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[PhotoKevin]

The ESPAsyncWebServer shows up in the Arduino IDE as being by Me-No-Dev. This is confusing since a user will look at that and think they should go to the Me-No-Dev version on github for issues.

See the issue there as me-no-dev#1437.

I certainly see why you wouldn't want to claim ownership of the original code, but there should be a way to make it obvious in the IDE that this is not the Me-No-Dev version. Possibly the author field in library.properties could be change to "Mathiew Carbou (via Me-No-Dev)" or something? (I don't know the syntax limitations on the author field, this may not be possible). And yes, I see that the maintainer field is filled out correctly, but that doesn't show in the IDE and you have to know what you're doing to find it.

[mathieucarbou]

Copy of my answer posted here: me-no-dev#1437 (comment)

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I certainly see why you wouldn't want to claim ownership of the original code,

That's the opposite. Please read:

• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide-library-manager-handling-of-duplicate-library-names/1306491/14
• Fix #4584: Removal of https://github.com/lacamera/ESPAsyncWebServer from the registry. arduino/library-registry#4585

Note: I've already raised myself some issues regarding how libraries are handled within Arduino Registry.
IMO, it's a mess. They are not handling dependencies correctly.

For what is worth, and Arduino Registry guys agree with me: author field should not ne changed, maintainer field has to be added, attribution has to remain.

As a reminder, mathieucarbou/ESPAsyncWebServer is a maintained fork by me and some other people

Also, I would say: stop using toy IDEs like Arduino IDE. You have real development IDE already available like Vscode and the pioarduino extension which provides a good and more reliable dependency management.

The day Arduino IDE will use a correct dependency management system, my opinion will change, but for now, the team behind it does not focus on developers writing code.

[PhotoKevin]

If that's their rule, that's it.

As to the IDE suggestion; Noted and rejected.