StatusNet 0.9.6

For best compatibility with client software and site federation, and a lot of bug fixes, it is highly recommended that all public sites upgrade to the new version.

Download

The software is available at http://status.net/statusnet-0.9.6.tar.gz

the tgz is a bit crowded in statusnet-0.9.6/ - to many files! which belong somewhere else

Requirements and installation

Prereqs and installation instructions are available in the README file.

Upgrade

Users of version 0.9.0 or later should be able to upgrade in-place. The core database schema hasn't changed. However, it is a good idea to run scripts/checkschema.php after the in-place upgrade.

TwitterBridge plugin users upgrading from 0.9.4 or earlier should run the initialize_notice_to_status.php script in plugins/TwitterBridge/scripts/ to get improved integration for existing tweets in the StatusNet database. New tweets should work fine without running that script.

Changes

Notable changes this version:

• Site moderators can now delete groups.
• New themes: clean, shiny, mnml, victorian
• New YammerImport plugin allows site admins to import non-private profiles and message from an authenticated Yammer site.
• New experimental plugins: AnonFavorites, SlicedFavorites, GroupFavorited, ForceGroup, ShareNotice
• OAuth upgraded to 1.0a
• Localization updates now include plugins, thanks to translatewiki.net!
• SSL link generation should be more consistent; alternate SSL URLs can be set in the admin UI for more parts of the system.
• Experimental backupuser.php, restoreuser.php command-line scripts to dump/restore a user's complete activity stream. Can be used to transfer accounts manually between sites, or to save a backup before deleting.
• Unicode fixes for OStatus notices
• Header metadata on notice pages to aid in manual reposting on Facebook
• Lots of little fixes...

Changes from 0.9.6 release candidate 1:

• fix for broken group pages when logged out
• fix for stuck ping queue entries when bad profile
• fix for bogus single-user nickname config entry error
• i18n updates
• nofollow updates
• SSL-only mode secure cookie fix
• experimental ApiLogger plugin for usage data gathering
• experimental follow-everyone plugin

Full changelog at StatusNet 0.9.6/Changelog

Older and newer versions of StatusNet

Additional versions of the StatusNet code base can be downloaded from Gitorious at http://gitorious.org/statusnet/. If you get an error about the tarball not being available for download, try again in a few minutes. You may need to empty your browser's cache to clear the message. You can also get the latest stable release from http://status.net/download.