v1.9.0

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Warning

THE 1.9.0 SERIES IS REALLY 2.0 ALPHA/BETA
THIS MEANS BREAKING CHANGES FROM ALL PRIOR VERSIONS
UPGRADING TO THIS RELEASE FROM A PREVIOUS DATABASE WILL BREAK AND YOU MIGHT LOSE DATA

How to run this

The archive file contains a dist/ folder that needs to be placed into a copy of this cloned repo. Then you can serve it using grunt serve. On a production site, you should to use these environment variables:

• NODE_ENV=production
• VAPID_EMAIL=mailto:[email protected]
• GI_PERSIST=sqlite (or GI_PERSIST=fs, but sqlite is recommended)

NOTE: when upgrading, it's important to first delete the dist/ folder and replace it with the new contents from the archive.

What's Changed

• Changes to contract CIDs (requires updating the chel command) by @corrideat in Changes to contract CIDs (requires updating the chel command) #2494
• Remove the password field in UI when leaving group #1909 - remove password field when leaving group by @SebinSong in #1909 - remove password field when leaving group #2714
• "Delete message" not visible on iPhone 12 #2476 - Weird iOS bug related to position:fixed by @SebinSong in #2476 - Weird iOS bug related to position:fixed #2715
• New DB backend by @corrideat in New DB backend #2711
• Use identity contract ID for salt record by @corrideat in Use identity contract ID for salt record #2497
• chelonia/time scale adjusted to ms (from s) by @corrideat in chelonia/time scale adjusted to ms (from s) #2724
• Ability to adjust notification alert volume #2716 - Ability to adjust notification volume by @SebinSong in #2716 - Ability to adjust notification volume #2722
• ChatMain no longer remember scroll position #2721 - Fix the scroll-position bug by @SebinSong in #2721 - Fix the scroll-position bug #2726
• Replying to a message shouldn't quote the entire message #2718 - Replying to a message shouldn't quote the entire message by @SebinSong in #2718 - Replying to a message shouldn't quote the entire message #2730
• Contract deletion by @corrideat in Contract deletion #2495
• Ability to specify which KV events to subscribe to by @corrideat in Ability to specify which KV events to subscribe to #2734
• Truncate long messages in chat #2728 - Truncate long message in chat by @SebinSong in #2728 - Truncate long message in chat #2741
• Cannot close tooltip on iOS #2492 - Tooltip issue on iOS-Safari by @SebinSong in #2492 - Tooltip issue on iOS-Safari #2743
• Error handling improvements by @corrideat in Error handling improvements #2704
• More general API for periodic notification interval by @corrideat in More general API for periodic notification interval #2546
• Running tests sequentially by @corrideat in Running tests sequentially #2747
• New chats do not autoscroll down when tab is in background on Firefox #2719 - Auto-scrolling does not work when the browser tab is inactive. by @SebinSong in #2719 - Auto-scrolling does not work when the browser tab is inactive. #2749
• currentChatRoomReadUntil getter doesn't get updated when the most recent message is deleted #2729 - update currentChatRoomReadUntil when the latest message is deleted by @SebinSong in #2729 - update currentChatRoomReadUntil when the latest message is deleted #2731
• Route validation improvements by @corrideat in Route validation improvements #2723
• Timestamp meta on server by @corrideat in Timestamp meta on server #2732
• Fix Unable to run tests using the fs or sqlite backends #2754 by @corrideat in Fix #2754 #2755
• fetch Chelonia option by @corrideat in fetch Chelonia option #2756
• Unable to upload extensionless files #2738 - Unable to upload extensionless files by @SebinSong in #2738 - Unable to upload extensionless files #2757
• Add previousKeyOp by @corrideat in Add previousKeyOp #2751
• Mark messages as unread menu item #2712 - Implement 'mark message as unread' feature in the chatroom by @SebinSong in #2712 - Implement 'mark message as unread' feature in the chatroom #2753
• Darkmode for picture viewer arrows #2691 - Dark theme style for arrows in the picture viewer by @SebinSong in #2691 - Dark theme style for arrows in the picture viewer #2762
• UI bug in Chat-poll with multi-line texts #2744 - Alignment issue in the chat poll with long texts by @SebinSong in #2744 - Alignment issue in the chat poll with long texts #2758

Full Changelog: v1.2.18...v1.9.0

$ sha256sum gi-*
b36052777c3fb3ab1a7fed3839b857365baaa0750de8819bc16ebbe2f0864c9c  gi-v1.9.0.debug.tgz
00f813fb5489b8beb9add53795e2fbe425a504233bb5dfec106d5d26dfb901d4  gi-v1.9.0.tgz

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This discussion was created from the release v1.9.0.