Funkwhale @funkwhale@mastodon.eliotberriot.com

@motri hello there! 😃

Have you ever wonder how Funkwhale is structured? What are the different components of your instance?

We're working on including that information in the documentation, and you can review the work done here:

http://docs-256-troubleshooting.preview.funkwhale.audio/architecture.html

This branch also includes a new and shiny section in the documentation to help you troubleshot the common errors that can occur when you're managing an instance:

http://docs-256-troubleshooting.preview.funkwhale.audio/troubleshooting.html

Feedback welcome on https://code.eliotberriot.com/funkwhale/funkwhale/merge_requests/281
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@jibec There as been an increase on the number of issues opened over the past few weeks, which is a really good sign, because it means people are actually using the software and care enough to report problems and suggest improvements.

Thank you all for taking the time to write and share feedback (via issues, on the fediverse, Matrix...), and to the various people that contributed on the documentation too :)

A huge thank you to @jibec as well, for developping and maintaining Funkwhale's YunoHost package.

Since #YunoHost 3 is now out and stable, this is a safe and easy option to deploy your instance if you already have a YunoHost server.

https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/funkwhale_ynh

Build pipeline for the 0.15 #release is other. As usual, here is a brief overview of changes:

- A brand new interface to manage users and import requests
- A new invitation system, to make it easier to bring friends and family on your closed instance
- Various improvements to the file import CLI (thanks @renon)
- The ability to use Funkwhale's front-end with any Funkwhale server (and not only on the same domain)

Full #changelog is here: https://docs.funkwhale.audio/changelog.html#id1

All tickets for the 0.15 #release are dealt with, and the release itself is on the way. It's time to decide what we'll be doing for 0.16!

https://code.eliotberriot.com/funkwhale/funkwhale/issues

There is ~90 issues you can choose from, (and you can also create new ones if needed). @eliotberriot will probably schedule a few issues to pave the way for broader federation, and we need to keep a balance between introducing new features, improve the existing ones and figx bugs :)

Let us know what you'd want for next release!

This will prove incredibly useful for UI changes, testing new features, gather feedback from actual users and not only devs before pushing stuff to production.

I'll probably share a lot of those links from now on, so be ready ;)

3/3

This may seems a bit esoteric, so let's take a real example: @eliotberriot has been working on a fix for "hiccups" that occurs when you have a track playing and you shuffle your queue, or delete a track from the queue.

You can try this fix by visiting http://310-player-shuffling-restart.preview.funkwhale.audio/ (login: demo/demo) and use the platform, as you would do with a real instance.

If the fix is not working for you, just drop a comment on https://code.eliotberriot.com/funkwhale/funkwhale/merge_requests/268, and @eliotberriot can push another fix, and so on.

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I have good news!

Now that https://code.eliotberriot.com/funkwhale/funkwhale/merge_requests/269 is merged in the main branch, it is *way* easier to contribute to Funkwhale's front-end.

https://docs.funkwhale.audio/contributing.html#a-quick-path-to-contribute-on-the-front-end

Even if you are not a dev, you can help by reviewing other's work! When someone works on something, we will make their changes publicly available via a unique URL.

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I might as well show you the interface to manage users. This still pretty basic, but you can use it to:

- list all the users of your instance
- search them
- order by signup date, last activity date, etc.
- see their permissions, status, email
- grant or remove them permissions
- activate/deactivate their account

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Hi! It's been a long time since the last gif!

The next release will include a new invitation system to make it easier for instance owners to let their friend and family join their instances without opening signup completely.

You can see how it works below (as well as a brief glance of the new "user admin" area):

https://mastodon.eliotberriot.com/media/3Pw-LfFvBtabhwidNoA

Only admins generate those codes, they are valid for 14 days and can be deleted at any time.

#funkwhale #feature

After discussing with @dansup this morning, I've opened a bunch of issues regarding user activity federation in Funkwhale: https://code.eliotberriot.com/funkwhale/funkwhale/milestones/8

You may remember that right now, federation is only about sharing tracks between instances. Once the previous milestone is implemented, users will be able to follow each others on the fediverse, comment on music on so on.

I guess I have my summer scheduled ;)

#Funkwhale 0.14.2 it out, freshly cooked!

As an instance owner, especially if you have open signup, you shoud upgrade as soon as possible: this #release includes a patch for a permission issue where any user could delete or edit radios that where shared publicly.

Other interesting stuff:

- Apache2 support is now at parity with nginx in term of features
- Funkwhale is now AGPL-3 licenced
- Fixed a pagination issue in the Subsonic API that broke full access to a library

https://docs.funkwhale.audio/changelog.html#id1

Following our ongoing structuration work for the project, we've been working today on a moderation policy draft with @albakham.

Before actually adopting it, we would like some feedback about it. If you are interested, everything is here: https://code.eliotberriot.com/funkwhale/governance/merge_requests/