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Revision: 975
Committed: Mon Aug 3 08:11:50 2009 UTC (16 years, 11 months ago) by michael
Original Path: ircd-hybrid-7.2/NEWS
File size: 6503 byte(s)
Log Message:
- updated NEWS file

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# User Rev Content
1 michael 974 -- ircd-hybrid-7.3 RELNOTES
2 michael 975 o) implemented GUNGLINE (global ungline)
3     o) updated PCRE lib to latest 7.9 release
4     o) completely rewrote build system. we're now using automake and libtool
5     o) added support for sha256/sha512 encrypted passwords to mkpasswd
6     o) added ssl_server_protocol configuration option to servinfo{}.
7     valid flags are 'sslv3' and 'tlsv1'
8 michael 867 o) Fixed occasional core when placing RESVs on channel names
9 michael 878 o) Fixed topic desynchronization which sometimes may
10     happen during netbursts
11 michael 974 o) WATCH support implemented. Known from other irc-daemons, such
12 michael 878 as Dreamforge and Bahamut.
13 michael 883 o) Fixed bug which would cause invalid invisible counts on oper-up in case
14     operator::umodes and/or general::oper_umodes contains 'invisible'
15 michael 885 o) Removed broken LazyLinks
16     o) Minor code optimizations and cleanups
17 michael 887 o) ACCEPT now supports nick!user@host masks
18 michael 900 o) Added new 'server' option to listener::flags. Listener with that flag
19     set may only have server connections.
20 michael 867
21    
22 michael 831 -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.3 RELNOTES
23     o) Added ircd-italian.lang language file
24 db 855 o) Added -full to etrace
25     o) Added +C for opers
26     o) Fixed core in temp channel resv
27 lusky 858 o) Fixed CHALLENGE to work with user=IP
28     o) Misc fixes to TESTMASK and TESTLINE
29     o) Added support for nick masks to TESTMASK
30     o) Fixed /modlist to show up whether or not a module is resident
31     o) Fixed command line arguments handling to allow more than one switch
32     o) Fixed numeric delivery for mixed TS5 target on the other side of a TS6 server.
33 michael 831
34 lusky 858
35 michael 545 -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.2 RELNOTES
36 michael 632 o) Added channel::disable_fake_channels config directive
37 michael 570 o) Fixed broken FORCEJOIN (contrib)
38 michael 548 o) Added missing documentation for connect::vhost
39 michael 552 o) Fixed problem with G-Line voting
40 michael 560 o) Fixed "STATS ?" so it doesn't report negative traffic statistics
41 michael 570 o) Fixed core in m_mkpasswd.c (contrib)
42 michael 579 o) Reduced memory usage for channel members
43 michael 584 o) Added general::stats_e_disabled which simply disables "STATS e"
44     for other operators and administrators
45 michael 597 o) Ignore signal SIGXFSZ to prevent the daemon from dying on missconfigured
46     file size limits
47 michael 670 o) Slight optimizations to the block allocator
48 michael 683 o) Fixed harmless bug that could result in incorrect bytes sent statistics
49     in "STATS t"
50 michael 687 o) "STATS y|Y" now shows whether a class is active or disabled
51 michael 707 o) Added ircd-brazilian_pt.lang language file
52     o) Misc. ACCEPT fixes. E.g. don't remove an accept record if a client is
53     changing between equivalent nicknames like 'nick' and 'NiCk'.
54 michael 710 o) Minor resolv.conf parser fixes. Added missing support for ';' comments
55 michael 714 o) Fixed core on MODRESTART
56 michael 545
57 michael 683
58 michael 523 -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.1 RELNOTES
59     o) Fixed build on SRV4
60     o) Fixed problem where ircd would disconnect all SSL connections
61     o) Added initial CAP support. Additional documentation can be found
62     in doc/technical
63     o) Speeded up command parsing
64     o) Fixed occasional core dump on UN*LINE
65 michael 318 o) Fixed bug where particular clients would always receive
66     "Load is temporarily too heavy" message
67     o) Improved memory consumption, i.e. memory consumption has
68     been reduced for remote clients
69 michael 321 o) Fixed possible core in case default_cipher_preference directive isn't set
70 michael 324 o) Fixed "CHANSERV INVITE" bug with anope services
71 michael 330 o) Updated example configuration files to reflect new topicburst flags
72     directive in connect{} blocks
73 michael 555 o) Fixed core if using the operator::umodes directive
74 michael 352 o) Don't allow shared k-lines to be set without a valid reason
75 michael 371 o) Improved channel ban match processing. This also fixes CIDR bans
76 lusky 308
77 michael 352
78 lusky 308 -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.0 RELNOTES
79 adx 30 o) Fixed broken operwall = yes;
80 michael 56 o) Added 'umode' directive to oper{}. List of modes to get on /OPER.
