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StatusNet 0.9.2 ("King of Birds")
-21 Apr 2010
+3 May 2010
This is the README file for StatusNet, the Open Source microblogging
platform. It includes installation instructions, descriptions of
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
+- 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)
+- 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
+- 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
parameters correctly so that both the SSL server and the
"normal" server can access the session cookie and
preferably other cookies as well.
-shorturllength: Length of URL at which URLs in a message exceeding 140
- characters will be sent to the user's chosen
- shortening service.
+shorturllength: ignored. See 'url' section below.
dupelimit: minimum time allowed for one person to say the same thing
twice. Default 60s. Anything lower is considered a user
or UI error.
to null.
stomp_persistent: keep items across queue server restart, if enabled.
+ Under ActiveMQ, the server configuration determines if and how
+ persistent storage is actually saved.
+
+ If using a message queue server other than ActiveMQ, you may
+ need to disable this if it does not support persistence.
+
+stomp_transactions: use transactions to aid in error detection.
+ A broken transaction will be seen quickly, allowing a message
+ to be redelivered immediately if a daemon crashes.
+
+ If using a message queue server other than ActiveMQ, you may
+ need to disable this if it does not support transactions.
+
+stomp_acks: send acknowledgements to aid in flow control.
+ An acknowledgement of successful processing tells the server
+ we're ready for more and can help keep things moving smoothly.
+
+ This should *not* be turned off when running with ActiveMQ, but
+ if using another message queue server that does not support
+ acknowledgements you might need to disable this.
softlimit: an absolute or relative "soft memory limit"; daemons will
restart themselves gracefully when they find they've hit
dead_letter_dir: for stomp, optional directory to dump data on failed
queue processing events after discarding them.
+stomp_no_transactions: for stomp, the server does not support transactions,
+ so do not try to user them. This is needed for http://www.morbidq.com/.
+
+stomp_no_acks: for stomp, the server does not support acknowledgements.
+ so do not try to user them. This is needed for http://www.morbidq.com/.
+
license
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'search', 'message', 'settings', 'admin'. Ignored when site
is private, in which case the entire site ('/') is disallowed.
+url
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+
+Everybody loves URL shorteners. These are some options for fine-tuning
+how and when the server shortens URLs.
+
+shortener: URL shortening service to use by default. Users can override
+ individually. 'ur1.ca' by default.
+maxlength: If an URL is strictly longer than this limit, it will be
+ shortened. Note that the URL shortener service may return an
+ URL longer than this limit. Defaults to 25. Users can
+ override. If set to 0, all URLs will be shortened.
+maxnoticelength: If a notice is strictly longer than this limit, all
+ URLs in the notice will be shortened. Users can override.
+ -1 means the text limit for notices.
+
Plugins
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