From 728a146ec04acc853c4fd32a44fef6adbee517c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Evan Prodromou Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:30:08 -0400 Subject: new codename for 0.8.2 --- README | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 756219981..c98090b4b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ README ------ -StatusNet 0.8.1 ("Second Guessing") +StatusNet 0.8.2 ("Life and How to Live It") 26 Aug 2009 This is the README file for StatusNet (formerly Laconica), the Open -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf From cf199a9b739eafea7a27eff947327befdcf001be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Evan Prodromou Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:19:26 -0400 Subject: updates to README --- README | 132 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- 1 file changed, 82 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index e0d63e43c..841423b7c 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ README ------ StatusNet 0.8.2 ("Life and How to Live It") -26 Aug 2009 +1 Nov 2009 This is the README file for StatusNet (formerly Laconica), the Open Source microblogging platform. It includes installation instructions, @@ -77,49 +77,80 @@ for additional terms. New this version ================ -This is a minor feature and bugfix release since version 0.8.0, -released Jul 15 2009. Notable changes this version: - -- Laconica has been renamed StatusNet. With a few minor compatibility - exceptions, all references to "Laconica" in code, documentation - and comments were changed to "StatusNet". -- A new plugin to support "infinite scroll". -- A new plugin to support reCaptcha . -- Better logging of server errors. -- Add an Openid-only mode for authentication. -- 'lite' parameter for some Twitter API methods. -- A new plugin to auto-complete nicknames for @-replies. -- Configuration options to disable OpenID, SMS, Twitter, post-by-email, and IM. -- Support for lighttpd using 404-based - rewrites. -- Support for using Twitter's OAuth authentication as a client. -- First version of the groups API. -- Can configure a site-wide design, including background image and - colors. -- Improved algorithm for replies and conversations, making - conversation trees more accurate and useful. -- Add a script to create a simulation database for testing/debugging. -- Sanitize HTML for OEmbed. -- Improved queue management for DB-based queuing. -- More complete URL detection. -- Hashtags now support full Unicode character set. -- Notice inboxes are now garbage-collected on a regular basis - at notice-write time. -- PiwikAnalyticsPlugin updated for latest Piwik interface. -- Attachment and notice pages can be embedded with OEmbed - . -- Failed authentication is logged. -- PostgreSQL schema and support brought up-to-date with 0.8.x features. -- The installer works with PostgreSQL as well as MySQL. -- RSS 1.0 feeds use HTTP Basic authentication in private mode. -- Many, many bug fixes, particularly with performance. -- Better (=working) garbage collection for old sessions. -- Better (=working) search queries. -- Some cleanup of HTML output. -- Better error handling when updating Facebook. -- Considerably better performance when using replication for API - calls. -- Initial unit tests. +This is a minor feature and bugfix release since version 0.8.1, +released Aug 26 2009. Notable changes this version: + +- New script for deleting user accounts. Not particularly safe or + community-friendly. Better for deleting abusive accounts than for + users who are 'retiring'. +- Improved detection of URLs in notices, specifically for punctuation + chars like ~, :, $, _, -, +, !, @, and %. +- Removed some extra
semantic HTML code. +- Correct error in status-network database ini file (having multiple + statusnet sites with a single codebase) +- Fixed error output for Twitter posting failures. +- Fixed bug in Twitter queue handler that requeued inapplicable + notices ad infinitum. +- Improve FOAF output for remote users. +- new commands to join and leave groups. +- Fixed bug in which you cannot turn off importing friends timelines + flag. +- Better error handling in Twitter posting. +- Show oEmbed data for XHTML files as well as plain HTML. +- Updated bug database link in README. +- require HTML tidy extension. +- add support for HTTP Basic Auth in PHP CGI or FastCGI (e.g. GoDaddy). +- autofocus input to selected entry elements depending on page. +- updated layout for filter-by-tag form. +- better layout for inbox and outbox pages. +- fix highlighting search terms in attributes of notice list elements. +- Correctly handle errors in linkback plugin. +- Updated biz theme. +- Updated cloudy theme. +- Don't match '::' as an IPv6 address. +- Use the same decision logic for deciding whether to mark an + attachment as an enclosure in RSS or as a paperclip item in Web + output. +- Fixed a bug in the Piwik plugin that hard-coded the site ID. +- Add a param, inreplyto, to notice/new to allow an explicit response + to another notice. +- Show username in subject of emails. +- Check if avatar exists before trying to delete it. +- Correctly add omb_version to response for request token in OMB. +- Add a few more SMS carriers. +- Add a few more notice sources. +- Vary: header. +- Improvements to the AutoCompletePlugin. +- Check for 'dl' before using it. +- Make it impossible to delete self-subscriptions via the API. +- Fix pagination of tagged user pages. +- Make PiwikAnalyticsPlugin work with addPlugin(). +- Removed trailing single space in user nicknames in notice lists. +- Show context link if a notice starts a conversation. +- blacklist all files and directories in install dir. +- handle GoDaddy-style PATH_INFO, including script name. +- add home_timeline synonym for friends_timeline. +- Add a popup window for the realtime plugin. +- Add some more streams for the realtime plugin. +- Fix a bug that overwrote group creation timestamp on every edit. +- Moved HTTP error code strings to a class variable. +- The Twitter API now returns server errors in the correct format. +- Reset the doctype for HTML output. +- Fixed a number of notices. +- Don't show search suggestions for private sites. +- Some corrections to FBConnect nav overrides. +- Slightly less database-intensive session management. +- Updated name of software in installer script. +- Include long-form attachment URLs if url-shortener is disabled. +- Include updated localisations for Polish, Greek, Hebrew, Icelandic, + Norwegian, and Chinese. +- Include upstream fixes to gettext.php. +- Correct for regression in Facebook API for updates. +- Ignore "Sent from my iPhone" (and similar) in mail updates. +- Use the NICKNAME_FMT constant for detecting nicknames. +- Check for site servername config'd. +- Compatibility fix for empty status updates with Twitter API. +- Option to show files privately (EXPERIMENTAL! Use with caution.) Prerequisites ============= @@ -225,9 +256,9 @@ especially if you've previously installed PHP/MySQL packages. 