BigBoss repository now uses SHA256, paving the way for Sileo support

In an unexpected plough of events this weekend, @0ptimo added official SHA256 back upward to the BigBoss repository, a motility that looks to appease the Sileo Team equally an increasing publish of people role the Electra Team’s Chimera jailbreak to hit got payoff of the full-fledged A12(X) back upward inwards the hither together with now.

Sileo Team Pb developer CoolStar acknowledged the alter only this eventide via Twitter, noting that an upcoming update for the Sileo bundle director volition implement native back upward for the newly-upgraded BigBoss repository:

From what nosotros tin flame gather, this alter too agency that the BigBoss repository volition live officially removed from Sileo’s repoproxy mirror (A. K. A. the BigBoss+ repository that comes pre-installed alongside the Sileo bundle manager).

Tutorial: How to add together the BigBoss repository to Sileo correct now

To many, myself included, this is proficient news. Not solely did repoproxy filter for certain packages from appearing inwards search results inwards the Sileo bundle manager, but newly-released jailbreak tweaks on BigBoss synced to a greater extent than slow on the repoproxy mirror than they would hit got on a device that was using the actual BigBoss repository on Cydia. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this was a nuisance.

On the other hand, CoolStar’s repoproxy volition conk along to filter the likes of the archived ModMyi together with ZodTTD repositories, ensuring smoothen performance together with a improve user sense for Sileo users.

It’s worth noting that the BigBoss repository is the last-standing of the jailbreak community’s master jailbreak tweak repositories. Today, option repositories such equally Packix, Dynastic Repo, Nepeta, and a plethora of others are around of the almost active.

While today’s alter is an ounce of proficient news, the fact remains that Sileo nevertheless limits the publish of ads BigBoss tin flame display; this agency Cydia users volition live to a greater extent than valuable to the repository, equally it relies on ad-based revenue to back upward operations. Pwn20wnd’s unc0ver jailbreak is the solely iOS 12-centric world jailbreak that supports Cydia out of the box at the fourth dimension of this writing.

Are you lot happy to come across that Sileo volition shortly selection upward native back upward for the BigBoss repository? Discuss inwards the comments department below.

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