StatusNet 0.9.7

Evan announced 0.9.7 with a [blogpost].

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-0.9.7.tar.gz or the fix: http://status.net/statusnet-0.9.7fix1.tar.gz

Note: StatusNet_0.9.9 has important security updates.

The official download page is at http://status.net/Download

Changes
Source: Announcement
 * GroupPrivateMessage plugin lets users send private messages to a group. (Similar to "private groups" on Yammer.)
 * Support for Twitter streaming API in Twitter bridge plugin
 * Support for a new Activity Streams-based API using AtomPub, allowing richer API data. See http://status.net/wiki/AtomPub for details.
 * Unified Facebook plugin, replacing previous Facebook application and Facebook Connect plugin.
 * A plugin to send out a daily summary email to network users.
 * In-line thumbnails of some attachments (video, images) and oEmbed objects.
 * Local copies of remote profiles to let moderators manage OStatus users.
 * Upgrade upstream JS, minify everything.
 * Allow pushing plugin JS, CSS, and static files to a CDN.
 * Configurable nickname rules.
 * Better support for bit.ly URL shortener.
 * InProcessCache plugin for additional caching on top of memcached.
 * Support for Activity Streams JSON feeds on many streams.
 * User-initiated backup and restore of account data in Activity Streams format.
 * SQLProfile plugin to tune SQL queries.
 * Better sorting on timelines to support restored or imported data.
 * Hundreds of translations from http://translatewiki.net/
 * Hundreds of performance tunings, bug fixes, and UI improvements.
 * Remove deprecated data from Activity Streams Atom output, to the extent possible.
 * NewMenu plugin for new layout of menu items.
 * Experimental support for moving an account from one server to another, using new AtomPub API.

Bugs
filed -> notices coming for sn sites < 0.9.7 appear as from user id instead of nickname []
 * "bug causing some remote users to display the id number instead of nickname. We'll tweak it in the morning..." []


 * "The StatusNet_Mobile app does not seem to connect to identi.ca since the upgrade." []


 * search is not working ATM []


 * some Translations reset to english


 * identi.ca/user/replies missing to all except yourself []


 * did anybody receive the note of [cloud]?, yes!


 * http://identi.ca/settings/profile 'share my position' got set to check through the upgrade.


 * identica's logo now points to '$USERNAME/all' not to http://identi.ca/ anymore. []


 * facebook app is temporarily disabled []


 * pino app repeats status messages []

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.