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authorBrion Vibber <brion@pobox.com>2010-03-04 10:41:25 -0800
committerBrion Vibber <brion@pobox.com>2010-03-04 10:41:25 -0800
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Merge branch 'testing' of git@gitorious.org:statusnet/mainline into testing
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@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ Notable changes this version:
- Plugin to support RSSCloud
- A framework for adding advertisements to a public site,
and plugins for Google AdSense and OpenX server
+- Plugins to throttle excessive subscriptions and registrations.
+- A plugin to blacklist particular URLs or nicknames.
There are also literally thousands of bugs fixed and minor features
added. A full changelog is available at http://status.net/wiki/StatusNet_0.9.0.
@@ -622,14 +624,10 @@ not visible to non-logged-in users. This might be useful for
workgroups who want to share a microblogging site for project
management, but host it on a public server.
-Note that this is an experimental feature; total privacy is not
-guaranteed or ensured. Also, privacy is all-or-nothing for a site; you
-can't have some accounts or notices private, and others public.
-Finally, the interaction of private sites with OStatus is
-undefined. Remote users won't be able to subscribe to users on a
-private site, but users of the private site may be able to subscribe
-to users on a remote site. (Or not... it's not well tested.) The
-"proper behaviour" hasn't been defined here, so handle with care.
+Total privacy is not guaranteed or ensured. Also, privacy is
+all-or-nothing for a site; you can't have some accounts or notices
+private, and others public. The interaction of private sites
+with OStatus is undefined.
Access to file attachments can also be restricted to logged-in users only.
1. Add a directory outside the web root where your file uploads will be
@@ -694,10 +692,10 @@ instructions; read to the end first before trying them.
reversed. YOU CAN EASILY DESTROY YOUR SITE WITH THIS STEP. Don't
do it without a known-good backup!
- If your database is at version 0.7.4, you can run a special upgrade
- script:
+ If your database is at version 0.8.0 or above, you can run a
+ special upgrade script:
- mysql -u<rootuser> -p<rootpassword> <database> db/074to080.sql
+ mysql -u<rootuser> -p<rootpassword> <database> db/08to09.sql
Otherwise, go to your StatusNet directory and AFTER YOU MAKE A
BACKUP run the rebuilddb.sh script like this:
@@ -762,10 +760,17 @@ Configuration options
The main configuration file for StatusNet (excepting configurations for
dependency software) is config.php in your StatusNet directory. If you
-edit any other file in the directory, like lib/common.php (where most
+edit any other file in the directory, like lib/default.php (where most
of the defaults are defined), you will lose your configuration options
in any upgrade, and you will wish that you had been more careful.
+Starting with version 0.9.0, a Web based configuration panel has been
+added to StatusNet. The preferred method for changing config options is
+to use this panel.
+
+A command-line script, setconfig.php, can be used to set individual
+configuration options. It's in the scripts/ directory.
+
Starting with version 0.7.1, you can put config files in the
/etc/statusnet/ directory on your server, if it exists. Config files
will be included in this order:
@@ -1578,8 +1583,8 @@ Feedback
* Microblogging messages to http://support.status.net/ are very welcome.
* The microblogging group http://identi.ca/group/statusnet is a good
place to discuss the software.
-* StatusNet's Trac server has a bug tracker for any defects you may find,
- or ideas for making things better. http://status.net/trac/
+* StatusNet has a bug tracker for any defects you may find, or ideas for
+ making things better. http://status.net/bugs
Credits
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