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.

  • CannotSleep420English
    38·
    7 months ago

    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
    • squeakycat@lemmy.mlEnglish
      17·
      7 months ago

      User will be able to block instances without the need for their home instance to defederate

      Ooohhhhh so good. I have been wanting that.

      • shrugal@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        7 months ago

        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.