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by roundabout, Monday, 29 July 2024, 12:27:36 (1722256056), pushed by roundabout, Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 06:54:52 (1722408892)

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                                        Changelog for version 0.5.0
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
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                                        I can call this a beta now; while not feature-complete (there's an infinite amount of features
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        one could consider useful), it should be sufficiently stable and usable for a real project.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        Looks like releases always turn out to be (roughly) monthly. This one is late by one day πŸ˜›.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        It's much bigger than 0.4.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        You can expect a stable release in late August – early October.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        *Note: πŸ”₯ marks important updates.*
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        New features in this release
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
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                                        * **πŸ”₯ Post labelling.**
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          * Your repository can have any number of labels, defined in the settings, which can be applied to
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            forum posts. They can be used for categorisation (bug, feature request, question, etc.),
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            priority and so on.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          * Each label can have a different colour.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          * Only repository admins can edit labels, and only users with write access can attach them to
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            posts.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        * **πŸ”₯ Forum search.**
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          * The classic full-text, case-insensitive search is now available for forum posts.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          * It searches children as well as top-level posts.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          * You can filter by label and state. Sorting will be added later.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        * **πŸ”₯ Auto-resolving.**
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          * A pull request field has been added that can have post numbers which will be marked as done
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            when the pull request is merged.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        * The mobile design has been greatly improved.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          * Tabs now wrap to the next line.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          * Some padding has been added to pages which needed it.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          * Some headings are smaller on mobile, and so are user profile avatars.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          * The path bar wraps correctly.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          * And more.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        * You can now delete repositories.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          * This requires your password.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          * Only the *owner* (not any admin) can delete a repository.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        * `.` (full stop) is now allowed in repository names, once again. This is primarily so users can
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          recreate their `.config` after deleting it.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        * Some icon-only buttons now have an ARIA label.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        * SEO is much better; most pages now have better titles and description meta-tags have been
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          introduced.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        Changed features in this release
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
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                                        * In file trees, the directory size is now given as a count of elements instead of the useless
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          4K or whatever the block size is.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        * Webfonts have been removed; now the app uses only system fonts; still preferring the Roboto
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          family as before.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        * On mobile WebKit, the blue highlight when tapping elements that already generate ripple
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          effects has been removed.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        * Rebranded to beta.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        * Redundant buttons (back, forward, home, refresh) on the tree view have been removed, since the
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          browser or other UI elements can do the same thing.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        * Translations for Romanian have been updated, as always.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        * Unlisted repositories are hidden from search engine crawlers.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        Fixed bugs in this release
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
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                                        * Forum posting permissions used to be incorrect.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        * The repository information dialogue now has a dialog form instead of a GET form.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        * The code responsible for closing dialogues when the backdrop is clicked has been fixed.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        * Child posts now show the parent's state and cannot have their own state.