From d8b9ed07e61168d224ca33afc4b83f6f84681481 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Evan Prodromou Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 11:14:20 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] update README --- README | 55 ++++++++++++++++--------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 4a8aba104e..bb9f7a2ea2 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ README ------ -StatusNet 0.9.7 "World Leader Pretend" -17 March 2011 +StatusNet 0.9.8 "Letter Never Sent" +1 August 2011 This is the README file for StatusNet, the Open Source microblogging platform. It includes installation instructions, descriptions of @@ -96,47 +96,24 @@ for additional terms. New this version ================ -This is a security, bug and feature release since version 0.9.6 released on -23 October 2010. - -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. Upgrades require new database indexes for -best performance; see Upgrade below. +This is a security release since version 0.9.7 released on 11 March +2011. It fixes security bug #3260. All sites running version 0.9.7 or +below are recommended to upgrade to 0.9.8 immediately. Notable changes this version: -- 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. -- Bookmark plugin for making del.icio.us-like social bookmarking sites, - including del.icio.us backup file import. Supports OStatus. -- 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. +- Fix bug #3260, a cross-site scripting (XSS) bug that allows an + attacker to inject JavaScript into a page with a carefully structured URL. +- Updated code for Google Analytics to reflect new API. +- Various fixes for Bookmark plugin. +- Updates to reCAPTCHA plugin based on changes to API. +- New plugin to move the site notice to the sidebar. +- Add rss.me to notice source list. +- Updates to data backup/restore. +- Correct use of "likes" in Facebook plugin. +- Ignore failures in Twitter plugin. -A full changelog is available at http://status.net/wiki/StatusNet_0.9.7. +A full changelog is available at http://status.net/wiki/StatusNet_0.9.8. Prerequisites =============