-This is a minor bug-fix and feature release since version 0.7.1,
-released Feb 9 2009. Notable changes this version:
-
-- First version of a web-based installer
-- Use Net_URL_Mapper instead of mod_rewrite to map "fancy URLs",
- for a much simpler installation and use of PATH_INFO on sites
- that don't have mod_rewrite.
-- A plugin framework for system events, to make it easier to build
- server-side plugins.
-- A plugin for Google Analytics
-- A plugin to use blogspam.net to check notices for spam
-- A plugin to send linkbacks for notices about blog posts
-- Configurable check for duplicate notices in a specific time
- period
-- Better Atom feeds
-- First implementation of Twitter Search API
-- Add streamlined mobile device-friendly styles when enabled in config.
-- A queue server for sending notices to Twitter
-- A queue server for sending notices to Facebook
-- A queue server for sending notices to a ping server
-- Fixed a bug in nonces for OAuth in OpenMicroBlogging
-- Fixed bugs in transfer of avatars in OpenMicroBlogging
-- @-links go to permalinks for local users
-- Better handling of DB errors (instead of dreaded DB_DataObject blank
- screen)
-- Initial version of an RPM spec file
-- More consistent display of notices in notice search
-- A stylesheet for printed output
-- "Social graph" methods for Twitter API
-- Documentation for the JavaScript badge
-- Debugged a ton of problems that happened with E_NOTICE on
-- Better caching in RSS feeds
-- Optionally send email when an @-message is received
-- Automatically add tags for every group message
-- Add framebusting JavaScript to help avoid clickjacking attacks.
-- Optionally ignore some notice sources for public page.
-- Add default SMS carriers and notice sources to distribution file.
-- Change titles to use mixed case instead of all uppercase.
-- Use exceptions for error handling.
-
-Changes in version 0.7.1:
-
-- Vast improvement in auto-linking to URLs.
-- Link to group search from user's group page
-- Improved interface in Facebook application
-- Fix bad redirects in delete notice
-- Updated PostgreSQL database creation script
-- Show filesize in avatar/logo upload
-- Vastly improved avatar/logo upload
-- Allow re-authentication with OpenID
-- Correctly link hashtabs inside parens and brackets
-- Group and avatar image transparency works
-- Better handling of commands through the Web and Ajax channels
-- Fix links for profile page feeds
-- Fixed destroy method in API
-- Fix endpoint of Connect menu when XMPP disabled
-- Show number of group members
-- Enable configuration files in /etc/laconica/
-
-Changes in version 0.7.0:
-
-- Support for groups. Users can join groups and send themed notices
- to those groups. All other members of the group receive the notices.
-- Laconica-specific extensions to the Twitter API.
-- A Facebook application.
-- A massive UI redesign. The HTML generated by Laconica has changed
- significantly, to make theming easier and to give a more open look
- by default. Also, sidebar.
-- Massive code hygiene changes to move towards compliance with the PEAR
- coding standards and to support the new UI redesign.
-- Began the breakup of util.php -- moved about 30% of code to a views
- hierarchy.
-- UI elements for statistical information (like top posters or most
- popular groups) added in a sidebar.
-- include Javascript badge by Kent Brewster.
-- Updated online documentation.
-- Cropping of user avatars using Jcrop.
-- fix for Twitter bridge to not send "Expect:" headers.
-- add 'dm' as a synonym for 'd' in commands.
-- Upgrade upstream version of jQuery to 1.3.
-- Upgrade upstream version of PHP-OpenID to 2.1.2.
-- Move OpenMicroBlogging specification to its own repository.
-- Make tag-based RSS streams work.
-- Additional locales: Bulgarian, Catalan, Greek, Hebrew, simplified
- Chinese, Telugu, Taiwanese Chinese, Vietnamese,
-- PostgreSQL updates.
-- Nasty bug in Twitter bridge that wouldn't verify with Twitter
+This is a minor bug-fix and feature release since version 0.7.3,
+released Apr 4 2009. Notable changes this version:
+
+- Improved handling of UTF-8 characters. The new code is *not* backwards
+ compatible by default; see "Upgrading" below for instructions on
+ converting existing databases to the correct character set.
+- Unroll joins for large queries. This greatly enhanced database
+ performance -- up to 50x for some queries -- at the expense of making
+ an extra DB hit for some queries.
+- Added an optional plugin to use WikiHashtags
+ (http://hashtags.wikia.com/) for the sidebar on hashtag pages.
+- Optimized Twitter friend synchronization.
+- Better error handling for Ajax posting of notices, including
+ HTTP errors and timeouts.
+- Experimental Comet plugin -- supports the cometd and the Bayeux
+ protocol. Using this plugin, you can show "real time" updates on the
+ public and tag pages. However, server configuration is complex.
+- If queues are enabled, update inboxes and memcached off-line. Speeds
+ up posting considerably.
+- Correctly shorten links posted through XMPP.
+- <link> elements for pagination, supported by some browsers like Opera.
+- Corrected date format in search API.
+- Made the public XRDS file work correctly.