Laconica 0.8.0

Laconica 0.8.0 (code name: &quot;Shiny Happy People&quot;) is the current version of Laconica; it's the version used by identi.ca. It includes many bug fixes and feature enhancements and all users are recommended to upgrade to this version.

Download
http://status.net/laconica-0.8.0.tar.gz

Changes
This is a minor bug-fix and feature release since version 0.7.4, released May 2009. Notable changes this version:

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 * Support for a hosted service (status network). Multiple sites can
 * OEmbed. Links to pages that support OEmbed (http://www.oembed.com/)
 * File attachments. Users can attach files of the size and type approved
 * Related notices are organized into conversations, with each reply a
 * User designs. Users can specify colours and backgrounds
 * Group designs. Group administrators can specify similar designs for
 * Site designs. Site authors can specify a design (background and
 * New themes. Five new themes are added to the base release; these show
 * Statistics. Public sites will periodically send usage statistics,
 * Additional hooks. The hooks and plugins system introduced in 0.7.x was
 * Facebook Connect. A new plugin allows logging in with Facebook Connect
 * A session handler. A new optional session handler class to manage PHP
 * STOMP queuing. Queue management for offline daemons has been
 * Group block. Group admins can block users from joining or posting to
 * Group aliases. Groups can be referred to with aliases, additional
 * Bidirectional Twitter bridge. Users can read the tweets their Twitter
 * Adaptation of WordPress.com Terms of Service (http://en.wordpress.com/tos/)
 * Better command-line handling for scripts, including standard options
 * An experimental plugin to use Meteor (http://www.meteorserver.org/)
 * A new framework for &quot;real-time&quot; updates, making it easier to develop
 * RSS 2.0 and Atom feeds for groups.
 * RSS 2.0 and Atom feeds for tags.
 * Attachments can be sent by email.
 * Attachments are encoded as enclosures in RSS 2.0 and Atom.
 * Notices with attachments display in Facebook as media inline.

Upgrade
See the Upgrading section of the README.