Brave Browser Custom Sync Server Option

[NicholasFlamy]

We want an option (other than a command line flag) to specify a custom sync server to easily use a self-hosted sync server.

The original issue: brave#12314 was shadow-deleted or something so I made this discussion.

[NicholasFlamy]

@Fmstrat I was going to ask you if your chromium fork changes are needed for the brave build if I use the custom-flag-sync-server branch of your brave-core fork.

Your brave-core fork: https://github.com/Fmstrat/brave-core/tree/feature/custom-flag-sync-server
Your Chromium fork: https://github.com/Fmstrat/brave-chromium/tree/feature/custom-sync-server

[NicholasFlamy]

Google Webcache on Mar 13, 2024 16:57:59 GMT:
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/12314
I uploaded an MHTML of the page that I got from the Google Webcache to Web Archive:
https://archive.org/details/custom-sync-server-url-support-required-.-issue-12314-.-brave-brave-browser-.-git-hub

[NicholasFlamy]

NO F*CKING WAY Developer Options QA Preferences allows setting command line string without "Enable command line on non-rooted devices" enabled on Android. So now annoying popup every launch/New Tab opened.

[NicholasFlamy]

Supposedly it's internal use only but the code is out there on the internet.

[NicholasFlamy]

brave#20431 (comment)
So the issue being deleted might be a mistake, I hope so.

[NicholasFlamy]

I might give up my attempt at the fork, unless I need it to prove the functionality and PR to brave. I was reading about unofficial builds and the lack of many features that make brave great, like ad-blocking. So for now I'll use the QA Preferences and my self-hosted sync server, shout out to my docker auto-builds: https://github.com/flamy-brave/brave-sync-docker-autobuild