X-Git-Url: https://vcs.fsf.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Fsource%2Fsiteadmin%2Frelnotes.rst;h=11ee019f4e865d79740a2e8974b2f3b18c15580f;hb=9fa1e602b40d1e531335bf903dc7b15632818cf0;hp=87ea86ae45716f56eca2b789e9309ee097b3fe71;hpb=56c4ad89ebef32bd5a40c00d987811ce4501ce22;p=mediagoblin.git diff --git a/docs/source/siteadmin/relnotes.rst b/docs/source/siteadmin/relnotes.rst index 87ea86ae..11ee019f 100644 --- a/docs/source/siteadmin/relnotes.rst +++ b/docs/source/siteadmin/relnotes.rst @@ -21,6 +21,229 @@ This chapter has important information for releases in it. If you're upgrading from a previous release, please read it carefully, or at least skim over it. +.. note:: + + The MediaGoblin repository used to be on gitorious.org, but since + gitorious.org shut down, we had to move. We are presently on + Savannah. You may need to update your git repository location:: + + git remote set-url origin git://git.savannah.gnu.org/mediagoblin.git + + +0.7.1 +===== + +This is a purely bugfix release. Important changes happened since +0.7.0; if running MediaGoblin 0.7.0, an upgrade is highly recommended; +see below. This release is especially useful if you have been running +postgres and have been receiving seemingly random database transaction +errors. + +**Do this to upgrade** + +1. Update to the latest release. If checked out from git, run: + ``git fetch && git checkout -q v0.7.1 && git submodule init && git submodule update`` +2. Make sure to run + ``./bin/python setup.py develop --upgrade && ./bin/gmg dbupdate`` + +That's it, probably! If you run into problems, don't hesitate to +`contact us `_ +(IRC is often best). + +**Bugfixes/improvements:** + +- The *MOST IMPORTANT* change in this release: + Disabling a couple of non-critical features that were causing + database transaction issues. (These should be back by 0.8.0.) + + + Disabled the "checking if the database is up to date at + mediagoblin startup" feature + + Disabled the garbage collection stuff by default for now + (You can set garbage_collection under the config mediagoblin + header to something other than 0 to turn it back on for now, but + it's potentially risky for the moment.) + +- Some fixes to the 0.7.0 docs +- Fixed Sandy 70s speedboat navbar by updating git submodule +- Added support for cr2 files in raw_image media type +- Added a description to setup.py +- Collection and CollectionItem objects now have nicer in-python representations +- Fixed unicode error with raw image mediatype logging +- Fixed #945 "Host metadata does not confirm to spec (/.well-known/meta-data)" + + + Add XRD+XML formatting for /.well-known/host-meta + + Add /.well-known/webfinger API to lookup user hrefs + +- deleteuser gmg subcommand now fails gracefully +- Removed a false download link from setup.py + +0.7.0 +==== + +**Do this to upgrade** + +1. Update to the latest release. If checked out from git, run: + ``git fetch && git checkout -q v0.7.0 && git submodule init && git submodule update`` +2. Make sure to run + ``./bin/python setup.py develop --upgrade && ./bin/gmg dbupdate`` + +(NOTE: earlier versions of the 0.7.0 release instructions left out the +``git submodule init`` step! If you did an upgrade earlier based on +these instructions and your theme looks weirdly aligned, try running +the following:) + + ``git submodule init && git submodule update`` + +That's it, probably! If you run into problems, don't hesitate to +`contact us `_ +(IRC is often best). + +**New features:** + +- New mobile upload API making use of the + `Pump API `_ + (which will be the foundation for MediaGoblin's federation) +- New theme: Sandy 70s Speedboat! + +- Metadata features! We also now have a json-ld context. + +- Many improvements for archival institutions, including metadata + support and featuring items on the homepage. With the (new!) + archivalook plugin enabled, featuring media is possible. + Additionally, metadata about the particular media item will show up + in the sidebar. + + In the future these plugins may be separated, but for now they have + come together as part of the same plugin. + +- There is a new gmg subcommand called batchaddmedia that allows for + uploading many files at once. This is aimed to be useful for + archival institutions and groups where there is an already existing + and large set of available media that needs to be included. +- Speaking of, the call to postgres in the makefile is fixed. +- We have a new, generic media-page context hook that allows for + adding context depending on the type of media. +- Tired of video thumbnails