Release 2.5.1 🛠 Fixes

[hacdias]

Release Notes

🛠 Fixes and Maintenance

• Update Dependencies and enable Dependabot (Update Dependencies and enable Dependabot #1083)
• Fix padding in experiments section (Experiments has a lot of padding #1107)
• Fix Explore bar help text (Need to update explore help text #1106)
• Add documentation link to config page (The Config section in Settings should have a link to the documentation #1110)
• Do not assume all nodes are unixfs (Files/Explore: unrecognized node type when DAG is not unixfs #1095)
• Allow to use top bar to Explore on IPLD (feat: add inspect near browse #1114)
• Stop crashing pin screen on a single ipfs.files.stat error (fix: stop crashing pin screen on a single ipfs.files.stat error #1121)
• Better distinguishment between links and non-links on Files Page (feat: improve nav bar #1128)

Before Release

• Make sure i18n is updated (tx pull -a)
• Update Release Notes accordingly

After Release

• Copy the notes above to the GitHub release
• Update Hash:
  • js-ipfs PR
  • go-ipfs PR
  • IPFS Companion PR
  • IPFS Desktop PR

[hacdias]

I feel like this patch release is ready to go! As a patch release, we only have fixes to ship.

Here's the link of the latest build: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmQn7B9nLDXgDWjVjgjHActHDQ3AK1NRv7f733P8ki7dik

As per #1129, @olizilla @ericronne @cwaring, I'd like to know if there's something you think we should change before releases this patch release!

We've went through the issues talked about on the call two weeks ago

[hacdias]

I want to cut a release of Web UI this week! @olizilla @ericronne @cwaring do any of you have time to take a look at Web UI with me to see if there are any major UX things we should change before the release? Remember this is just a patch release for fixes mainly.

[ericronne]

I shall make time for This Thing!

Blocked an hour later today ✊

[hacdias]

Blocked an hour later today ✊

@ericronne if after taking a look, you want to talk to me about it, please let me know! Would love to get this released this week so we can unblock IPFS Desktop release which is huge!

[ericronne]

I meant that i blocked time for me to check it out async, so no worries!

[ericronne]

Local daemon issues prevent a thorough check for me, sigh. @olizilla assist during our 1:1 tomorrow? 🙏

[hacdias]

Any updates on this?

[ericronne]

Sussed out the local machine, thx @olizilla!

• The experiments content does not show for me (IPFS Config immediately follows Analytics on settings page)
• I agree with @olizilla (comment) that the combo browse / explore feature likely presents usability issues. Will be interesting to see how users in the wild react to it (ie go ahead and 🚀it), but this is a nice problem to attack with a design workshop soon
• Your design update to the info block strikes me as more user friendly and informative. Underlining files and pins helps a lot, and the home icon seemed confusing.

Good work @hacdias

[hacdias]

The experiments content does not show for me (IPFS Config immediately follows Analytics on settings page)

Were you using with IPFS Desktop? If not, that's the reason why. Right now, we only have one experiment and it only works with IPFS Desktop.

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Anyway, thanks for the review. Let me know if you want to check the experiments section before I release 2.5.1!

[ericronne]

Ah. Was testing the webui. I don't need to review that bit. Thanks again! 🚢

[hacdias]

Thanks @ericronne!

2.5.1 shipped! 🚢