATED_IMAGES = True +# Update your remotes folks. +announcement = """ +Synapse is no longer being developed under the matrix-org organization. See the +README.rst for more details. + +Please update your git remote to pull from element-hq/synapse: + + git remote set-url origin git@github.com:element-hq/synapse.git +""" +print(announcement) +sys.exit(1) + # Check that we're not running on an unsupported Python version. # # Note that we use an (unneeded) variable here so that pyupgrade doesn't nuke the |