PirateBox Changelog

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Released on December 26, 2014

• [Fix] Settings for correct permission of shoutbox files
• [Fix] Broken probe function in some shells
• [Fix] Issues with Python scripts on some plattforms
• [Fix] Fixes in installation script
• [Fix] Distribute files did not work with folder containing whitespaces

Released on October 10, 2014

• [New] [OpenWRT] Optimized handling of mount options in extendRoot
• [New] [RPi] Service File for RPi image
• [New] Remove # in front of secret & password to force user to change it before using the board
• [Fix] Changed setting permissions for shoutbox data file
• [Fix] Several typos in scripts
• [Fix] Typo in the front page and the directory listing
• [Fix] in timsave.sh while restoring date&time
• [Fix] [OpenWRT] Timesave for creating bootup and restore
• [Fix] [OpenWRT] Fix for “already installed” recognition to skip parts
• [Fix] [OpenWRT] Fix for errors during installing piratebox-mod-imageboard because of duplicate links
• [Fix] [OpenWRT] Fix for LED flashing during auto install (box-installer on image)
• [Fix] [OpenWRT] Fix for error messages on package reinstall. (extendRoot)
• [Fix] No duplicate symlink after double “part2” via install_piratebox.sh
• [Fix] Button padding in UI
• [Fix] Board Link out of nested Shared folder
• [Fix] Russian Translation in Droopy
• [Fix] ReDistribute DirectoryListing files upon initialization on first Startup
• [Fix] [OpenWRT] Fixing customization of lease-file location for OpenWRT
• [Fix] [OpenWRT] Fixes issues when extendRoot couldn't get initialized correctly
• [Fix] [RPi] Bootup issue with some USB-wifi sticks.
• [Fix] Prevent XSS in forest.py

Released on May 30, 2014

• [New] Responsive design based on Bootstrap
  • Updated Homepage
  • Directory Listing redesign
• [New] [OpenWrt] Added PirateBox installer (Box-Installer) ¹⁾ which radically simplifies installation and upgrade process
• [New] [RPi] Built new Raspberry Pi(rate)Box image using Arch Linux
• [New] UPnP Media Server added to base system (ReadyMedia, formerly MiniDLNA)
  • Sample configuration for UPnP Server (for normal Linux and OpenWRT)
• [New] Image Board added to base system (Kareha) which provides 4chan functionality.
• [New] Hostname modification now possible during install using install_piratebox.sh
  • Hostname changing generates the redirect.html now based on a Schema file
• [New] [Android] First Official PirateBox Android release
  • Installable (requires root) via Google Play store and downloadable APKs
• [Fix] Timesave script cleanup
  • Timesavescript is called now via /etc/init.d/piratebox timesave
• [Fix] Added JSON Mime-Type to lighttpd configuration
• [Fix] Enabled unescaped blanks in Upload-Folder
• [Fix] Security improvements

Released on September 28, 2013

• [Fix] iOS 7 captive Portal fix
• [Fix] Hide dot files in directory-listing which are usually hidden files.

Released on June 07, 2013

• [New] Mime-Type for epub files
• [New] No caching in redirect.html that would prevent a bit the browser-cache poisening problem.
• [Fix] Several fixes for installing kareha on non-OpenWRT devices
• [Fix] kareha installation error improvements

Released on April 09, 2013

• [Fix] JavaScript improvements for shoutbox
• [Fix] Changed interface-Setup. This fixes the problems with some USB-Wifi cards.

Released on March 28, 2013

• [Fix] Aligned Script-version-Number to the OpenWRT Version-Number
• [New] Nicer JavaScript-based chat.
• [New] Forban Link-integration
• [New] Timesave-script (restores the last know time during bootup… will keep sort order of kareha-board)
• [Fix] Added MP4 mimetype to lighttpd
• [Fix] improvements about ext_www folders
• [Fix] Environment-Variable generation for lighttpd to enhance Shoutbox stuff
• [New] Spacers for further Mesh integration