-## New this version
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-This is the development branch for the 1.2.x version of GNU social.
-All daring 1.1.x admins should upgrade to this version.
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-So far it includes the following changes:
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-- Backing up a user's account is more and more complete.
-- Emojis 😸 (utf8mb4 support)
-- Fully qualified group mentions (!group@example.com)
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-The last release, 1.1.3, gave us these improvements:
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-- XSS security fix (thanks Simon Waters, <https://www.surevine.com/>)
-- Many improvements to ease adoption of the Qvitter front-end <https://github.com/hannesmannerheim/qvitter>
-- Protocol adaptions for improved performance and stability
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-Upgrades from _StatusNet_ 1.1.1 will also experience these improvements:
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-- Fixes for SQL injection errors in profile lists.
-- Improved ActivityStreams JSON representation of activities and objects.
-- Upgrade to the Twitter 1.1 API.
-- More robust handling of errors in distribution.
-- Fix error in OStatus subscription for remote groups.
-- Fix error in XMPP distribution.
-- Tracking of conversation URI metadata (more coherent convos)
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