81 michael 555 This behaves exactly like H6's sixth O line field
82 michael 94 o) Fixed a WHOIS bug
83 michael 159 o) Fixed bug where we would increase Count.invisi even
84 michael 555 if general::invisible_on_connect is turned off
85 adx 201 o) Removed invite_ops_only, controlled by paranoid (+p) now
86 adx 269 o) Better DDoS protection
87 lusky 304 o) Fixed va_list bug on amd64
88     o) Fixed /dev/poll
89 adx 30
90    
91     -- ircd-hybrid-7.2rc1 RELNOTES
92     o) ircd can dynamically change all its client/fd limits at runtime
93     o) Added epoll as the primary I/O engine under Linux
94     o) Local channels will not show up in remote /WHOIS
95     o) Added hidden_name which allows customized hidden server names
96     o) Added restrict_channels to define a static channel set
97     o) Added --disable-gline-voting to disable G-Line votes
98     for small networks or people who don't want it.
99     o) Allow accumulating more ip= entries in an exempt{} block
100     o) Various improvements and bugfixes
101     o) Make win32 build usable
102     o) Fixed ban caching bug
103     o) Cosmetical fixes to TIME
104     o) Get "KLINE nick" to work with clients that have a spoof
105     o) Fixed RESV/XLINE bug in conjunction with names that include escaped
106     characters such as \*, \?, \#.
107    
108    
109     -- ircd-hybrid-7.2beta1 RELNOTES
110     o) Usermode +G, like +g, but allow messaging from people on common channels
111     o) Usermode +D - "deaf", don't receive channel messages
112 michael 555 o) RXLINE and RKLINE - commands for setting perl compatible regular expression
113     based K and X lines
114 adx 30 o) Join flood is now detected and reported to +b opers
115     o) Re-added REJECT_HOLD - lock clients for a while before throwing away
116     o) ping_warning, a class{} option to notify opers before "Ping timeout"
117 michael 555 o) New hooking system, modularized: usermodes, iauth, message filtering etc.
118 adx 30 o) Network I/O speedups
119     o) Various cleanups and bugfixes
120     o) Support for client SSL
121     o) Support for services (contrib/m_services.c)
122     o) IP cloaking module (contrib/ip_cloaking.c)
123     o) Native win32 build
124 michael 555 o) The password set in auth::password can now be encrypted
125     o) Introduced new listen::flags directive. Currently available flags are
126     'ssl' and 'hidden'. Please read example.conf for further details
127 adx 30
128     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
129    
130     BUGS: Major bugs in this release are listed in BUGS
131    
132     BUG REPORTS: If you run this code and encounter problems, you must report
133 michael 974 the bug by EMAIL to bugs@ircd-hybrid.org
134 michael 920 Please include a gdb backtrace and a copy of your config.h and
135 michael 883 ircd.conf with any report (with passwords and other sensitive
136 adx 30 information masked).
137    
138     DISCUSSION: There is a mailing list for discussion of hybrid issues,
139     including betas. To subscribe, use this link:
140     https://lists.ircd-hybrid.org/mailman/listinfo/hybrid
141     This is the proper place to discuss new features, bugs, etc. Posting here
142     is much more likely to get something done than ranting on #TZ.
143    
144     Questions/comments directed to bugs@ircd-hybrid.org
145    
146     Other files recommended for reading: BUGS, README.FIRST, INSTALL
147    
148     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
149 knight 31 $Id$

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