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@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ README ------ -StatusNet 0.9.0 ("Stand") Beta 3 -20 Jan 2010 +StatusNet 0.9.0 ("Stand") Beta 4 +27 Jan 2010 This is the README file for StatusNet (formerly Laconica), the Open Source microblogging platform. It includes installation instructions, @@ -597,26 +597,19 @@ server is probably a good idea for high-volume sites. needs as a parameter the install path; if you run it from the StatusNet dir, "." should suffice. -This will run eight (for now) queue handlers: +This will run the queue handlers: +* queuedaemon.php - polls for queued items for inbox processing and + pushing out to OMB, SMS, XMPP, etc. * xmppdaemon.php - listens for new XMPP messages from users and stores - them as notices in the database. -* jabberqueuehandler.php - sends queued notices in the database to - registered users who should receive them. -* publicqueuehandler.php - sends queued notices in the database to - public feed listeners. -* ombqueuehandler.php - sends queued notices to OpenMicroBlogging - recipients on foreign servers. -* smsqueuehandler.php - sends queued notices to SMS-over-email addresses - of registered users. -* xmppconfirmhandler.php - sends confirmation messages to registered - users. - -Note that these queue daemons are pretty raw, and need your care. In -particular, they leak memory, and you may want to restart them on a -regular (daily or so) basis with a cron job. Also, if they lose -the connection to the XMPP server for too long, they'll simply die. It -may be a good idea to use a daemon-monitoring service, like 'monit', + them as notices in the database; also pulls queued XMPP output from + queuedaemon.php to push out to clients. + +These two daemons will automatically restart in most cases of failure +including memory leaks (if a memory_limit is set), but may still die +or behave oddly if they lose connections to the XMPP or queue servers. + +It may be a good idea to use a daemon-monitoring service, like 'monit', to check their status and keep them running. All the daemons write their process IDs (pids) to /var/run/ by @@ -626,7 +619,7 @@ daemons. Since version 0.8.0, it's now possible to use a STOMP server instead of our kind of hacky home-grown DB-based queue solution. See the "queues" config section below for how to configure to use STOMP. As of this -writing, the software has been tested with ActiveMQ ( +writing, the software has been tested with ActiveMQ. Sitemaps -------- @@ -712,10 +705,12 @@ subdirectory to add a new language to your system. You'll need to compile the ".po" files into ".mo" files, however. Contributions of translation information to StatusNet are very easy: -you can use the Web interface at http://status.net/pootle/ to add one +you can use the Web interface at TranslateWiki.net to add one or a few or lots of new translations -- or even new languages. You can also download more up-to-date .po files there, if you so desire. +For info on helping with translations, see http://status.net/wiki/Translations + Backups ------- |