X-Git-Url: https://git.mxchange.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=6022887899c27db6e644b7226778c56d117d5e57;hb=8dafe09ab25335c26e33548e988828a72e984239;hp=9e91ad674d6d76d229aae629daf1e07a7a3d1863;hpb=d708e40be222b27ad009f3eeec7c951152742ff0;p=quix0rs-gnu-social.git diff --git a/README b/README index 9e91ad674d..6022887899 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ README ------ -StatusNet 0.9.0 ("Stand") Release Candidate 2 -22 Dec 2009 +StatusNet 0.9.0 ("Stand") Beta 3 +20 Jan 2010 This is the README file for StatusNet (formerly Laconica), the Open Source microblogging platform. It includes installation instructions, @@ -167,6 +167,37 @@ Notable changes this version: - Add support for "repeats" (similar to Twitter's "retweets"). - Support for repeats in Twitter API. - Better notification of direct messages. +- New plugin to add "powered by StatusNet" to logo. +- Returnto works for private sites. +- Localisation updates, including new Persian translation. +- CAS authentication plugin +- Get rid of DB_DataObject native cache (big memory leaker) +- setconfig.php script to set configuration variables +- Blacklist plugin, to blacklist URLs and nicknames +- Users can set flag whether they want to share location + both in notice form (for one notice) and profile settings + (any notice) +- notice inboxes moved from normalized notice_inbox table to + denormalized inbox table +- Automatic compression of Memcache +- Memory caching pluginized +- Memcache, XCache, APC and Diskcache plugins +- A script to update user locations +- cache empty query results +- A sample plugin to show best plugin practices +- CacheLog plugin to debug cache accesses +- Require users to login to view attachments on private sites +- Plugin to use Mollom spam detection service +- Plugin for RSSCloud +- Add an array of default plugins +- A version action to give credit to contributors and plugin + developers +- Daemon to read IMAP mailbox instead of using a mailbox script +- Pass session information between SSL and non-SSL server + when SSL set to 'sometimes' +- Major refactoring of queue handlers to manage very + large hosting site (like status.net) +- SubscriptionThrottle plugin to prevent subscription spamming Prerequisites ============= @@ -710,15 +741,21 @@ private site, but users of the private site may be able to subscribe to users on a remote site. (Or not... it's not well tested.) The "proper behaviour" hasn't been defined here, so handle with care. -If fancy URLs is enabled, access to file attachments can also be -restricted to logged-in users only. Uncomment the appropriate rewrite -<<<<<<< HEAD:README -rule in .htaccess or your server's httpd.conf. (This most likely will -not work if you are using a virtual server for attachments, so consider -the performance/security tradeoff.) -======= -rule in .htaccess or your server's httpd.conf. ->>>>>>> 446de62... Revert "Added some explanatory text to README":README +Access to file attachments can also be restricted to logged-in users only. +1. Add a directory outside the web root where your file uploads will be + stored. Usually a command like this will work: + + mkdir /var/www/mublog-files + +2. Make the file uploads directory writeable by the web server. An + insecure way to do this is: + + chmod a+x /var/www/mublog-files + +3. Tell StatusNet to use this directory for file uploads. Add a line + like this to your config.php: + + $config['attachments']['dir'] = '/var/www/mublog-files'; Upgrading ========= @@ -1029,6 +1066,12 @@ Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which is probably the right choice for any public site. Note that some other servers will not accept notices if you apply a stricter license than this. +type: one of 'cc' (for Creative Commons licenses), 'allrightsreserved' + (default copyright), or 'private' (for private and confidential + information). +owner: for 'allrightsreserved' or 'private', an assigned copyright + holder (for example, an employer for a private site). If + not specified, will be attributed to 'contributors'. url: URL of the license, used for links. title: Title for the license, like 'Creative Commons Attribution 3.0'. image: A button shown on each page for the license. @@ -1616,6 +1659,7 @@ if anyone's been overlooked in error. * Craig Andrews * mEDI * Brett Taylor +* Brigitte Schuster Thanks also to the developers of our upstream library code and to the thousands of people who have tried out Identi.ca, installed StatusNet,