Groups.io: Changelog

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January 24, 2020

  • INTERNAL: Rearchitected how we paginate through messages, to be more efficient with the database.
  • SYSADMIN: Removed the extra block storage needed during the Yahoo Groups migration.
  • MISC: Hired a technical writer to draft a Groups.io manual.
  • CHANGE: Removed Canny.io integration.
  • BUGFIX: The messages in the mbox file when exporting a group were not in ascending order, as required.
  • CHANGE: Optimized drafts database queries.
  • MISC: Hired a consulting firm to help with search issues, including member directory search and upgrading our existing cluster.
  • CHANGE: Reorganized the Beta group hashtag list. Established a new group charter.
  • NEW: In the Hashtags page, added an icon to indicate mods only hashtags.
  • INTERNAL: Added some database indices to speed up topic deletion.
  • INTERNAL: Optimized several search queries.

January 17, 2020

  • BUGFIX: Fixed a deadlock issue in some cases during confirmation via email.
  • INTERNAL: Addressed some technical debt around the calendar code, and in the process fixed two timezone conversion bugs in ICS feeds.
  • API: The message object now has an attachments array.
  • BUGFIX: The your subscription is not yet approved banner was appearing one page refresh too late.
  • BUGFIX: Edit buttons were missing from the Hashtags page.
  • API: The docs for /createhashtag incorrectly stated that description was required.
  • BUGFIX: Fix crash when sorting a database by a column that no longer exists.
  • BUGFIX: The user was not being displayed in Message rejected from not confirmed member activity log lines.
  • API: /downloadarchives now supports start_msg_num parameter.