All going well, I will be starting the upgrade to v2.5.0 for all Masto.host hosted instances in a couple of minutes.
This release will take longer than usual to upgrade, so I can't say how long it will take until your instance is updated. If I believe it will take a long time, I will post information about it.
The upgrade should cause less than a 1 minute backup.
You can read about what changes here: https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.5.0
Pretty cool stuff coming :)
And it's done!
Every instance hosted by Masto.host is now running v2.5.0 😓
Can't wait to see what you guys come up with, now that you have custom CSS available.
Hope you have fun 🐘 and do let me know if you run into any issues.
@mastohost I’m very excited about this release 🎉 (thanks for getting on the update so quickly)
@rmlewisuk I am very excited too but I feel like this migration is going to take days :|
I will post about it when I have more specific information
@mastohost Oh no, good luck with it all 🤞
@mastohost crikey, it’s a big one then!
@floppy a lot of database changes but it's a pretty great update :)
@mastohost Thanks and good luck ! 👍😅
@mastohost So you're hosting 11 instances at the moment? :o
@Vetra a bit more than that :)
11 servers with several instances per server
@mastohost Oof, I was kinda surprised for a moment xD
How many instances approximately? I'm curious :3
@Vetra crossed 400 last month
@mastohost Woah, nice!
@Vetra Yep but a lot of work
@mastohost Is it worth it? :)
@Vetra I would make more money working for someone else but I have way more fun :)
@mastohost So I'd say yes, totally worth it? 
@mastohost yay! Thank you.
Do you know if the "...this week" stats on the dashboard are last 7 days, or a calendar week?
@alexhillman by looking at the code https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/blob/a9f1490bdf13595d2259c8d1dff9d84edc6a257b/app/controllers/admin/dashboard_controller.rb#L35
I would say it is the calendar week.
I have zero knowledge of Ruby but a Google search returned this for 'cweek': https://apidock.com/ruby/Date/cweek
Let's say there is a high change I am right :) but probably you should check with someone else if you really want to be sure.
@mastohost thank you!!
@sundevour you're welcome :)
@mastohost thanks for all your hard work!!!
@gingerrroot you're very welcome :)
@mastohost yessss so excited! thank you!
@Vetra thanks :)
@mastohost
Looks like im gonna be busy this week!
@Tyrent :) if you come up with something, send it over would love to see.
@mastohost Appreciate all your efforts!
@mb Thanks :)
@mastohost 🎉 thank you! 🎉
@mastohost Thanks Hugo! 👍
@mastohost Did someone say CustomCSS ? I'm in.
🏳️🌈
@mastohost Y'all are absolutely amazing.
@mastohost
I'm probably missing something simple here. I can't find the documentation on how the custom CSS works in 2.5. Can someone please point me in the right direction?
@Nick can’t you find the custom CSS field in Administration->Site Settings?
You just add your CSS there and press save. That’s all there is to it. Is there something specific you are struggling with?
@mastohost yeah I put some generic css code in there, hit save changes and nothing seems to change on the site. I'm probably missing something simple.
@Nick well, you cannot use random CSS code :)
You need look at the code (with inspect element or something) and follow the CSS hierarchy.
Eg:
body{background:pink;}
will do nothing. While:
.ui{background:pink;}
will change the background of the app but that is because the .ui class goes over the body CSS.
@mastohost ah gotcha, I'll have a play about with it and see what I come up with. Thanks. 👍
@mastohost Thank you for keeping up to date with releases!
@derek You're welcome :)
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As expected the upgrade to v2.5.0 is taking a long time and I am running it one server at a time to avoid overloading the database servers.
First server is updated and it took 1:30h. Now, 10 more to go :|
Hopefully I will manage to upgrade everyone in shared hosting today (can't promise) but by tomorrow at this time I am 99% sure that everyone will be running 2.5.0, if no issues arise.
Any questions or if nothing something strange after the upgrade, let me know. Thanks