This release resolves all blocking issues with the 2.x beta. It also improves compatibility with other modules that use PEAR or the phpFlickr module.
In particular:
Performance for sites with very large numbers of Activity Stream nodes is improved.
PHP errors and warnings have all been resolved.
Display is improved, with mixed case Twitter IDs being properly handled and a new theme function for blocks.
(Fix) Date header in stream uses hard-coded date format. (Fixes #640528: Custom date format in stream)
(Fix) $baseurl not passed to flickr functions (Fixes #785408 patch by JeremyFrench )
(Fix) Misc notices in module
(Fix) Mixed case twitter IDs are not stripped from the title
(New) Strip leading twitter IDs from body as we do on the title.
(Fix) If item has no title, warnings occur on import (Fixes #736466)
(Fix) Feed item URLs with ampersands in them don't work
(Fix) Saving a twitter user results in error "warning: mysqli_real_escape_string() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given" (Fixes #663056)
(Fix) Watchdog messages using 5.x api
(Fix) DOM ID #activitystream used in block content (Fixes #673406)
(Fix) Default value for lastfetch in db schema causes postgres errors (Addresses #872264)
(Fix) Typo on admin page. (Fixes #959836)
(New) Add info about activitystream_user_load() helper to dev docs
(New) More link in block to link to full stream (Addresses #922718)