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StatusNet 0.8.2 ("Life and How to Live It")
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26 Aug 2009
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1 Nov 2009
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This is the README file for StatusNet (formerly Laconica), the Open
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Source microblogging platform. It includes installation instructions,
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@ -77,49 +77,80 @@ for additional terms.
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New this version
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================
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This is a minor feature and bugfix release since version 0.8.0,
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released Jul 15 2009. Notable changes this version:
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This is a minor feature and bugfix release since version 0.8.1,
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released Aug 26 2009. Notable changes this version:
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- Laconica has been renamed StatusNet. With a few minor compatibility
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exceptions, all references to "Laconica" in code, documentation
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and comments were changed to "StatusNet".
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- A new plugin to support "infinite scroll".
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- A new plugin to support reCaptcha <http://recaptcha.net>.
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- Better logging of server errors.
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- Add an Openid-only mode for authentication.
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- 'lite' parameter for some Twitter API methods.
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- A new plugin to auto-complete nicknames for @-replies.
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- Configuration options to disable OpenID, SMS, Twitter, post-by-email, and IM.
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- Support for lighttpd <http://lighttpd.org/> using 404-based
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rewrites.
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- Support for using Twitter's OAuth authentication as a client.
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- First version of the groups API.
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- Can configure a site-wide design, including background image and
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colors.
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- Improved algorithm for replies and conversations, making
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conversation trees more accurate and useful.
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- Add a script to create a simulation database for testing/debugging.
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- Sanitize HTML for OEmbed.
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- Improved queue management for DB-based queuing.
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- More complete URL detection.
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- Hashtags now support full Unicode character set.
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- Notice inboxes are now garbage-collected on a regular basis
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at notice-write time.
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- PiwikAnalyticsPlugin updated for latest Piwik interface.
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- Attachment and notice pages can be embedded with OEmbed
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<http://www.oembed.com>.
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- Failed authentication is logged.
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- PostgreSQL schema and support brought up-to-date with 0.8.x features.
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- The installer works with PostgreSQL as well as MySQL.
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- RSS 1.0 feeds use HTTP Basic authentication in private mode.
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- Many, many bug fixes, particularly with performance.
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- Better (=working) garbage collection for old sessions.
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- Better (=working) search queries.
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- Some cleanup of HTML output.
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- Better error handling when updating Facebook.
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- Considerably better performance when using replication for API
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calls.
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- Initial unit tests.
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- New script for deleting user accounts. Not particularly safe or
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community-friendly. Better for deleting abusive accounts than for
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users who are 'retiring'.
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- Improved detection of URLs in notices, specifically for punctuation
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chars like ~, :, $, _, -, +, !, @, and %.
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- Removed some extra <dl> semantic HTML code.
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- Correct error in status-network database ini file (having multiple
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statusnet sites with a single codebase)
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- Fixed error output for Twitter posting failures.
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- Fixed bug in Twitter queue handler that requeued inapplicable
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notices ad infinitum.
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- Improve FOAF output for remote users.
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- new commands to join and leave groups.
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- Fixed bug in which you cannot turn off importing friends timelines
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flag.
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- Better error handling in Twitter posting.
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- Show oEmbed data for XHTML files as well as plain HTML.
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- Updated bug database link in README.
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- require HTML tidy extension.
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- add support for HTTP Basic Auth in PHP CGI or FastCGI (e.g. GoDaddy).
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- autofocus input to selected entry elements depending on page.
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- updated layout for filter-by-tag form.
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- better layout for inbox and outbox pages.
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- fix highlighting search terms in attributes of notice list elements.
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- Correctly handle errors in linkback plugin.
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- Updated biz theme.
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- Updated cloudy theme.
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- Don't match '::' as an IPv6 address.
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- Use the same decision logic for deciding whether to mark an
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attachment as an enclosure in RSS or as a paperclip item in Web
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output.
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- Fixed a bug in the Piwik plugin that hard-coded the site ID.
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- Add a param, inreplyto, to notice/new to allow an explicit response
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to another notice.
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- Show username in subject of emails.
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- Check if avatar exists before trying to delete it.
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- Correctly add omb_version to response for request token in OMB.
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- Add a few more SMS carriers.
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- Add a few more notice sources.
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- Vary: header.
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- Improvements to the AutoCompletePlugin.
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- Check for 'dl' before using it.
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- Make it impossible to delete self-subscriptions via the API.
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- Fix pagination of tagged user pages.
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- Make PiwikAnalyticsPlugin work with addPlugin().
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- Removed trailing single space in user nicknames in notice lists.
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- Show context link if a notice starts a conversation.
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- blacklist all files and directories in install dir.
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- handle GoDaddy-style PATH_INFO, including script name.
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- add home_timeline synonym for friends_timeline.
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- Add a popup window for the realtime plugin.
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- Add some more streams for the realtime plugin.
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- Fix a bug that overwrote group creation timestamp on every edit.
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- Moved HTTP error code strings to a class variable.
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- The Twitter API now returns server errors in the correct format.
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- Reset the doctype for HTML output.
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- Fixed a number of notices.
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- Don't show search suggestions for private sites.
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- Some corrections to FBConnect nav overrides.
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- Slightly less database-intensive session management.
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- Updated name of software in installer script.
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- Include long-form attachment URLs if url-shortener is disabled.
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- Include updated localisations for Polish, Greek, Hebrew, Icelandic,
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Norwegian, and Chinese.
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- Include upstream fixes to gettext.php.
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- Correct for regression in Facebook API for updates.
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- Ignore "Sent from my iPhone" (and similar) in mail updates.
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- Use the NICKNAME_FMT constant for detecting nicknames.
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- Check for site servername config'd.
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- Compatibility fix for empty status updates with Twitter API.
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- Option to show files privately (EXPERIMENTAL! Use with caution.)
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Prerequisites
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=============
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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-0.8.1.tar.gz
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tar zxf statusnet-0.8.2.tar.gz
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...which will make a statusnet-0.8.1 subdirectory in your current
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...which will make a statusnet-0.8.2 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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@ -235,7 +266,7 @@ especially if you've previously installed PHP/MySQL packages.
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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-0.8.1 /var/www/mublog
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mv statusnet-0.8.2 /var/www/mublog
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This will make your StatusNet instance available in the mublog path of
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your server, like "http://example.net/mublog". "microblog" or
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@ -774,7 +805,7 @@ with this situation.
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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 0.8.1. Try these step-by-step
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upgrade procedure in StatusNet 0.8.2. 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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@ -795,7 +826,7 @@ instructions; read to the end first before trying them.
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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 "mublog.bak".
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7. Unpack your StatusNet 0.8.1 tarball and move it to "mublog" or
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7. Unpack your StatusNet 0.8.2 tarball and move it to "mublog" or
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wherever your code used to be.
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8. Copy the config.php file and avatar directory from your old
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directory to your new directory.
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@ -1568,7 +1599,7 @@ 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 StatusNet 0.8.1 without reading the "Notice
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If you upgraded to StatusNet 0.8.2 without reading the "Notice
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inboxes" section above, and all your users' 'Personal' tabs are empty,
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read the "Notice inboxes" section above.
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* Jeffery To
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* Federico Marani
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* Craig Andrews
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* mEDI
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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 StatusNet,
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