-# GNU social 1.1.2 (alpha)
-August 2014
+# GNU social 1.2.x
+2015
(c) Free Software Foundation, Inc
(c) StatusNet, Inc
support the Twitter API.
GNU social supports an open standard called
-OStatus <http://ostatus.org/> that lets users in
+OStatus <https://www.w3.org/community/ostatus/> that lets users in
different networks follow each other. It enables a
distributed social network spread all across the
Web.
-GNU social was originally developed for the
-service, Identi.ca <http://identi.ca/>.
+GNU social was originally developed as "StatusNet" by
+StatusNet, Inc. with Evan Prodromou as lead developer.
It is shared with you in hope that you too make an
service available to your users. To learn more,
please see the Open Software Service Definition
-1.1:
-
- http://www.opendefinition.org/ossd
+1.1: <http://www.opendefinition.org/ossd>
### License
Documentation in the /doc-src/ directory is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license, with attribution to
-"GNU social". See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ for details.
+"GNU social". See <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/> for details.
CSS and images in the /theme/ directory are available under the
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license, with attribution to
-"GNU social". See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ for details.
+"GNU social". See <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/> for details.
Our understanding and intention is that if you add your own theme that
uses only CSS and images, those files are not subject to the copyleft
requirements of the Affero General Public License 3.0. See
-http://wordpress.org/news/2009/07/themes-are-gpl-too/ . This is not
+<http://wordpress.org/news/2009/07/themes-are-gpl-too/>. This is not
legal advice; consult your lawyer.
Additional library software has been made available in the 'extlib'
## New this version
-This is a security fix and bug fix release since 1.1.1-alpha2.
-The current release base version, 1.1.2, began work on 2014-10-25.
-All 1.1.1 sites should upgrade to this version.
+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.
So far it includes the following changes:
-- XSS security fix (thanks Simon Waters, https://www.surevine.com/ )
+- Backing up a user's account is more and more complete.
+- Emojis 😸 (utf8mb4 support)
+
+The last release, 1.1.3, gave us these improvements:
+
+- 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
Upgrades from _StatusNet_ 1.1.1 will also experience these improvements:
To get it, use the git version control tool
<http://git-scm.com/> like so:
- git clone git@gitorious.org:social/mainline.git
+ git clone git@git.gnu.io:gnu/gnu-social.git
In the current phase of development it is probably
recommended to use git as a means to stay up to date
with the source code. You can choose between these
branches:
-- 1.1.x "stable", few updates, well tested code
+- 1.2.x "stable", few updates, well tested code
- master "testing", more updates, usually working well
- nightly "unstable", most updates, not always working
There are several ways to get more information about GNU social.
-* The #social IRC channel on freenode.net <http://www.freenode.net/>.
-* The GNU social website
-* Following us on GNU social -- http://quitter.se/gnusocial
+* The #social IRC channel on freenode.net <https://www.freenode.net/>.
+* The unofficial XMPP room linked to IRC on <xmpp:gnusocial@conference.bka.li>
+* The GNU social website <https://gnu.io/social/>
+* Following us on GNU social -- <https://quitter.se/gnusocial>
* GNU social has a bug tracker for any defects you may find, or ideas for
- making things better. http://bugz.foocorp.net/
-* Patches are welcome, either on the bug tracker or our repository at
- Gitorious. https://gitorious.org/social/mainline
+ making things better. <https://git.gnu.io/gnu/gnu-social/issues/>
+* Patches are welcome, preferrably to our repository on git.gnu.io. <https://git.gnu.io/gnu/gnu-social>
Credits
=======
* James Walker, StatusNet, Inc.
* Samantha Doherty, designer, StatusNet, Inc.
* Simon Waters, Surevine
+* Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)
### Extra special thanks to the GNU socialites
projects / quix0rs-gnu-social.git / blobdiff