Karrot release updates

nicksellen · July 28, 2020, 8:11am

This is a new thread (as discussed) to communicate when we do new releases of karrot to karrot.world (aka production).

nicksellen · July 28, 2020, 8:13am

I just deployed a minor change, that fixes the translations strings for the general purpose theme, e.g. the bike kitchen projects. So “Activities” should show up again in the left menu (and other places) instead of “Pickups”.

nicksellen · August 27, 2020, 1:43pm

A new version is released! 8.7.1

The most significant change is that you can now attach images to messages (works for any kind of message, walls, private chats, activity chats, etc…)!

Also, there is a new group switcher for desktop (click the group picture in the top left of karrot), useful if you are a member of multiple groups.

Added

Allow images to be attached to messages [#2128] #1028 @nicksellen
Display number of total group members on top of member list [#2149] @djahnie

Changed

Improve activity history display to show activity information more clearly [#2151] from suggestion @nicksellen
Only show pull-to-refresh in app @tiltec
Sort feedback by activity date instead of feedback date [#2157] [#2161] #1044 @nicksellen

nicksellen · August 28, 2020, 4:20pm

I also did a minor release (8.7.2), which adds better support for Luxembourgish (thanks to @danveg)

nicksellen · October 12, 2020, 1:59pm

We’re releasing v8.8.0 now

The main differences are actually behind the scene, we switched the way we use the Quasar library (which is where our user interface components come from). This might cause a few issues temporarily during our deployment.

This switch enables us to support “PWA” (Progressive Web App) method of installation, so instead of installing the app from the play store, you can use “add to home screen” (or similar) inside your browser, and it will behave a bit like a proper app. In the future we’ll repackage the app too using this technology, we just need to wrap it in yet another acronym, a “TWA” (Trusted Web Activity). Confusing huh! So, literally we will have a SPA delivered as a PWA inside a TWA. Phew!

As for user facing features, this release includes the new statistics view! It’s based on this proposal by @mzpawlowski and was discussed further here More statistics display.

Added

Karrot can now be added to your homescreen (installed as App). Check out the button at the bottom of your profile settings page! @tiltec
Added group activity statistics display @nicksellen

Changed

Move “not connected” message into topbar for mobile view @tiltec
Add message when Karrot is trying to reconnect @tiltec

nicksellen · December 16, 2020, 11:15am

Today v9.0.0 is released!

The biggest change is we now support co-ordinating more than just pickups, but also meetings, distributions, and events. You can read more about that here → What are activity types in Karrot?

Another change we hope makes karrot easier for people to find their local groups is that we now emphasize nearby groups in the group gallery. We use geo ip (that uses your IP address to find an approximate location, see this wikipedia article that explains a bit more about that) to show users the groups that are nearest to them more prominently.

The still-quite-new activity statistics page can now show information from all time, so long as you don’t have a user selected (in which case it will only go back 6 months, as it did before). This was from a request from @danveg.

We also now save your message drafts, making it harder to lose your messages (e.g. if you lose connection, or navigate away from the page, or karrot decides to reload). They are stored locally on the device.

Smaller changes/fixes are:

clearer input box on the application form
accept/decline buttons for applications now show in the chat sidebar
small map toggles are fixed
selection of issues in the list improved
group select on profile page fixed
updated playstore rollout method

See changelog for full details of the changes, and links to the code.

nicksellen · January 7, 2021, 9:56am

A small update today. Version v9.1.0.

The group switcher image sizes could end up HUGE sometimes for some people (see issue, and this is fixed now.

(Also fixed a minor detail about group ordering when geoip is not available (no visible symptoms)).

See changelog for full details.

nicksellen · March 23, 2021, 10:48pm

Version v9.2.0 released just now!

The most visible change is in the display of activities, thanks to our new more UX-focused contributors from Freiburg

In terms of features the most notable part is you can now add/edit/customize your groups activity types! This has been a long time coming, and I’m very happy to have this feature now that let’s you customize Karrot for your use cases

[9.2.0] - 2020-03-23

Added

enabled Hungarian locale @nicksellen [#2313]
add activity type editing @nicksellen [#2245]

Changed

use default group location for defaultMapCenter when creating a new place @larzon83 [#2293]
Remove disabled pickups on applied filters on pickups page @pogopaule [#2271]
activities: improve design and UX of activities listing @larzon83 [#2303]
Small redesign of place page @brnsolikyl [#2266]

Fixed

activities: only hover pictures if device supports it @larzon83 [#2297]

nicksellen · November 8, 2021, 1:40pm

I just released 9.5.1 (which contains changes from 9.5.0 too).

