Notices by Funkwhale (funkwhale@mastodon.eliotberriot.com)

Some of our sites (in particular https://funkwhale.audio and https://docs.funkwhale.audio) are currently down because of a broken server upgrade. We are aware of the problem and are working on it, thank you for your patience 😊

Funkwhale 1.0 is out 🎉

As usual, the full changelog is available at https://docs.funkwhale.audio/changelog.html#id1,. New features include:

- A brand new search page- It's now possible to launch a scan from the UI- Themes and language are now persisted accross sessions- A new plugin system, with a scrobbler plugin that works with Last.fm and MusicBrainz

We're thankful to the contributors to this release, as well as all our supporters, backers and members of the community who have been with us for five years!

We wish you a happy upgrade!

Funkwhale 0.21.2 is out, with several bugfixes and enhancement. It's a rather small release and, as usual, the full changelog is available at https://docs.funkwhale.audio/changelog.html#id1

Happy upgrade :)

Funkwhale 0.21.1 is out, with a bunch of small bugfixes and enhancements, and a watch mode for CLI import.

As usual, check out https://docs.funkwhale.audio/changelog.html#id1 for the full changelog!

Many thanks to all the people involved ❤︎

The next release, Funkwhale 1.0, will drop compatibility with Python 3.5, which is the version installed on Debian 9.

We'll be officially removing some compatibility tweaks for Python 3.5 on the develop branch (0.21 and 0.21.x hotfixes won't be affected).

If your pod run on develop and debian 9, we recommend upgrading to debian 10, which includes Python 3.7. You will also need to recreate your virtualenv (https://docs.funkwhale.audio/installation/debian.html#python-dependencies).

If you run on another OS, ensure `python3 --version` returns 3.6 or higher.

If you run Funkwhale using Docker, you can safely ignore this ;)

This is it, after 6 months of work, #Funkwhale 0.21 is now officially published 🎉

Have a look at https://blog.funkwhale.audio/~/Announcements/blog-post-week-2020-17-funkwhale-0.21-is-out/ for a quick summary of the changes included in this release, or dive into the full changelog ;)

https://docs.funkwhale.audio/changelog.html#agate-2020-04-24

It came to our attention recently that the account @\funkwhale@mastodon.uno was spreading misinformation about the project, and our funding in particular. They've also published hostile posts concerning some members of our collective.

This happens after we reached out to them multiple times in february to ask them to respect the guidelines we put in place for reusing our assets (https://funkwhale.audio/en_US/logos), and after they setup multiple social media pages by simply copy-pasting content from our website, which could be seen as a way to impersonate us, or at least to create confusion.

As a result, we have decided to block them, as well as the Funkwhale pod funkwhale.it they manage, from all our spaces and the pods we host.

Funkwhale.it is not affiliated with our project or collective, in any way.

So, looks like #Funkwhale channels and podcasts will be compatible with #Friendica!

https://github.com/friendica/friendica/issues/7771#issuecomment-603673943

You can expect this to work when their 2019-03 release is out!

Hey there!

We're almost ready to release Funkwhale 0.20 and we've pushed the first release candidate, 0.20.0-rc1. If you want to help polishing this release, you can upgrade your #Funkwhale pod to use this release and report any bug you encounter.

You can learn more at https://governance.funkwhale.audio/d/2Dg5G0If/0-20-release-incoming- and access the full changelog at https://dev.funkwhale.audio/funkwhale/funkwhale/-/tags/0.20.0-rc1

If everything goes well, we're planning for a final release during the first week of October 🎉

Thank you for your help!

Hey there!

Among other things you can do to help the project, you can help us review the work being done by other contributors.

This is incredibly helpful to increase the quality of contributions, and it's also a good way to understand better how #Funkwhale works internally while improving your own skills, such as programming (Python, Javascript), webdesign, REST APIs, documentation and writing, databases, sysadmin, ansible, docker, automation, etc.

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It's open to anyone, and you don't have to commit on anything: if you are interested, create an account on https://dev.funkwhale.audio and send me a message with your username and your areas of interest and I'll add you to the corresponding groups.

If, for any reason you want to stop, you can leave the groups on your own (or ask me to remove you).

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When someone submits a contribution and want some reviews, they'll simply mention the corresponding groups. This is where you receive a notification.

Click the link, read the contribution and post one or more comments, if you have any:

- Questions (even, and *especially* questions that might sound silly)
- Improvements suggestions
- Proof-reading
- Feedback
- Testing

If you have nothing to say, but want to let the contributor know you reviewd their work, you can also leave a thumb up.

Literally *any* of the above helps!

You don't have to review everything that is sent your way, and are also free to chose which contributions you are comfortable reviewing.

Thank you so much for your help!

#BoostsAppreciated

Hello #Fediverse!

Now that we have our collective, bank account and donation system setup, we're also investigating alternative #funding options.

Nobody in our team seem to have experience with grants/sponsorships, so if you have experience with these, or know some grants/organizations we should look into, would you mind getting in touch?

(No forum topic listed, this is currently an internal team discussion)

Thank you very much, #BoostsAppreciated!

Someone recently started to work on a native (as in: not based on Subsonic) android app for #Funkwhale. They are looking for feedback and ideas, so feel free to reach out on the corresponding discussion!

https://governance.funkwhale.audio/d/X4OGJ9bK/native-android-player-in-development

#funkwhale's new donation platform is now up and running 🎉

Simply visit https://funkwhale.audio/support-us to donate anonymously by credit card or SEPA transfer, or to become a voting member of our collective.

Many thanks to the people who contributed to and tested this 🤗

If you want to read more about the changes and motivations, please check out https://blog.funkwhale.audio/~/Announcements/blog-post-week-2019-33-new-donation-and-membership-platform

(Also note that
our Open Collective page will remain available if you prefer to support us here)

@colegota of course!

@Anprim we have a list of supported apps available here: https://funkwhale.audio/apps, let me know if you need anything else :)

@selea @LPS @switchingsocial yeah, you can use subsonic apps witj Funkwhale. All the links and explanations can be found on ourwebsite: https://funkwhale.audio/en_US/apps

:otto: :serenity:

A community member wants to start working on a native desktop client for #Funkwhale, but is looking for someone with UX/UI #Design skills to ensure the client is usable and well-designed.

If you want to see this happen and are willing to get involved, please get in touch!

https://governance.funkwhale.audio/d/Ne1wR2jt/a-desktop-client-for-funkwhale

Allright, our new website is now up and running at https://funkwhale.audio/ 🎉 🎉 🎉

It features:

- Cute illustrations drawed by @robin
- Cleaner, mobile-first design
- More accurate and accessible explanations about the project
- A brand new #Funkwhale pod selector
- A brand new "Applications" page listing Funkwhale-compatible apps
- Internationalization-ready content, so we can translate the site in many languages!

Many thanks to testers, proof-readers, designers and everyone who helped!

Hello there!

If you enjoy #Funkwhale and want to support us, we accept donations on our #OpenCollective page. The money will pay hosting fees and project contributors :)

https://opencollective.com/funkwhale

If financial donations are not an option for you, there are plenty other ways to give back to the project!

https://contribute.funkwhale.audio/