From 6c67f926563df1da871edff0fe2d7a2090bee907 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Abbott Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 08:35:06 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Update changelog with changes since 8.x. --- docs/overview/changelog.md | 111 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 111 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/overview/changelog.md b/docs/overview/changelog.md index 7d13afcf0e..bda1258f08 100644 --- a/docs/overview/changelog.md +++ b/docs/overview/changelog.md @@ -11,6 +11,116 @@ This section is an incomplete draft of the release notes for the next major release, and is only updated occasionally. See the [commit log][commit-log] for an up-to-date list of all changes. +#### Highlights + +- Added support for Ubuntu 24.04. Dropped support for Ubuntu 20.04. +- Added a configurable "Zulip updates" system that sends automated + messages describing changes to Zulip that are relevant to end + users. See the upgrade notes for details. +- Streams have been renamed to Channels. The functionality remains + exactly the same, and bots do not need to be updated. +- The All messages view has been renamed to Combined feed, and + its internals have been reworked, fixing many subtle bugs. +- When you paste content into the compose box, Zulip will now do its + best to preserve the formatting, including links, bulleted lists, + bold, italics, and more. Pasting as plain text remains an + alternative option. +- To quote and reply to part of a message, you can now select the part + that you want to quote. +- The right sidebar has been redesigned to highlight users in the + current channel or direct message conversation. You can also now + hide the user list in the right sidebar to reduce distraction. +- When you start composing, the most recently edited draft for the + conversation you are composing to now automatically appears in the + compose box. You can always save a draft and start a new message + using the send options menu next to the Send button. +- If you'd prefer not to see notifications when others type, you can + now disable them. +- Topics and messages now load much faster when you open the web or + desktop app. +- Zulip's new-user and new-organization onboarding experiences have + been completely reworked. +- Redesigned most popovers with a more modern visual style and + improved accessibility for screen readers. + +#### Full feature changelog + +- The back button now preserves scroll position in previous views, + as well as whether a stream's full topic list is expanded. +- Added new `Alt+P` keyboard shortcut to toggle the Markdown preview + in the compose box. +- Added new `Shift+V` keyboard shortcut to view read receipts. +- The `Shift+M` keyboard shortcut for muting now works in the recent + conversations and inbox views. +- Redesigned the users panel in organization settings, with a new role filter. +- Redesigned the invite users modal. +- Redesigned the message edit history view as a modal. +- Redesigned the TODO widget. +- Improved compose typeahead sorting algorithms significantly. +- Improved compose box design, including how overly long messages are + indicated, how drafts are displayed, etc. +- Added mark-as-unread option to topic popover menus. +- Added warnings for several dangerous actions, like merging topics. +- Added support for directly linking to a user's profile. +- Added descriptions in message view header area for global views, and + stream views now prompt administrators to add a description. +- Added a tooltip to let you see the name of a status emoji. +- Added new option to disable seeing typing notifications, distinct + from the existing options to disable sending typing notifications. +- Added support for requiring unique names in an organization. +- Added support for marking a custom profile field as required. +- Added controls whether users should be subscribed to the + organization's default streams in invitations and the SCIM + integration. +- Added a confirmation notice when moving a single message, linking to + its new location. +- Creating a stream now immediately navigates you to the new stream. +- Renamed "Full name" input fields to "Name". +- Renamed the "more topics" widget to "show all topics" to better hint + what it does. +- Improved stream settings overlay to show additional metadata, like + the stream creator and creation date. +- Improved navigation in the stream and group settings overlays. +- Improved how desktop notifications display quoted content. +- Improved filtering options for the GitHub integration. +- Improved dozens of Help Center articles. +- Improved wording in various automated notices. +- Improved new-organization defaults for various permissions settings. +- Improved how users are displayed in settings to use clickable user + pills. +- Improved the efficiency of Zulip's internal statistics system, both + in terms of CPU and storage usage. +- Improved tooltips to better clarify how drafts work. +- The left sidebar now displays the current conversation even when it + contains no messages. +- Improved performance/scalability of the Zulip server, including more + efficient algorithms for fetching message history and presence. +- New incoming webhooks for Patreon and GitHub Sponsors. +- Simplified the process for configuring integrations with custom + filtering of events. +- Added a great deal of API documentation, covering more common + concepts as well as several previously undocumented API endpoints, + like setting a user's status. +- Added new API endpoint to fetch an individual user's status. +- Added support for showing the beta Flutter app in statistics. +- Greatly improved the experience restarting a Zulip server under heavy load. +- Fixed timeout/slowness issues rendering messages with dozens of + LaTeX blocks. +- Fixed several subtle bugs involving message feed scroll position. +- Fixed several subtle scrolling, flickering, and live-update bugs in + the recent conversations view. +- Fixed several bugs involving uploading files while editing messages. +- Fixed several subtle layout bugs in the web app. +- Fixed several bugs involving the compose box, its banners, and tooltips. +- Fixed several race condition bugs affecting the server and web app. +- Fixed local echo of message editing. +- Removed the Gitter data import tool, since Gitter removed the data + export API that enabled it. +- Removed multiple queue workers, reducing memory usage. +- Upgraded dependencies, including Django 5.0. +- The great majority of the Zulip web application has been converted + to TypeScript, fixing many subtle bugs. + #### Upgrade notes for 9.0 - This release introduces a new [Zulip updates](https://zulip.com/help/configure-automated-notices#zulip-update-announcements) feature, which @@ -22,6 +132,7 @@ log][commit-log] for an up-to-date list of all changes. to give time to potentially reconfigure which stream to use. You can override the delay by running `./manage.py send_zulip_update_announcements --skip-delay` once you've done any necessary configuration updates. +- Advertise LaTeX option. ## Zulip Server 8.x series