Main changes:

the statistics display is now more advanced, as discussed in More statistics display
you can revoke trust you’ve given a user
you can subscribe to a calender feed of your activities

I also notice not all releases were mentioned in this thread, I’ll try I can keep it up to date from now on. Also, just a note that all these changes were developed a few months back, but just hadn’t been deployed yet.

Enjoy!

[9.5.1] - 2021-11-08

Changed

increase android API level target from 29 to 30 @nicksellen

[9.5.0] - 2021-11-08

Added

activity-list: enable ics subscriptions for activities @amengsk @larzon83 [#2368]
Users can revoke trust @pogopaule [#2352]
meta-tags: added title variable to quasar.conf.js and og_site_name for meta description [#2405]

Changed

Remove invitation by e-mail at members page @brnsolikyl [#2349]
Redirect to place feedback page after saving, highlight entry @tiltec [#2417]
meta-tags: site description update in composer.json update for og:title [#2405]
activities: ics subscription only exposes joined events [#2428]

Fixed

add explicit host in ics url @amengsk [#2406]

nicksellen · December 24, 2021, 10:46am

A Christmas present release!

Mostly a collection of small improvements. Enjoy!

9.6.0 - 2021-12-24

Added

Choice of default view (wall or activities) on place page @brnsolikyl @nicksellen @larzon83 #2444
Add “Previous 12 months” to statistics time period @changjus #2445
Add recent years option to statistics time period @nicksellen #2467

Changed

Use markdown for activity description @nicksellen #2457
Update URLs and de-foodify further @nicksellen #2455
Allow to join started activities @nicksellen #1201
Expose disabled activities as cancelled in ics export @amengsk #1200

Removed

Remove calendar subscribe button from group wall @amengsk #2451

nicksellen · December 29, 2021, 8:43pm

Minor release to fix a bug with the place navigation.

9.6.1 - 2021-12-29

Changed

use config API more @nicksellen #2470

Fixed

fix places navigation @nicksellen #2473

nicksellen · February 15, 2022, 10:27am

New release! Mostly small details, but particularly important for Foodsharing Warszawa who reached our “maximum activities displayed in frontend” limit of 800 (they were at a bit over 1000), so I increased it to 1200… but we should fix it properly.

Mostly visible difference is the little link icons are fixed (it was showing every link with a little envelope next to it, instead of various ones depending on the link type).

[9.7.0] - 2022-02-15

Added

enabled Japanese, and Chinese (simplified), and a few library locales @nicksellen #2475
scroll to wall messages when clicking message in menu @nicksellen #2483

Changed

increase activity page size to 1200 @nicksellen #1214

Fixed

show possible feedback list correctly @nicksellen #2486
fix markdown link attributes @nicksellen #2482
don’t send activity reminders for disabled activities @nicksellen #1209

nicksellen · March 23, 2022, 1:49pm

New release! The main thing is @-mentions are now supported

… I already noticed a few issues with them (usernames are new, and the generation of the initial ones was not quite right… ), so fix coming soon, but mostly are working!

[9.8.0] - 2022-03-23

Added

add @-mentions @nicksellen [#2407] [#2479] [#2516]

Fixed

fix infinite redirect for some discussions @amengsk #2501
fix round translation percentages @Chinchuluun1029 @nicksellen #2514

nicksellen · March 20, 2023, 11:45am

I noticed not all the releases have been included here, but I’ll try and keep putting them here again! Here’s all the releases since the last message:

[10.0.3] - 2023-03-20

Fixed

Fix scrolling whilst typing long messages @nicksellen #2631 #2609

[10.0.2] - 2022-12-19

Changed

minor improvements to activity item ui @nicksellen #2630
improve public activity listing UI @nicksellen #2602 #2621

Fixed

don’t show archived place is sidebar favourites list @nicksellen #2631
available activities link to show activitie with free slots @nicksellen #2620 #2622
ensure absolute URL, e.g. share public activity link, starts with / @nicksellen #2618 #2623
fix bug where validation for some forms was not being run @nicksellen #2614 #2624

[10.0.1] - 2022-12-04

Fixed

scroll issue with input textarea @tiltec #2609
fix mobile place header, by removing the map marker icon @tiltec #2610
feedback can be dismissed again @tiltec #2612
mobile sidenav now closes more reliably on click @tiltec

[10.0.0] - 2022-11-26

Added

Places types @nicksellen @tiltec #2577 karrot-backend#1159
Place gallery view @tiltec #2581
Participant types for activities @nicksellen [#2421] karrot-backend#1199
Public activities @nicksellen #2584 karrot-backend#1241
Quick activity creation and editing @tiltec #2585
Agreements @nicksellen [#2493] karrot-backend#1244
Trust for “approved” role @nicksellen @tiltec #2589 karrot-backend#1167
completely rewritten data layer with vue-query @nicksellen @tiltec #2560 #2567
password-less ICS subscription links, to support Google Calender @tiltec #2555
Korean and Greek translations

