1. Unpack the tarball you downloaded on your Web server. Usually a
command like this will work:
- tar zxf statusnet-1.1.0alpha1.tar.gz
+ tar zxf statusnet-1.1.0-alpha1.tar.gz
- ...which will make a statusnet-1.1.0alpha1 subdirectory in your current
+ ...which will make a statusnet-1.1.0-alpha1 subdirectory in your current
directory. (If you don't have shell access on your Web server, you
may have to unpack the tarball on your local computer and FTP the
files to the server.)
2. Move the tarball to a directory of your choosing in your Web root
directory. Usually something like this will work:
- mv statusnet-1.1.0alpha1 /var/www/statusnet
+ mv statusnet-1.1.0-alpha1 /var/www/statusnet
This will make your StatusNet instance available in the statusnet path of
your server, like "http://example.net/statusnet". "microblog" or
README
------
-StatusNet 1.1.0alpha1
+StatusNet 1.1.0-alpha1
3 October 2011
This is the README file for StatusNet, the Open Source social
New this version
================
-This is a minor bug fix and feature release since 1.0.1, released 3 October
-2011. It includes the following changes:
+This is a minor bug fix and feature release since 1.0.1, released 3
+October 2011. (Because the plugin interface has changed in an upwardly
+compatible way, we've incremented the minor version number. See
+http://semver.org/ for the semantic versioning scheme we follow.)
-- ...
+It includes the following changes:
-A full changelog is available at http://status.net/wiki/StatusNet_1.1.0alpha1.
+- ActivitySpam plugin to check updates against spamicity.info
+- Options to hide users who've been silenced or have posted spammy updates.
+- OfflineBackup experimental plugin.
+- Fixes for TwitterBridge to correctly handle replies through the bridge.
+- Improvements in ActivityStreams JSON output to better match 1.0 spec.
+- Console scripts for managing groups.
+- Bug fix for conversation counts in conversation streams.
+- Rights for moderators to manage spam.
+
+A full changelog is available at http://status.net/wiki/StatusNet_1.1.0-alpha1.
Troubleshooting
===============
5. Once all writing processes to your site are turned off, make a
final backup of the Web directory and database.
6. Move your StatusNet directory to a backup spot, like "statusnet.bak".
-7. Unpack your StatusNet 1.1.0alpha1 tarball and move it to "statusnet" or
+7. Unpack your StatusNet 1.1.0-alpha1 tarball and move it to "statusnet" or
wherever your code used to be.
8. Copy the config.php file and the contents of the avatar/, background/,
file/, and local/ subdirectories from your old directory to your new
reversed. YOU CAN EASILY DESTROY YOUR SITE WITH THIS STEP. Don't
do it without a known-good backup!
- In your new StatusNet 1.1.0alpha1 directory and AFTER YOU MAKE A
+ In your new StatusNet 1.1.0-alpha1 directory and AFTER YOU MAKE A
BACKUP run the upgrade.php script like this:
php ./scripts/upgrade.php