Config flag to disable router caching if needed

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 ------
 
 StatusNet 0.9.6 "Man on the Moon"
-19 October 2010
+29 October 2010
 
 This is the README file for StatusNet, the Open Source microblogging
 platform. It includes installation instructions, descriptions of
@@ -122,6 +122,16 @@ Notable changes this version:
 - Header metadata on notice pages to aid in manual reposting on Facebook
 - Lots of little fixes...
 
+Changes from 0.9.6 release candidate 1:
+- fix for broken group pages when logged out
+- fix for stuck ping queue entries when bad profile
+- fix for bogus single-user nickname config entry error
+- i18n updates
+- nofollow updates
+- SSL-only mode secure cookie fix
+- experimental ApiLogger plugin for usage data gathering
+- experimental follow-everyone plugin
+
 A full changelog is available at http://status.net/wiki/StatusNet_0.9.6.
 
 Prerequisites
@@ -210,14 +220,12 @@ and the URLs are listed here for your convenience.
   version may render your StatusNet site unable to send or receive XMPP
   messages.
 - Facebook library. Used for the Facebook application.
-- PEAR Services_oEmbed. Used for some multimedia integration.
-- PEAR HTTP_Request is an oEmbed dependency.
-- PEAR Validate is an oEmbed dependency.
-- PEAR Net_URL2 is an oEmbed dependency.
+- PEAR Validate is used for URL and email validation.
 - Console_GetOpt for parsing command-line options.
 - libomb. a library for implementing OpenMicroBlogging 0.1, the
   predecessor to OStatus.
 - HTTP_Request2, a library for making HTTP requests.
+- PEAR Net_URL2 is an HTTP_Request2 dependency.
 
 A design goal of StatusNet is that the basic Web functionality should
 work on even the most restrictive commercial hosting services.
@@ -1486,7 +1494,8 @@ If an installation has only one user, this can simplify a lot of the
 interface. It also makes the user's profile the root URL.
 
 enabled: Whether to run in "single user mode". Default false.
-nickname: nickname of the single user.
+nickname: nickname of the single user. If no nickname is specified,
+          the site owner account will be used (if present).
 
 robotstxt
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@@ -1529,6 +1538,18 @@ external: external links in notices. One of three values: 'sometimes',
     nofollowed on profile, notice, and favorites page. Default is
     'sometimes'.
 
+router
+------
+
+We use a router class for mapping URLs to code. This section controls
+how that router works.
+
+cache: whether to cache the router in memcache (or another caching
+    mechanism). Defaults to true, but may be set to false for
+    developers (who might be actively adding pages, so won't want the
+    router cached) or others who see strange behavior. You're unlikely
+    to need this unless you're a developer.
+
 Plugins
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