1. Unpack the tarball you downloaded on your Web server. Usually a command like this will work: - tar zxf statusnet-0.8.1.tar.gz + tar zxf statusnet-0.8.2.tar.gz - ...which will make a statusnet-0.8.1 subdirectory in your current + ...which will make a statusnet-0.8.2 subdirectory in your current directory. (If you don't have shell access on your Web server, you may have to unpack the tarball on your local computer and FTP the files to the server.) @@ -235,7 +266,7 @@ especially if you've previously installed PHP/MySQL packages. 2. Move the tarball to a directory of your choosing in your Web root directory. Usually something like this will work: - mv statusnet-0.8.1 /var/www/mublog + mv statusnet-0.8.2 /var/www/mublog This will make your StatusNet instance available in the mublog path of your server, like "http://example.net/mublog". "microblog" or @@ -774,7 +805,7 @@ with this situation. If you've been using StatusNet 0.7, 0.6, 0.5 or lower, or if you've been tracking the "git" version of the software, you will probably want to upgrade and keep your existing data. There is no automated -upgrade procedure in StatusNet 0.8.1. Try these step-by-step +upgrade procedure in StatusNet 0.8.2. Try these step-by-step instructions; read to the end first before trying them. 0. Download StatusNet and set up all the prerequisites as if you were @@ -795,7 +826,7 @@ instructions; read to the end first before trying them. 5. Once all writing processes to your site are turned off, make a final backup of the Web directory and database. 6. Move your StatusNet directory to a backup spot, like "mublog.bak". -7. Unpack your StatusNet 0.8.1 tarball and move it to "mublog" or +7. Unpack your StatusNet 0.8.2 tarball and move it to "mublog" or wherever your code used to be. 8. Copy the config.php file and avatar directory from your old directory to your new directory. @@ -1568,7 +1599,7 @@ repository (see below), and you get a compilation error ("unexpected T_STRING") in the browser, check to see that you don't have any conflicts in your code. -If you upgraded to StatusNet 0.8.1 without reading the "Notice +If you upgraded to StatusNet 0.8.2 without reading the "Notice inboxes" section above, and all your users' 'Personal' tabs are empty, read the "Notice inboxes" section above. @@ -1676,6 +1707,7 @@ if anyone's been overlooked in error. * Jeffery To * Federico Marani * Craig Andrews +* mEDI Thanks also to the developers of our upstream library code and to the thousands of people who have tried out Identi.ca, installed StatusNet, -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf From a5b3ad7bf5e83459cfb163df04e68a88e867b2cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Evan Prodromou Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:33:24 -0400 Subject: Revert "Added bit about being incompatible with file attachment virtual server" This reverts commit afe663af82250d020fd9dff0646c91c8f3b41013. --- README | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 841423b7c..c37893c5a 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -788,9 +788,7 @@ to users on a remote site. (Or not... it's not well tested.) The If fancy URLs is enabled, access to file attachments can also be restricted to logged-in users only. Uncomment the appropriate rewrite -rule in .htaccess or your server's httpd.conf. (This most likely will -not work if you are using a virtual server for attachments, so consider -the performance/security tradeoff.) +rule in .htaccess or your server's httpd.conf. Upgrading ========= -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf From 446de62d02f372b6755237ae61e08bfcd4bf5100 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Evan Prodromou Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:33:26 -0400 Subject: Revert "Added some explanatory text to README" This reverts commit d2bac158cd0d4a25b3997cdd1ccadc5f08d65943. --- README | 4 ---- htaccess.sample | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index c37893c5a..9025512aa 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -786,10 +786,6 @@ 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. -If fancy URLs is enabled, access to file attachments can also be -restricted to logged-in users only. Uncomment the appropriate rewrite -rule in .htaccess or your server's httpd.conf. - Upgrading ========= diff --git a/htaccess.sample b/htaccess.sample index 373108c81..91ae9da9b 100644 --- a/htaccess.sample +++ b/htaccess.sample @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ RewriteBase /mublog/ - # If your site is private and want access to file attachments - # restricted to logged-in users only, uncomment this rule. + # If your site is private and want to only allow logged-in users to + # be able to download file attachments, uncomment this rule. # # If you have a custom attachment path # ($config['attachments']['path']), change "file/" to match. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf From c637fe8cf07c22534e5227082ba81a12a8da3075 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Evan Prodromou Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:34:04 -0400 Subject: remove mention of getfile --- README | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 9025512aa..b4c37e3ab 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ released Aug 26 2009. Notable changes this version: - Use the NICKNAME_FMT constant for detecting nicknames. - Check for site servername config'd. - Compatibility fix for empty status updates with Twitter API. -- Option to show files privately (EXPERIMENTAL! Use with caution.) Prerequisites ============= -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf From f757ba3ca2f3c7cd647a6cd4421e98c1e310483e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Evan Prodromou Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:10:01 -0500 Subject: notes about registeruser and makegroupadmin scripts --- README | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index b4c37e3ab..a10628ac7 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ released Aug 26 2009. Notable changes this version: - Use the NICKNAME_FMT constant for detecting nicknames. - Check for site servername config'd. - Compatibility fix for empty status updates with Twitter API. +- a script to register a new user. +- a script to make a user admin of a group. Prerequisites ============= -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf