1y ago

Lemmy.ml `v0.19` upgrade issues and downtime.

In anticipation of Lemmy's upcoming 0.19 release, and to work out any final issues, we're going to deploy a test release on lemmy.ml within the next few days.

We're doing this testing on lemmy.ml only, so that we can encounter any issues before the release, and to make sure the upgrade process is smooth for other production servers.

Some of the following will happen during the process:

Apps will likely break (only for lemmy.ml)
Lemmy.ml may experience some downtime for the upgrade to complete (ideally no more than an hour).
If anything goes wrong, we may have to restore from a database backup, meaning content made in between backups may be lost.

If all goes well, we'll have an official announcement for the release after this testing period.

I apologize for the difficulties this might cause. At most this will be a week of hair-pulling, but its vital that we catch any issues before telling other servers to upgrade.

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can anyone tldr all big features coming in the new release?
- Some that come to mind:
  Scaled sort, which takes community size into consideration when looking for top posts
  User will be able to block instances without the need for their home instance to defederate
  The new flow for enabling 2FA makes it harder for users to accidentally lock themselves out of their accounts
  There will be a feed option to just see posts in communities you moderate (as opposed to subscribed, local, and all)
  Controversial sort
  You can import and export account settings as JSON, making switching instances easier
  
  User will be able to block instances without the need for their home instance to defederate
  Ooohhhhh so good. I have been wanting that.
  
  Unblocking would be pretty damn awesome too.
  
  Controversial sort
  this one sounds like an awful idea ngl
  
  Why?
  
  it seems like the sort of thing that's purposely geared towards people finding the dumbest possible comments so they can start an argument with them
  
  Yeah, it could be fun.
  
  There are some topics where this sorting mechanism is the only one that will give you good comments, like asking for unpopular or controversial opinions. 1000 people will get upvoted because they post things that aren't unpopular at all, and the few comments that are actually worth discussing get just as many down as up votes.
- I think scaled sort and instance blocking are the biggest new features, lots of little tweaks and bug fixes too
  
  What's scaled sort?
  
  Scaled: Like hot, but gives a boost to less active communities
  https://join-lemmy.org/docs/users/03-votes-and-ranking.html
- They'll post a changelog with the release but for now you can look at this post.

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