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Revision: 885
Committed: Wed Oct 31 18:09:24 2007 UTC (16 years, 5 months ago) by michael
Original Path: ircd-hybrid-7.2/RELNOTES
File size: 6230 byte(s)
Log Message:
- Removed LazyLinks in 7.2 to stop people from asking why we keep
  broken code for half a decade. LL will be implemented in a smarter
  fashion in due time

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# Content
1 -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.4 RELNOTES
2 o) Fixed occasional core when placing RESVs on channel names
3 o) Fixed topic desynchronization which sometimes may
4 happen during netbursts
5 o) WATCH support implemented. Known from other daemons, such
6 as Dreamforge and Bahamut.
7 o) Fixed bug which would cause invalid invisible counts on oper-up in case
8 operator::umodes and/or general::oper_umodes contains 'invisible'
9 o) Removed broken LazyLinks
10 o) Minor code optimizations and cleanups
11
12
13 -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.3 RELNOTES
14 o) Added ircd-italian.lang language file
15 o) Added -full to etrace
16 o) Added +C for opers
17 o) Fixed core in temp channel resv
18 o) Fixed CHALLENGE to work with user=IP
19 o) Misc fixes to TESTMASK and TESTLINE
20 o) Added support for nick masks to TESTMASK
21 o) Fixed /modlist to show up whether or not a module is resident
22 o) Fixed command line arguments handling to allow more than one switch
23 o) Fixed numeric delivery for mixed TS5 target on the other side of a TS6 server.
24
25
26 -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.2 RELNOTES
27 o) Added channel::disable_fake_channels config directive
28 o) Fixed broken FORCEJOIN (contrib)
29 o) Added missing documentation for connect::vhost
30 o) Fixed problem with G-Line voting
31 o) Fixed "STATS ?" so it doesn't report negative traffic statistics
32 o) Fixed core in m_mkpasswd.c (contrib)
33 o) Reduced memory usage for channel members
34 o) Added general::stats_e_disabled which simply disables "STATS e"
35 for other operators and administrators
36 o) Ignore signal SIGXFSZ to prevent the daemon from dying on missconfigured
37 file size limits
38 o) Slight optimizations to the block allocator
39 o) Fixed harmless bug that could result in incorrect bytes sent statistics
40 in "STATS t"
41 o) "STATS y|Y" now shows whether a class is active or disabled
42 o) Added ircd-brazilian_pt.lang language file
43 o) Misc. ACCEPT fixes. E.g. don't remove an accept record if a client is
44 changing between equivalent nicknames like 'nick' and 'NiCk'.
45 o) Minor resolv.conf parser fixes. Added missing support for ';' comments
46 o) Fixed core on MODRESTART
47
48
49 -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.1 RELNOTES
50 o) Fixed build on SRV4
51 o) Fixed problem where ircd would disconnect all SSL connections
52 o) Added initial CAP support. Additional documentation can be found
53 in doc/technical
54 o) Speeded up command parsing
55 o) Fixed occasional core dump on UN*LINE
56 o) Fixed bug where particular clients would always receive
57 "Load is temporarily too heavy" message
58 o) Improved memory consumption, i.e. memory consumption has
59 been reduced for remote clients
60 o) Fixed possible core in case default_cipher_preference directive isn't set
61 o) Fixed "CHANSERV INVITE" bug with anope services
62 o) Updated example configuration files to reflect new topicburst flags
63 directive in connect{} blocks
64 o) Fixed core if using the operator::umodes directive
65 o) Don't allow shared k-lines to be set without a valid reason
66 o) Improved channel ban match processing. This also fixes CIDR bans
67
68
69 -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.0 RELNOTES
70 o) Fixed broken operwall = yes;
71 o) Added 'umode' directive to oper{}. List of modes to get on /OPER.
72 This behaves exactly like H6's sixth O line field
73 o) Fixed a WHOIS bug
74 o) Fixed bug where we would increase Count.invisi even
75 if general::invisible_on_connect is turned off
76 o) Removed invite_ops_only, controlled by paranoid (+p) now
77 o) Better DDoS protection
78 o) Fixed va_list bug on amd64
79 o) Fixed /dev/poll
80
81
82 -- ircd-hybrid-7.2rc1 RELNOTES
83 o) ircd can dynamically change all its client/fd limits at runtime
84 o) Added epoll as the primary I/O engine under Linux
85 o) Local channels will not show up in remote /WHOIS
86 o) Added hidden_name which allows customized hidden server names
87 o) Added restrict_channels to define a static channel set
88 o) Added --disable-gline-voting to disable G-Line votes
89 for small networks or people who don't want it.
90 o) Allow accumulating more ip= entries in an exempt{} block
91 o) Various improvements and bugfixes
92 o) Make win32 build usable
93 o) Fixed ban caching bug
94 o) Cosmetical fixes to TIME
95 o) Get "KLINE nick" to work with clients that have a spoof
96 o) Fixed RESV/XLINE bug in conjunction with names that include escaped
97 characters such as \*, \?, \#.
98
99
100 -- ircd-hybrid-7.2beta1 RELNOTES
101 o) Usermode +G, like +g, but allow messaging from people on common channels
102 o) Usermode +D - "deaf", don't receive channel messages
103 o) RXLINE and RKLINE - commands for setting perl compatible regular expression
104 based K and X lines
105 o) Join flood is now detected and reported to +b opers
106 o) Re-added REJECT_HOLD - lock clients for a while before throwing away
107 o) ping_warning, a class{} option to notify opers before "Ping timeout"
108 o) New hooking system, modularized: usermodes, iauth, message filtering etc.
109 o) Network I/O speedups
110 o) Various cleanups and bugfixes
111 o) Support for client SSL
112 o) Support for services (contrib/m_services.c)
113 o) IP cloaking module (contrib/ip_cloaking.c)
114 o) Native win32 build
115 o) The password set in auth::password can now be encrypted
116 o) Introduced new listen::flags directive. Currently available flags are
117 'ssl' and 'hidden'. Please read example.conf for further details
118
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120
121 BUGS: Major bugs in this release are listed in BUGS
122
123 BUG REPORTS: If you run this code and encounter problems, you must report
124 the bug in one of the following ways:
125 a) By EMAIL to bugs@ircd-hybrid.org
126 b) On http://forum.ircd-hybrid.org/
127 Please include a gdb backtrace and a copy of your setup.h and
128 ircd.conf with any report (with passwords and other sensitive
129 information masked).
130
131 DISCUSSION: There is a mailing list for discussion of hybrid issues,
132 including betas. To subscribe, use this link:
133 https://lists.ircd-hybrid.org/mailman/listinfo/hybrid
134 This is the proper place to discuss new features, bugs, etc. Posting here
135 is much more likely to get something done than ranting on #TZ.
136 You can also use Hybrid forums at http://forum.ircd-hybrid.org/
137
138 Questions/comments directed to bugs@ircd-hybrid.org
139
140 Please read doc/whats-new.txt for information about what is in this release
141
142 Other files recommended for reading: BUGS, README.FIRST, INSTALL
143
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