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@neiljp neiljp released this 29 Jan 00:03
0.6.0
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This release contains the second set of contributions from our two 2020 GSoC students, as well as Hacktoberfest participants and a range of various other contributors - thanks to them all for raising the standard of the project once again!

Now is a great time to give the project a try, with more features than ever and the newly-added 'explore mode' (--explore on the command-line) ensuring that no messages get marked as read in your client while you're just giving it a try!

IMPORTANT NOTES

This release fixes a security issue, so we strongly recommend upgrading immediately.

Python 3.5

This will be the last release with support for python 3.5, for which support has now ended upstream (see #838).

Customized installs

If you've customized your install by editing themes or keys, be sure to back these up before upgrading and then carefully integrate them.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Message composition feels a lot cleaner!
    • new design for entering message recipients, with stream & topic autocomplete available
    • interactive feedback shows whether recipients are valid on edit/autocomplete (ctrl-f/ctrl-r) and/or tab
  • Editing of sent messages is much more feature-complete!
    • most editing modes are supported - rename partial or full topics
    • message edit history is accessible via Message information popup
  • Jump (narrow) to linked streams or topics in messages via the Message information popup!
    • new quoted messages include the original author and contextual links
  • Session-only draft feature supports pausing composition to review other messages (meta-s / d)
  • Improved popup design including theming by popup category, with more information accessible in popups
  • Various smaller updates to match existing and new features from Zulip 3.x
    • time mentions and organization emoji in messages, re-styled user list, 'no topic' messages, ...

Interactivity improvements

  • Message editing:
    • All topic-editing modes are now available (change-one, change-later and change-all) (#675)
    • Editing of a message topic is now possible after the server-specified time (#675)
  • Message composition:
    • Message recipients (streams, users in PMs) are now checked for validity (#738, #823, #865)
    • Destination stream and topic names can now also be autocompleted (#746)
    • Addition of session-only single draft feature (#772)
    • Messages with no topic are handled as per the webapp - they can be blank and convert to (no topic) (#754/#757)
    • Autocompleted emoji now include organization-specific (and zulip) emoji, loaded at startup (#710)
    • User mention autocomplete shows users involved in the conversation before others (#730)
    • Quoting messages uses the same format as the latest webapp, including author and link to original location (#854/#514)
    • Private message typing events now sent to server (#845/#884/#593)
    • Support * or ** at start of mentions, improving experience with repeat autocomplete/edits and selection of only user-groups (#794, #732)
  • General UI:
    • Internal stream/topic links in the message information popup can be used to narrow to those streams/topics (#708)
    • Stop accepting leading spaces in search boxes (#784)
    • Support a for showing all messages, as in recent versions of the web-app (#805)
  • Options/configuration:
    • Added --explore command-line option for 'explore mode', where messages are not marked as read (#787)
    • Added --list-themes command-line option to show available themes (with default) (#803, #807)
    • Support setting color depth in zuliprc files (#808/601)

Visual improvements

  • Much improved compose box design: (#783)
    • Simpler horizontal-only bounding lines (#852/#629)
    • Stream/topic titles are replaced by a stream-colored # or P character (for public/private streams) and an ▶ arrow to the topic (#865)
  • Popups are refreshed and show more information:
    • All popups have an improved contrasting layout using block elements, color-themed by type (#853)
    • The About popup now has separate sections for the Application, Server, and Application configuration (#821)
    • Stream Information popup now allows access to stream membership and weekly message counts (#856, #878)
    • Message edit-history (if present) can now be viewed in a popup from the Message Information popup (#663)
  • Message rendering:
    • Time mentions (Zulip server 3.0+) are now shown, and detailed in the Message Information popup (#691/#765/#771)
    • No-text links render as either a final filename, internal link, or domain name (instead of simply the end of the URL) (#742/#750)
  • The user list more closely resembles the webapp:
    • (you) is shown next to yourself (#798/#437)
    • Instead of dots, differently-filled circles are used to indicate varying activity levels (#817)
  • Muted streams and topics are now styled differently, including their muted status (#802)

Important bugfixes

  • Avoid unnecessary repeated reconnect attempts (#866)
  • User search fully updates after backspacing to an empty search (#700)
  • Muted topics are again indicated correctly using Zulip server 3.0 (or feature level 1+) (#744)
  • Ensure view is rendered before displaying errors from server (#761)
  • Topics are fetched on-demand rather than on startup, lowering startup time and server load (#493/#759)
  • Various bugs fixed where streams were assumed to be subscribed (eg #795)
  • Indicate to user if the zuliprc file could not be written (#801)
  • In case of unexpected errors handling events, log them and allow other events to be processed (#819)
  • Update topic list upon renaming of topics (#785, #832)

User documentation updates

  • README updates:
    • About section added to improve project summary, feature status and limitations (#860)
    • Note added regarding using an insecure/self-signed-cert server setup (#788)
    • Note improved for handling passwords (#818)
    • Text corrected regarding (lack of) notifications support on WSL (#835)
  • New FAQ sections:
    • Are there any themes available, other than the default one?
    • When are messages marked as having been read? (#789)
    • How do I access multiple servers? (#820)

Infrastructure improvements

  • Dockerfile improvements, including options to build images from current git (#571)
  • Log files generated less in general use - API calls only in debug mode, tracebacks only on exceptions (#760)
  • Unicode symbols used in the interface are isolated into one source file for easier customization
  • Use typing_extensions module instead of mypy_extensions for TypedDict & Literal (#769)
  • Initial support for development environment using make (#777)
  • Add CPython 3.9 support to installation range and to CI (#815)
  • Various improvements to development notes, eg. commit style, pytest tips, file overview (#820, #857)
  • Various improvements to support newer server versions
    • peer_add/peer_remove events for feature level 35+ (#814)
    • new standardized op field in later server versions (#786/#790)
  • CI migrated from Travis to GitHub Actions; CodeQL testing added (#831, #869, #872, #875)
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