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@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ README ------ -Laconica 0.6.2 -13 November 2008 +Laconica 0.6.3 +23 November 2008 This is the README file for Laconica, the Open Source microblogging platform. It includes installation instructions, descriptions of @@ -72,38 +72,33 @@ New this version ================ This is a minor feature and security improvement version from version -0.6.1 (release 6 Oct 2008). Notable features of version 0.6.2 include: - -- Notice inboxes have been added. This is a big database change - that will allow a more robust messaging model in the future; for - now, it is an optimization that speeds up some queries. -- Posted URLs are automatically shortened; users can choose their - preferred url shortening service. -- Support SUP protocol - (http://code.google.com/p/simpleupdateprotocol/) for quicker updates - to FriendFeed (http://friendfeed.com/). -- Tag streams now have an RSS feed. -- CSRF protection for posting notices and logging in. This closes - the "Version 0 API" used initially for identi.ca and supported - until September 30, 2008. -- Slightly broadened the layout of default and Identi.ca themes to - accommodate more verbose (non-English!) languages' interfaces. -- Replies made through the Web site will refer to the clicked-on - message. -- enjit queue handler. -- Experimental theme for iphone use. -- Various internationalization scripts and updates. -- Better UTF-8 escaped entity handling in API. -- Better handling of since_id and before_id parameters in API. -- Better heuristics for when to include a closing parenthesis in a link. -- Handle multi-byte-encoded @-replies from XMPP through Twitter bridge. -- Better handling of read-only requests in API, to allow using - replicated mirror servers. -- A lot of common code factored out of default and identi.ca themes; - default theme now much more functional. -- 'Invite-only' mode for closed sites. -- Some undocumented features in Twitter API user/show. -- Favorites flag in API for statuses. +0.6.2 (release 13 Nov 2008). Notable features of version 0.6.3 include: + +- 'nudge' functionality to tell a user that they're missed. +- Links to related RSS/Atom feeds on all pages. +- Favor/disfavor icons changed to images. +- Better checks to prevent remote subscribing to a local user, causing + "ghost profiles" (dupes in people search or subscriptions lists). +- Twitter friend sync. Users who set up their Twitter accounts will + be automatically connected to other local users who have Twitter + accounts and who they're subscribed to on Twitter. +- List view of subscriptions/subscribers. +- Subscribe/unsubscribe button on subscriptions/subscribers list. +- Optionally hide certain users from the public stream. +- Give public area a few more tabs. +- Add Featured users tab to public area. +- Add Most favorited notices tab to public area. +- Users can give themselves tags. +- Users can tag their subscribers or subscriptions. +- Users can send @-replies to tagged subsets of their contact list + using @#tag. +- Subscribe/unsubscribe with Ajax form. +- Post notice with Ajax form. +- Script to optionally add notice inboxes for only some users. +- Incremental caching of notice streams using memcached. +- Use cached favorites info to avoid excess DB hits for faves. +- Optionally use Sphinx Search for notice search. +- Optionally use Sphinx Search for people search. Because of the CSRF fixes in particular, this upgrade is recommended for all Laconica sites. @@ -145,7 +140,6 @@ For some functionality, you will also need the following extensions: to MySQL or Postgresql fulltext search. You will also need a Sphinx server to serve the search queries. - You will almost definitely get 2-3 times better performance from your site if you install a PHP bytecode cache/accelerator. Some well-known examples are: eaccelerator, Turck mmcache, xcache, apc. Zend Optimizer diff --git a/lib/common.php b/lib/common.php index e710ce484..f7fcffc1c 100644 --- a/lib/common.php +++ b/lib/common.php @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if (!defined('LACONICA')) { exit(1); } -define('LACONICA_VERSION', '0.6.2'); +define('LACONICA_VERSION', '0.6.3'); define('AVATAR_PROFILE_SIZE', 96); define('AVATAR_STREAM_SIZE', 48); |