breaking during processing all the time? + Good news, everyone! Video thumbnail generation should not fail + frequently anymore. (We think...) +- You can now set default permissions for new users in the config. + +- bootstrap.sh / gnu configuration stuff still exists, but moves to be + experimental-bootstrap.sh so as to not confuse newcomers. There are + some problems currently with the autoconf stuff that we need to work + out... we still have interest in supporting it, though help is + welcome. + +- MediaGoblin now checks whether or not the database is up to date + when starting. +- Switched to `Skeleton `_ as a system for + graphic design. +- New gmg subcommands for administrators: + - A "deletemedia" command + - A "deleteuser" command +- We now have a blogging media type... it's very experimental, + however. Use with caution! +- We have switched to exifread as an external library for reading EXIF + data. It's basically the same thing as before, but packaged + separately from MediaGoblin. +- Many improvements to internationalization. Also (still rudimentary, + but existant!) RTL language support! + +**Known issues:** + - The host-meta is now json by default; in the spec it should be xml by + default. We have done this because of compatibility with the pump + API. We are checking with upstream to see if there is a way to + resolve this discrepancy. + + +0.6.1 +===== + +This is a short, bugfix release. + +**Do this to upgrade** + +1. Update to the latest release. If checked out from git, run: + ``git fetch && git checkout -q v0.6.1`` +2. Make sure to run + ``./bin/python setup.py develop --upgrade && ./bin/gmg dbupdate`` + +This release switches the default terms of service to be off by +default and corrects some mistakes in the default terms of service. + +Turning the terms of service on is very easy, just set ``show_tos`` in +the ``[mediagoblin]`` section of your config to ``true``. + + +0.6.0 +===== + +**Do this to upgrade** + +1. Update to the latest release. If checked out from git, run: + ``git fetch && git checkout -q v0.6.0`` +2. Make sure to run + ``./bin/python setup.py develop --upgrade && ./bin/gmg dbupdate`` + +That's it, probably! If you run into problems, don't hesitate to +`contact us `_ +(IRC is often best). + +This tool has a lot of new tools for administrators, hence the +nickname "Lore of the Admin"! + +**New features:** + +- New tools to control how much users can upload, both as a general + user limit, or per file. + + You can set this with the following options in your mediagoblin + config file: `upload_limit` and `max_file_size`. Both are integers + in megabytes. + + There is an option to control how much each individual user can + upload too, though an interface for this is not yet exposed. See + the "uploaded" field on the core__users table. + +- MediaGoblin now contains an authentication plugin for ldap! You + can turn on the mediagoblin.plugins.ldap plugin to make use of + this. See the documentation: :ref:`ldap-plugin` + +- There's a new command line upload tool! At long last! See + `./bin/gmg addmedia --help` for info on how to use this. + +- There's now a terms of service document included in MediaGoblin. + It's turned on by default, but you can turn it off if you prefer, + just set the configuration option of `show_tos` in the [mediagoblin] + section of your config to false. + + Alternately, you can override the template for the terms of service + document to set up your own. + +- We have a lot of new administrative tooling features! + - There's a built-in privileges/permissions system now. + Administrators are given access to modifying these parameters + from a user administration panel. + - Users can submit reports about other problematic users or media + and administrators are given tools to resolve said reports and + ban/unban users if needed. + +- New version of video.js is included with MediaGoblin. Slight + amount of skinning to match the MediaGoblin look, otherwise also + uses the new default skin. + +Developer-oriented changes: + +- New developer tool for quickly setting up a development environment + in `devtools/make_example_database.sh`. Requires doing a checkout + of our other tool `mg_dev_environments `_ + (probably in the parent Directory) though! +- A "foundations" framework has entered into the codebase. + This is mostly just relevant to coders, but it does mean that it's + much easier to add database structures that need some entries filled + automatically by default. +- Refactoring to the authentication code and the reprocessing code + 0.5.1 =====