@MastodonEngineering thanks. You should post about upcoming changes more often. This could help gather community feedback earlier and thus make those updates better

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"the return of the local timeline"

Thanks for this. I quit using the app because of it.

Also, please consider an opt in or out for quote posts are more user control over replies. Thanks.

@MastodonEngineering @Gargron @renchap @Claire sure is tempting to brush off the old Ruby experience. But it’s been 12 years since I used it. Call me if you decide to do an Elixir rewrite. ;)

@MastodonEngineering #RubyHire 🔝

@MastodonEngineering @Gargron @renchap @Claire Dang. I'm QA, not dev! (But if you all ever hire an SDET, I would be _very_ interested.)

@MastodonEngineering This is a cool idea!

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Thank you!

@MastodonEngineering @help 👆 look! :blobcat_thumbsup:

@MastodonEngineering and why exactly are these being released unannounced and on a Friday?

@MastodonEngineering Please include the full version number of the latest patched version in posts like this. Otherwise, I have no idea whether you are telling me about the new version I just installed or another, newer one that I still haven't dealt with.

@MastodonEngineering Please mention the release number(s) in future release messages and add a sentence to clarify that this is addressing #mastoadmin s.
(each post like these leaves multiple regular users wondering if and how they are supposed to update. This can be avoided.)

@MastodonEngineering I can't post pictures or see other pictures in the browser, Tusky or the app now. (Instance: Mastodon.online)
@Gargron

@MastodonEngineering how do you actually know which versions of Mastodon receive long-term support?

@MastodonEngineering I'm very confused right now. 2 days ago I updated from 4.2.5 to 4.2.6. Today I've received a new mail about software updates. I went here to see if there's a new toot about the update but there's nothing new. But I see a 4.2.7 release tagged. Can you confirm?

@MastodonEngineering Who will tell truth.social?

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@Floppy

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@trumpet

@MastodonEngineering @ash 👀

@MastodonEngineering how is it done?

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@MastodonEngineering done! And thanks!

@MastodonEngineering how do you up grade

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I feel so stupid, but how do I upgrade? Updating the phone software fixes is easy - there's a setting for it. But I admit I'm a real technical dunce, & stubborn in my cluelessness! 👵🏻

@MastodonEngineering There will be a danger in the future for mastodon if bad people are using edited scripts in their servers to federate and fake stats.

@MastodonEngineering thanks for an abandoned accounts page fix!

@MastodonEngineering Where would one find release notes? Edit: nvm found it https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.2.1

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Can y’all PLEASE stop trying to depreciate the Local timeline, it is GREAT for instances that haven’t grown to be too damn huge to still work as a community.

@MastodonEngineering FYI, in the upgrade notes there's no mention of changing the old default nginx site file to support the new maximum attachment size.

"client_max_body_size 80m;" if unchanged causes a response of "413Request Entity Too Large" when trying to attach a file greater than 80mb of course.

There's a mention of editing the nginx.conf for the streaming server changes but nothing about the limit above shipped with previous versions that needs to be changed when upgrading.

@MastodonEngineering Running rc2 on my personal server, seems stable.

The requirement for a specific version of Ruby is a bit of a pain, since I can't rely on Debian ruby3 packages. Unless I'm doing it wrong. :/

@MastodonEngineering How does that relate to iOS Mastodon app version numbers?

@MastodonEngineering @stux this‼️

@MastodonEngineering How do you upgrade from the 4.2.0 RC to the latest nightly, please?

@MastodonEngineering At a time when people are running the RC (at your request) it would be nice for it to have a patch as well

Following the dramatic announcement of @MastodonEngineering that a security release will be available tomorrow at 15:00,

and due to the unavailability of a sysadmin at this time, we're going down for a couple of days.

Enjoy your life without notifications 😗

Yeah, this https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4863 is going to be harmful for a while.

Who can trust their computers now? If we ever could.

@MastodonEngineering Okay, let‘s go!

@MastodonEngineering please increase scheduled posts limit from 25 to maybe 100 😬 @Mastodon

@MastodonEngineering Assuming no ship stoppers, is there a date for final release?

I don't want to install the beta but I do plan to install 4.2.0 when it drops.

@MastodonEngineering My wishlist:

🎀GIFs (there’s someone I interact with a lot who’s stuck on the ex-birdsite because GIFs make it easier for them to communicate. Implementing GIFs will help complete their transition here)
🎀Translate button

@MastodonEngineering what are we searching for?

@MastodonEngineering @tchambers Is there a place for non-experts to go for information on how/when these changes will affect us? Does it depend on our instance and our interface software (if any)?

@MastodonEngineering nice :verified420:

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https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon

@MastodonEngineering Can you pull translations from Crowdin before the next release, please? They are missing fro beta3 😉

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There is also another really important feature lacking. Time based posts.

Ability to set a feature date for when a post will be published.

Also very good for privacy.

When you are on vacation and don't want people to know you are away from home.

Or need to time an event but are not sure you will be able to post at the right time. Example a birthday or celebration.

Users should not have to use 3rd party sites.

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