- Optimize find_address_conf. No need to lookup matching G-Lines if the client
  is exempted from G-Lines

- Fixed CIDR support for /challenge
- Fixed oper{} block class limits
- Fixed bug where check_server() possibly would copy server's ip address
  to an invalid connect{} block

- Cleanup configuration subsystem
- Fixed broken CIDR support for /challenge

- fixed compile warnings in contrib/

- Initial rewrite of the configuration subsystem

- restart.c: ensure databases get dumped to disk before terminating

- flesh out new *line database handling
- simplify temporary bans

- minor cleanups to conf_db.c; Get rid of 16 bit limitation string lengths

- Fixed compile warnings due to missing arguments to sendto_realops_flags()

- klines, dlines, xlines, glines and resv now make use of the new database;
  also, temporary *lines are now stored, so they're not lost after
  restarting the ircd. This also applies to G-lines.

- Added conf_db.c based on ircservice's binary database for later use

- Made m_globops() and ms_globops() use sendto_realops_flags()
- Added message-type parameter to sendto_realops_flags() which can be one of
  SEND_NOTICE, SEND_GLOBAL, SEND_LOCOPS
- Forward-port -r1617

- Backported -r1615

- Removed due to testing purposes

- Removed due to testing purposes

- Bump patchlevel for testing purposes

- Moving releases to ircd-hybrid/releases/. Not nice, but oh well

- Moving releases to ircd-hybrid/releases/. Not nice, but oh well

- Moving releases to ircd-hybrid/releases/. Not nice, but oh well

- Moving releases to ircd-hybrid/releases/. Not nice, but oh well

- Moving releases to ircd-hybrid/releases/. Not nice, but oh well

- Moving releases to ircd-hybrid/releases/. Not nice, but oh well

- Create 8.0.x branch

- Renaming urls is annoying