- Moved thumbs folder to public_html/
- Users can supply custom thumbs of any size and the system will treat
them like normal image
- Removed distinction between various thumb sizes in file system
- Introduced custom rewrite rule, which isn't exactly good-looking, but
its benefits far outweigh its shortcomings
- Loading up to 75 times faster (was: 100-300ms, is: 4-10ms on my
machine) thanks to removal of PHP proxying
Restored JobArgs approach. Previous introduction of hierarchic argument
definitions has backfired: it was confusing what class to take arguments
from, the concept of sharing arguments between different jobs was
unintelligible and one never knew where given argument was actually
defined.
This appraoch makes it easier to maintain the arguments list and
simplifies the code a lot.
Reason: trying to make unique string for every possible argument in
global fashion is difficult. For example it would make sense for
EditPostRelationsJob to accept argument named "post-ids", but it
wouldn't make much sense for AddPostJob to accept "post-ids" since it
doesn't tell much. Thus, common arguments are going to be defined in
top-level AbstractJob for ease of control, while more job-specific
arguments are going to be specified in respective job implementations.
Since the purpose that StatusHelper was mainly created for no longer
holds, it was simplified to Messenger. It is now is used to transport
simple messages to views and still transports info whether the message
is about success or failure.
Reason: until now, PostSearchService was using magic to get around the biggest
limitation of SqlQuery.php: it didn't support arbitrary order of operations.
You couldn't join with something and tell then to select something from it.
Additionally, forging UPDATE queries was a joke. The new Sql* classes replace
SqlQuery completely and address these issues. Using Sql* classes might be
tedious and ugly at times, but it is necessary step to improve model layer
maintainability.
It is by no menas complete implementation of SQL grammar, but for current needs
it's enough, and, what's most important, it is easily extensible.
Additional changes:
* Added sorting style aliases
- fav_count
- tag_count
- comment_count
* Sorting by multiple tokens in post search is now possible
* Searching for disliked posts with "special:disliked" always yields results
(even if user has disabled showing disliked posts by default)
* More maintainable next/prev post support
Following privileges for post actions can now understand different settings for
everyone and for uploader:
* Scoring posts
* Featuring posts
* Flagging posts
* Favoriting posts
Additionally, privilege for flagging users can now understand different
settings for everyone and for the user that is currently logged in.
In other words: with this update admin can configure privileges so that scoring
own posts or flagging oneself will be prohibited, while scoring other people's
posts or flagging others will be okay.
