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README
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StatusNet 0.9.0 ("Stand")
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4 Mar 2010
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StatusNet 0.9.1 ("Everybody Hurts")
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28 Mar 2010
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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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@ -77,57 +77,34 @@ for additional terms.
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New this version
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================
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This is a major feature release since version 0.8.3, released Feb 1
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2010. It is the final release version of 0.9.0, replacing any beta
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versions.
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This is a minor bug and feature release since version 0.9.0 released 4
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March 2010.
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Because of fixes to OStatus bugs, it is highly recommended that all
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public sites upgrade to the new version immediately.
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Notable changes this version:
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- Support for the new distributed status update standard OStatus
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<http://ostatus.org>, based on PubSubHubbub, Salmon, Webfinger,
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and Activity Streams.
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- Support for location using the Geolocation API. Notices are (optionally)
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marked with lat-long information with geo microformats, and can be shown
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on a map.
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- No fixed content size. Notice size is configurable, from 1 to
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unlimited number of characters. Default is still 140!
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- An authorization framework, allowing different levels of users.
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- A Web-based administration panel.
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- A moderation system that lets site moderators sandbox, silence,
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or delete uncooperative users.
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- A flag system that lets users flag profiles for moderator review.
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- Support for OAuth <http://oauth.net> authentication in the Twitter
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API.
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- User roles system that lets the owner of the site to assign
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administrator and moderator roles to other users.
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- A pluggable authentication system.
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- An authentication plugin for LDAP servers.
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- Many features that were core in 0.8.x are now plugins, such
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as OpenID, Twitter integration, Facebook integration
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- A much-improved offline processing system
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- In-browser "realtime" updates using a number of realtime
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servers (Meteor, Orbited, Cometd)
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- A plugin to provide an interface optimized for mobile browsers
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- Support for Facebook Connect
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- Support for logging in with a Twitter account
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- Vastly improved translation with additional languages and
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translation in plugins
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- Support for all-SSL instances
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- Core support for "repeats" (like Twitter's "retweets")
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- Pluggable caching system, with plugins for Memcached,
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APC, XCache, and a disk-based cache
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- Plugin to support RSSCloud
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- A framework for adding advertisements to a public site,
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and plugins for Google AdSense and OpenX server
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- Plugins to throttle excessive subscriptions and registrations.
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- A plugin to blacklist particular URLs or nicknames.
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- Twitter bridge truncates and links back to original for long
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notices.
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- Changed "Home" link in main menu to "Personal".
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- A new memcached plugin (using pecl/memcached versus pecl/memcache)
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- Opt-in subscription to update@status.net
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- Script to run commands on behalf of a user.
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- Better Web UI for long notices.
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- A plugin to open external links in their own window or tab
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- Fixes to Salmon protocol for compatibility with other systems.
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- Updates to latest ActivityStreams definition.
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- Twitpic-compatible API for image upload.
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- Background deletion of user accounts.
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- Better support for HTTP basic authentication with CGI/FastCGI
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- Better discovery on OStatus
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- Support for PuSH-enabled RSS 2.0 feeds
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- OpenID-only mode
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- OpenID blacklist/whitelist
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- OStatus unit tests
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There are also literally thousands of bugs fixed and minor features
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added. A full changelog is available at http://status.net/wiki/StatusNet_0.9.0.
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Under the covers, the software has a vastly improved plugin and
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extension mechanism that makes writing powerful and flexible additions
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to the core functionality much easier.
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A full changelog is available at http://status.net/wiki/StatusNet_0.9.1.
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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-0.9.0.tar.gz
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tar zxf statusnet-0.9.1.tar.gz
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...which will make a statusnet-0.9.0 subdirectory in your current
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...which will make a statusnet-0.9.1 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-0.9.0 /var/www/statusnet
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mv statusnet-0.9.1 /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 0.9.0. Try these step-by-step
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upgrade procedure in StatusNet 0.9.1. 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 0.9.0 tarball and move it to "statusnet" or
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7. Unpack your StatusNet 0.9.1 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 avatar directory from your old
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directory to your new directory.
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@ -1522,7 +1499,7 @@ 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 0.9.0 without reading the "Notice
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If you upgraded to StatusNet 0.9.1 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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@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if (!defined('STATUSNET') && !defined('LACONICA')) { exit(1); }
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//exit with 200 response, if this is checking fancy from the installer
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if (isset($_REQUEST['p']) && $_REQUEST['p'] == 'check-fancy') { exit; }
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define('STATUSNET_VERSION', '0.9.1rc1');
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define('STATUSNET_VERSION', '0.9.1');
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define('LACONICA_VERSION', STATUSNET_VERSION); // compatibility
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define('STATUSNET_CODENAME', 'Everybody Hurts');
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