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New this version
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This is a minor bug and feature release since version 0.9.1 released 28
March 2010.
This is a minor bug and feature release since version 0.9.2 released on
4 May 2010.
Because of fixes to OStatus bugs, it is highly recommended that all
public sites upgrade to the new version immediately.
For best compatibility with client software and site federation, and a lot of
bug fixes, it is highly recommended that all public sites upgrade to the new
version.
Notable changes this version:
- Installer no longer fails with a PHP fatal error when trying to set up the
subscription to update@status.net
- Fixed email notifications for @-replies that come in via OStatus
- OStatus related Fixes to the cloudy theme
- Pass geo locations over Twitter bridge (will only be used if enabled on the
Twitter side)
- scripts/showplugins.php - script to dump the list of activated plugins and
their settings
- scripts/fixup_blocks.php - script to finds any stray subscriptions in
violation of blocks, and removes them
- Allow blocking someone who's not currently subscribed to you (prevents
seeing @-replies from them, or them subbing to you in future)
- Default 2-second timeout on Geonames web service lookups
- Improved localization for plugins
- New anti-spam measures: added nofollow rels to group members list,
subscribers list
- Shared cache key option for Geonames plugin (lets multi-instance sites
share their cached geoname lookups)
- Stability fixes to the TwitterStatusFetcher
- If user allows location sharing but turned off browser location use profile
location
- Improved group listing via the API
- Improved FOAF output
- Several other bugfixes
- Enhanced API output to aid StatusNet-specific clients
- Many updates to user interface translation from TranslateWiki
- OStatus now works subscribing to SSL-protected sites by default
- OpenID now works on PHP 5.3, supports closer site integration.
- Numerous API and FOAF output fixes.
- Fixes to Facebook integration for FB API behavior changes
- PostgreSQL support updates
- Initial version of a custom theme uploader (disabled by default)
- LDAP auth plugins cleanup
- Many other bugfixes
A full changelog is available at http://status.net/wiki/StatusNet_0.9.2.
A full changelog is available at http://status.net/wiki/StatusNet_0.9.3.
Prerequisites
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- PHP 5.2.3+. It may be possible to run this software on earlier
versions of PHP, but many of the functions used are only available
in PHP 5.2 or above. 5.2.6 or later is needed for XMPP background
daemons on 64-bit platforms. PHP 5.3.x should work but is known
to cause some failures for OpenID.
daemons on 64-bit platforms. PHP 5.3.x should work correctly in this
release, but problems with some plugins are possible.
- MySQL 5.x. The StatusNet database is stored, by default, in a MySQL
server. It has been primarily tested on 5.x servers, although it may
be possible to install on earlier (or later!) versions. The server