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README
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------
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Laconica 0.6.1
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6 October 2008
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Laconica 0.6.2
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13 November 2008
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This is the README file for Laconica, the Open Source microblogging
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platform. It includes installation instructions, descriptions of
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New this version
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================
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This is a minor feature improvement version from version 0.6.0
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(release 22 Sep 2008). Notable features of version 0.6.1 include:
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This is a minor feature and security improvement version from version
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0.6.1 (release 6 Oct 2008). Notable features of version 0.6.2 include:
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- Direct messages (DMs) and Favorites (faves) are now available
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through the Twitter-like API.
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- All of the Twitter commands (see http://ur1.ca/7ru) are available
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through SMS, IM, Web and API, although some are not functional (for
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features Laconica does not yet support)
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- 20 additional languages supported at various levels (some pretty
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basic).
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- Significant additional caching using memcached for most database
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queries. Using memcached can significantly speed up a Laconica
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instance with this version.
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- All required external libraries are now available in extlib/
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subdirectory.
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- Many bug fixes.
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- Continued but poorly-documented experimental support for Postgresql.
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- Notice inboxes have been added. This is a big database change
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that will allow a more robust messaging model in the future; for
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now, it is an optimization that speeds up some queries.
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- Posted URLs are automatically shortened; users can choose their
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preferred url shortening service.
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- Users can 'nudge' each other, in case they want to say 'hi' without
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saying anything.
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- Support SUP protocol
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(http://code.google.com/p/simpleupdateprotocol/) for quicker updates
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to FriendFeed (http://friendfeed.com/).
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- Tag streams now have an RSS feed.
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- CSRF protection for posting notices and logging in. This closes
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the "Version 0 API" used initially for identi.ca and supported
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until September 30, 2008.
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- Slightly broadened the layout of default and Identi.ca themes to
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accommodate more verbose (non-English!) languages' interfaces.
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- Replies made through the Web site will refer to the clicked-on
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message.
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- enjit queue handler.
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- Experimental theme for iphone use.
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- Various internationalization scripts and updates.
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- Better UTF-8 escaped entity handling in API.
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- Better handling of since_id and before_id parameters in API.
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- Better heuristics for when to include a closing parenthesis in a link.
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- Handle multi-byte-encoded @-replies from XMPP through Twitter bridge.
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- Better handling of read-only requests in API, to allow using
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replicated mirror servers.
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- A lot of common code factored out of default and identi.ca themes;
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default theme now much more functional.
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- 'Invite-only' mode for closed sites.
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- Some undocumented features in Twitter API user/show.
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- Favorites flag in API for statuses.
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NOTE: the database definition file, stoica.ini, has been renamed to
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laconica.ini (since this is the recommended database name). If you
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have a line in your config.php pointing to the old name, you'll need
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to update it.
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Because of the CSRF fixes in particular, this upgrade is recommended
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for all Laconica sites.
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Prerequisites
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=============
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http://pear.php.net/package/Mail
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- PEAR Net_SMTP, if you use the SMTP factory for notifications
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http://pear.php.net/package/Net_SMTP
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- PEAR Net_Socket, if you use the SMTP factory for notifications
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http://pear.php.net/package/Net_Socket
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- XMPPHP, the follow-up to Class.Jabber.php. Probably the best XMPP
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library available for PHP. http://xmpphp.googlecode.com/. Note that
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as of this writing the version of this library that is available in
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1. Unpack the tarball you downloaded on your Web server. Usually a
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command like this will work:
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tar zxf laconica-0.6.0.tar.gz
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tar zxf laconica-0.6.2.tar.gz
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...which will make a laconica-0.6.0 subdirectory in your current
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...which will make a laconica-0.6.2 subdirectory in your current
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directory. (If you don't have shell access on your Web server, you
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may have to unpack the tarball on your local computer and FTP the
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files to the server.)
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2. Move the tarball to a directory of your choosing in your Web root
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directory. Usually something like this will work:
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mv laconica-0.6.0 /var/www/mublog
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mv laconica-0.6.2 /var/www/mublog
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This will make your Laconica instance available in the mublog path of
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your server, like "http://example.net/mublog". "microblog" or
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If you've been using Laconica 0.6, 0.5 or lower, or if you've been
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tracking the "darcs" version of the software, you will probably want
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to upgrade and keep your existing data. There is no automated upgrade
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procedure in Laconica 0.6.1. Try these step-by-step instructions; read
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procedure in Laconica 0.6.2. Try these step-by-step instructions; read
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to the end first before trying them.
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0. Download Laconica and set up all the prerequisites as if you were
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@ -941,6 +959,10 @@ repository (see below), and you get a compilation error ("unexpected
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T_STRING") in the browser, check to see that you don't have any
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conflicts in your code.
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If you upgraded to Laconica 0.6.2 without reading the "Notice inboxes"
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section above, and all your users' 'Personal' tabs are empty, read the
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"Notice inboxes" section above.
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Myths
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=====
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@ -1004,6 +1026,8 @@ if anyone's been overlooked in error.
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* Zach Copley, Control Yourself, Inc.
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* Earle Martin, Control Yourself, Inc.
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* Marie-Claude Doyon, designer, Control Yourself, Inc.
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* Sarven Capadisli, Control Yourself, Inc.
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* Robin Millette, Control Yourself, Inc.
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* Ciaran Gultnieks
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* Michael Landers
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* Ori Avtalion
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* Gina Haeussge
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* Ken Sheppardson (Trac server, man-about-town)
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* Tiago 'gouki' Faria (entrans)
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* Tryggvi Björgvinsson
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Thanks also to the thousands of people who have tried out Identi.ca,
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installed Laconi.ca, told their friends, and built the Open
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Microblogging network to what it is today.
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Thanks also to the developers of our upstream library code and to the
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thousands of people who have tried out Identi.ca, installed Laconi.ca,
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told their friends, and built the Open Microblogging network to what
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it is today.
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