Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of gnusocial

Timestamp:

Jul 30, 2014, 10:45:41 AM (11 years ago)

Author:

Mats Sjöberg

Comment:

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gnusocial

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-Place holder for gnusocial options
+= Options for GNU Social server setup =
+
+Related discussion: https://quitter.se/conversation/2262019
+
+Below GS refers to GNU Social
+
+== Plain GNU Social ==
+Just a custom theme
+
+Pros:
+- updates and maintenance easy since we are working straight from
+  upstream
+- all GS features work as designed, e.g. polls, groups etc
+Cons:
+- no auto-updates
+
+== GNU Social + meteor ==
+
+Pros:
+- we are still pretty close to upstream, just using meteor service
+  in addition
+- auto-updating UI
+- GS features such as polls etc should work 
+Cons:
+- some users don't like auto-updating, and some claimed it to be a
+  bit "messy" (see quitter discussion above)
+- having the additional meteor service has some extra maintenance
+  overhead, although from my own experience setting it up for dev.social it doesn't seem so bad
+
+=== tech notes ===
+Some helpful links from @vinz
+
+http://www.verbosity.ca/statusnet-identica-ostatus-microblogging/getting-real-time-updates-statusnet
+
+http://whird.jpope.org/my-statusnet-meteor-and-realtime-setup/
+
+https://github.com/vinzv/gnusocial/tree/master/meteor
+
+== GNU Social + qvitter plugin ==
+I'm not very familiar with the details of this one.
+
+Pros:
+- nice-looking interface which reminds of Twitter (easy to attract
+  user of that service)
+- it handles auto-updates in a manner which some people prefer to
+  meteor, i.e. it just displays e.g. "3 new posts" instead of
+  disrupting the time-line
+- from discussions with @hannes2peer@quitter.se I have the
+  understanding that auto-updates are just the JavaScript client
+  polling, so no additional service (such as meteor) is needed
+
+Cons:
+- AFAIK the qvitter UI does not yet implement all GNU Social
+  features, and at least on Quitter.se you sometimes have to
+  fall-back to the old UI, this is ugly and confusing for new users
+
+== GNU Social + chimo's updater ==
+
+chimo says it's experimental and not well tested
+
+https://github.com/chimo/gs-wsRealtime
+
+Pros:
+- looks like a really neat WebSockets-based system, i.e. real-time,
+  not polling
+
+Cons:
+- setup and dependencies looks pretty heavy (although I'm not very
+  familiar with PHP dependency management)
+- "Ratchet doesn't support SSL. One work-around is to use nginx to
+  proxy those requests."