Gregory's Server#Mastodon 4.2 is rolling out across the social web! On our quest to make Mastodon more delightful and easy to use, we've overhauled search, sign-ups, cross-server interactions and a whole lot more:
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Keiko
@Mastodon Our instance runs under docker. I tried upgrading our instance and had to roll back. It blows up with "ThreadError: can't create Thread: Operation not permitted". As near as I can tell, this version needs docker 20.10.10 minimum, and we're on 20.10.7 (yeah, I know we're way out of date. It's not easy to update a prod instance when you're a small operation). 
Peter Mount
@keiko I had that myself. Probably not the best idea but I fixed that ruby error by adding: privileged: true to the sidekiq streaming and web container entries and it then worked. I figured it was something about the versions in use & at some point I need to upgrade the server I'm running on as it's an old (now) distro 
Petra van Cronenburg
@pellitory You have actively to opt in if you want to be searchable. Find everything in your profile preferences. @Mastodon
DELETED
Thanks, it was the autofill / suggestions thing I was trying to turn off. I don't see a setting for that in preferences?  
Nick K
@Mastodon LRT so many slick upgrades. They start with search features, but all the intuitiveness improvements to signup, cross server interaction, and general UI layout are gonna improve QoL so so much. Gonna boost masto’s viability as a social media option for sure (tho it already has a reputation for being complicated and unclear, so it may already be too late…)
Juan Carlos Muñoz
@Mastodon Thanks for this update! The overhaul of the search function is fantastic. I noticed recently that indeed the search function now operates on the bio too, which is super useful to find more people to follow. Keep up the good work! 
Raccoon at TechHub :mastodon:
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Farshid Hakimy
@Mastodon seems like a lot of cool changes! 
Ernesto Acosta
@Mastodon Excellent release. There are no update instructions in the release notes on GitHub. Or are they somewhere else?
🦄 Thomas Citharel
@iam There are, but the release notes are too long to be shown on the index page. Click the release itself to view them.
olli :heart_cyber:
@Mastodon update from 4.1.9 to 4.2.0 didn't work.
barbara
@Mastodon Any settings to make it easier to navigate for the visually impaired including the #colourblind? Or in general? With f.lux (https://justgetflux.com/ / #flux) enabled, the CTA purple blends in completely with the dark grey background. #UXDesign #colorblind
Caroline Bell :verified_trans:
@Mastodon Yay! Interactions via other instances is a feature I've wanted in the web client since I started using Mastodon! I'm so glad it's finally here!
Lilith
@Mastodon A pretty hefty update. Lack of FTS was a big pain point for some users and it being opt-in will accommodate those who would not want their posts to be indexed. The ability to import lists also reduces the amount a user loses if they have to migrate servers for whatever reason. Just posts and followers remain. Looking at the roadmap there are some other planned features that will address other pain points as well (quote posts, E2EE DMs, choose who can reply to posts, etc.).  
Nafnlaus 🇮🇸 🇺🇦
@Mastodon The #AdvancedInterface is broken :( Now I'm stuck reverted back to the annoying stock interface.
William Andrew Conna
@Mastodon Yessss Mastodon sudah ada fitur translatenya beserta fitur mengikuti tag 🤩
Ed Worrell
@Mastodon awesome! Now, make alt tags for blind users in the timeline, without opening the post details screen. #MastodonApp #Blind #accessibility
Dominique
@Mastodon schade dass unser admin @moomendemol in Urlaub ist 🙈
Frans King
@Mastodon Upgraded ok from 4.1.7 to 4.1.9 and then to 4.2 using the tootsuite images. docker-compose up -d then docker-compose down  
Keith Ammann 🔜 Big Bad Con
@Mastodon Grateful for this, but I notice you've changed the interface's behavior when switching from timeline to notifications, then clicking "Home" to go back to timeline. It used to take users back to the same place in the timeline; now it jumps back up to the top, whereas before it only took users back to the top if they were on the home feed already. I know I could just use the back button instead, but I was in the habit of clicking Home.  
Kevin Russell
The three dot on posts should include "Follow" because we are the algorithm. Quote posts. No meta.
Jay Deiman
@Mastodon +1 to @martin comment. The releases page here (https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.2.0) references: > For more information, scroll down to the upgrade instructions section. But there are no upgrade instructions below... It also looks like there's a lot of non-standard upgrade instructions for this release.
:mstdn_io: Porfirio
Is there somewhere a setting to make "Alles" ("Everything"?) the default view for entering "Live-Feeds"? Normally, I am only interested in my Home and in the Federated Timeline. Therefore, I'd like to have the switch between them a one-click operation in both directions.
Jay Deiman
@Mastodon @martin (and anyone else), it looks like the upgrade instructions are located with the *tag* doc, not in the release (like it normally is). You can get the instructions for the 4.2.0 upgrade here: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.2.0
Matz 🏴🏳️🌈🖖🏻
@Mastodon is there a step-by-step guide for those of us who have our own servers but don’t have a clue how to update to this version.
Mumonkan
@Mastodon #fulltextsearch i am a mastodon user who also happens to run a few websites. i have this feeling that searching being enabled in mastodon might be effectively creating a denial of service by hitting sites all at once. or something. i cant really explain! i am seeing hundreds of simultaneous hits to the *exact same url* on my site from mastodon instances all over. all seem to be at ~02:30 UTC. 🥴 wassup? help? is it just me -- which would be weird. #mastoadmin #mastodev 
tbones
@Mastodon I don't know if this is the right place: I miss a button next to the CW-button to add a hashtag at the actual position in the text field. Easier hashtagging would improve the visibility of posts across instances a lot! |
@Mastodon Yaay 🥳