Hi All,

Thanks for the patience on the 8 hour downtime. The upgrade was completed successfully, and we are now on latest lemmy version, 0.19.5. The update encompasses these changes:

https://join-lemmy.org/news/2024-06-07_-_Lemmy_Release_v0.19.4_-_Image_Proxying_and_Federation_improvements

https://join-lemmy.org/news/2024-06-19_-_Lemmy_Release_v0.19.5_-_A_Few_Bugfixes

In addition, we have decided to host a new, experimental frontend for lemmy, hosted at https://next.hexbear.net. This frontend is in-development at https://github.com/sunaurus/lemmy-ui-next. Its generally a faster, more efficient, and simpler UI. It is missing some features, such as markdown editor and emoji picker currently. But, if you are on a low-powered device, you may find the experience of browsing and posting much better than the official UI.

Please post any bugs or feedback here and I’ll try and address them if possible.

Thanks!

  • Owl [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    3·
    5 days ago

    Are we planning on making use of local only communities? I remember some earlier noises about making more sensitive spaces local only, then federating more.

    Post hiding is a great feature, I’m glad to see it.

    Finally, I’m really curious why traaaaa’s name changed after the update, then changed back. Not in a “this is important to me” way so much as in a “I like hearing about cursed tech issues” way.

    • makotech222 [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      4·
      5 days ago

      Are we planning on making use of local only communities? I remember some earlier noises about making more sensitive spaces local only, then federating more.

      Up to the admins/mods, but its supported now at least.

      Finally, I’m really curious why traaaaa’s name changed after the update, then changed back. Not in a “this is important to me” way so much as in a “I like hearing about cursed tech issues” way.

      Not familiar with the issue myself, my guess is maybe one of the db columns had its varchar datatype extended?