0.9.7 release notes
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README
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StatusNet 0.9.6 "Man on the Moon"
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29 October 2010
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StatusNet 0.9.7 "World Leader Pretend"
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17 March 2011
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This is the README file for StatusNet, 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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This is a security, bug and feature release since version 0.9.5 released on
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10 September 2010.
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This is a security, bug and feature release since version 0.9.6 released on
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23 October 2010.
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For best compatibility with client software and site federation, and a lot of
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bug fixes, it is highly recommended that all public sites upgrade to the new
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version.
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For best compatibility with client software and site federation, and a
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lot of bug fixes, it is highly recommended that all public sites
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upgrade to the new version. Upgrades require new database indexes for
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best performance; see Upgrade below.
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Notable changes this version:
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- Site moderators can now delete groups.
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- New themes: clean, shiny, mnml, victorian
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- New YammerImport plugin allows site admins to import non-private profiles and
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message from an authenticated Yammer site.
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- New experimental plugins: AnonFavorites, SlicedFavorites, GroupFavorited,
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ForceGroup, ShareNotice
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- OAuth upgraded to 1.0a
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- Localization updates now include plugins, thanks to translatewiki.net!
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- SSL link generation should be more consistent; alternate SSL URLs can be
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set in the admin UI for more parts of the system.
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- Experimental backupuser.php, restoreuser.php command-line scripts to
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dump/restore a user's complete activity stream. Can be used to transfer
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accounts manually between sites, or to save a backup before deleting.
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- Unicode fixes for OStatus notices
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- Header metadata on notice pages to aid in manual reposting on Facebook
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- Lots of little fixes...
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- GroupPrivateMessage plugin lets users send private messages
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to a group. (Similar to "private groups" on Yammer.)
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- Support for Twitter streaming API in Twitter bridge plugin
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- Support for a new Activity Streams-based API using AtomPub, allowing
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richer API data. See http://status.net/wiki/AtomPub for details.
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- Unified Facebook plugin, replacing previous Facebook application
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and Facebook Connect plugin.
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- A plugin to send out a daily summary email to network users.
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- In-line thumbnails of some attachments (video, images) and oEmbed objects.
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- Local copies of remote profiles to let moderators manage OStatus users.
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- Upgrade upstream JS, minify everything.
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- Allow pushing plugin JS, CSS, and static files to a CDN.
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- Configurable nickname rules.
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- Better support for bit.ly URL shortener.
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- InProcessCache plugin for additional caching on top of memcached.
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- Support for Activity Streams JSON feeds on many streams.
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- User-initiated backup and restore of account data in Activity Streams
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format.
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- Bookmark plugin for making del.icio.us-like social bookmarking sites,
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including del.icio.us backup file import. Supports OStatus.
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- SQLProfile plugin to tune SQL queries.
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- Better sorting on timelines to support restored or imported data.
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- Hundreds of translations from http://translatewiki.net/
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- Hundreds of performance tunings, bug fixes, and UI improvements.
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- Remove deprecated data from Activity Streams Atom output, to the
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extent possible.
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- NewMenu plugin for new layout of menu items.
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- Experimental support for moving an account from one server to
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another, using new AtomPub API.
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Changes from 0.9.6 release candidate 1:
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- fix for broken group pages when logged out
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- fix for stuck ping queue entries when bad profile
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- fix for bogus single-user nickname config entry error
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- i18n updates
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- nofollow updates
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- SSL-only mode secure cookie fix
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- experimental ApiLogger plugin for usage data gathering
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- experimental follow-everyone plugin
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A full changelog is available at http://status.net/wiki/StatusNet_0.9.6.
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A full changelog is available at http://status.net/wiki/StatusNet_0.9.7.
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Prerequisites
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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 statusnet-0.9.6.tar.gz
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tar zxf statusnet-0.9.7.tar.gz
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...which will make a statusnet-0.9.6 subdirectory in your current
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...which will make a statusnet-0.9.7 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 statusnet-0.9.6 /var/www/statusnet
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mv statusnet-0.9.7 /var/www/statusnet
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This will make your StatusNet instance available in the statusnet path of
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your server, like "http://example.net/statusnet". "microblog" or
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If you've been using StatusNet 0.7, 0.6, 0.5 or lower, or if you've
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been tracking the "git" version of the software, you will probably
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want to upgrade and keep your existing data. There is no automated
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upgrade procedure in StatusNet 0.9.6. Try these step-by-step
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upgrade procedure in StatusNet 0.9.7. Try these step-by-step
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instructions; read to the end first before trying them.
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0. Download StatusNet and set up all the prerequisites as if you were
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5. Once all writing processes to your site are turned off, make a
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final backup of the Web directory and database.
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6. Move your StatusNet directory to a backup spot, like "statusnet.bak".
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7. Unpack your StatusNet 0.9.6 tarball and move it to "statusnet" or
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7. Unpack your StatusNet 0.9.7 tarball and move it to "statusnet" or
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wherever your code used to be.
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8. Copy the config.php file and the contents of the avatar/, background/,
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file/, and local/ subdirectories from your old directory to your new
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directory.
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9. Copy htaccess.sample to .htaccess in the new directory. Change the
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RewriteBase to use the correct path.
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10. Rebuild the database. (You can safely skip this step and go to #12
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if you're upgrading from another 0.9.x version).
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10. Rebuild the database.
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NOTE: this step is destructive and cannot be
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reversed. YOU CAN EASILY DESTROY YOUR SITE WITH THIS STEP. Don't
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do it without a known-good backup!
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If your database is at version 0.8.0 or above, you can run a
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If your database is at version 0.8.0 or higher in the 0.8.x line, you can run a
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special upgrade script:
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mysql -u<rootuser> -p<rootpassword> <database> db/08to09.sql
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If you are upgrading from any 0.9.x version like 0.9.6, run this script:
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mysql -u<rootuser> -p<rootpassword> <database> db/096to097.sql
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Despite the name, it should work for any 0.9.x branch.
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Otherwise, go to your StatusNet directory and AFTER YOU MAKE A
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BACKUP run the rebuilddb.sh script like this:
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