Gibbon release (v2.6.0)

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Goals

For this release we focused on deploying two very large changes in CryptPad. For one, we’d worked on a large refactoring of the system we use to compile CSS from LESS, so as to make it more efficient. Secondly, we reworked the architecture we use for implementing the CryptDrive functionality, so as to integrate support for shared folders.

Update notes

To test the shared folders functionality, users can run the following command in their browser console:

localStorage.CryptPad_SF = "1";

Alternatively, if the instance administrator would like to enable shared folders for all users, they can do so via their /customize/application_config.js file, by adding the following line:

config.disableSharedFolders = true;

Features

• As mentioned in the goals for this release, we’ve merged in the work done to drastically improve performance when compiling styles. The system features documentation for anyone interested in understanding how it works.
• We’ve refactored the APIs used to interact with your CryptDrive, implementing a single interface with which applications can interact, which then manages any number of sub-objects each representing a shared folder. Shared folders are still disabled by default. See the Update notes section for more information.
• The home page now features the same footer which has been displayed on all other information pages until now.
• We’ve added a slightly nicer spinner icon on loading pages.
• We’ve created a custom font cp-tools for our custom-designed icons

Bug fixes

• We’ve accepted a pull request implementing serverside support for moving files across different drives, for system administrators hosting CryptPad on systems which segregate folders on different partitions.
• We’ve addressed a report of an edge case in CryptPad’s user password change logic which could cause users to delete their accounts.