Changed

Sidenav now only contains favorite places @tiltec #2581
Rename “Conflict Resolution” to “Membership Review”, only add initial users to chat @brnsolikyl @nicksellen #2581 karrot-backend#1243
Remove votes for ongoing issues when user leaves group @nicksellen karrot-backend#1233

Fixed

show archived types in filter if activities of that type exist @nitishvijai @yatharthchhabra #2506

[9.8.1] - 2022-03-25

Fixed

fix username pattern matching @nicksellen #2520

nicksellen · September 8, 2023, 9:09pm

again, a gap in posting here, I always forget about it… anyhow, heres the latest one:

[12.0.0] - 2023-09-08

github.com

karrot-dev/karrot-frontend/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#1200---2023-09-08

# Change Log
All notable changes to _Karrot_ will be documented in this file.

The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/).

Types of changes:

  - `Added` for new features.
  - `Changed` for changes in existing functionality.
  - `Deprecated` for soon-to-be removed features.
  - `Removed` for now removed features.
  - `Fixed` for any bug fixes.
  - `Security` in case of vulnerabilities.


Please document your changes in this format:

```
  - description of change [#PR] @username
```

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nicksellen · November 23, 2023, 1:03pm

New release! Biggest user-visible difference is you can now record activity “no shows”, as discussed over at Allow to record no-shows during feedback process - #11 by bruno

[12.1.0]

Added

Allow to record no shows when giving feedback @nicksellen Allow to record no shows when giving feedback by nicksellen · Pull Request #2680 · karrot-dev/karrot-frontend · GitHub Add API for recording "no shows" by nicksellen · Pull Request #1272 · karrot-dev/karrot-backend · GitHub

Changed

Switch from FCM to WebPush @nicksellen Switch from FCM to WebPush by nicksellen · Pull Request #2679 · karrot-dev/karrot-frontend · GitHub Switch from FCM to WebPush by nicksellen · Pull Request #1271 · karrot-dev/karrot-backend · GitHub
Stay logged in when actively using Karrot @nicksellen Extend session periodically by nicksellen · Pull Request #1273 · karrot-dev/karrot-backend · GitHub

Fixed

replace use of setImmediate with requestAnimationFrame @nicksellen d000307

[12.0.1] - 2023-09-12

Fixed

fix rejoining activity @nicksellen [#2677]

nicksellen · January 25, 2024, 11:38pm

New release! Biggest unexpected new feature is video calls! This is enabled on a per-group basis, and we’ll have to see how server load is going to be with it… let us know if you’d like to try it out in your group.

Also custom place statuses is available now, so you are not just limited to the “co-operation orientated” ones.

Many smaller changes and fixes.

[13.0.0] - 2024-01-25

Added

Video calls @nicksellen Add video calls by nicksellen · Pull Request #2699 · karrot-dev/karrot-frontend · GitHub Add video calls by nicksellen · Pull Request #1283 · karrot-dev/karrot-backend · GitHub Add livekit webhooks by nicksellen · Pull Request #1284 · karrot-dev/karrot-backend · GitHub
Custom place statuses @nicksellen Add custom place statuses by nicksellen · Pull Request #2688 · karrot-dev/karrot-frontend · GitHub
Export/import group migration commands @nicksellen Add import export commands by nicksellen · Pull Request #1281 · karrot-dev/karrot-backend · GitHub GPG encrypt exported archives by nicksellen · Pull Request #1287 · karrot-dev/karrot-backend · GitHub
Public activity series @nicksellen Add public activity series by nicksellen · Pull Request #2701 · karrot-dev/karrot-frontend · GitHub

Changed

Switch to ruff linter/formatter @nicksellen Switch to ruff linter/formatter (v2) by nicksellen · Pull Request #1282 · karrot-dev/karrot-backend · GitHub

Fixed

Recurrence rule examples and links @nicksellen A few activity related fixes by nicksellen · Pull Request #2698 · karrot-dev/karrot-frontend · GitHub
Don’t jump to 1900 @nicksellen A few activity related fixes by nicksellen · Pull Request #2698 · karrot-dev/karrot-frontend · GitHub
Allow to leave in-progress activities @nicksellen A few activity related fixes by nicksellen · Pull Request #2698 · karrot-dev/karrot-frontend · GitHub
Fix activity history when joining after start time @nicksellen Allow feedback from start, collect history at end, fix history errors by nicksellen · Pull Request #1280 · karrot-dev/karrot-backend · GitHub

nicksellen · March 29, 2024, 4:49pm

Lots of new things about the release process! New docker images, moved to codeberg, and new release process.

Releases are now tracked over at Releases - karrot/karrot - Codeberg.org

I’ll stop updating this thread so there are not so many places to update after a release.