--- ircd-hybrid-7.3/README	2009/11/08 13:10:50	1029
+++ ircd-hybrid/branches/8.0.x/README	2013/04/12 10:53:03	1816
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
+Contact Information:
+
+  * Bug Reports:
+    - bugs@ircd-hybrid.org
+  * General Discussion and Support mailing list:
+    - https://lists.ircd-hybrid.org/mailman/listinfo/hybrid
+    - hybrid@lists.ircd-hybrid.org
+
 ******************************* IMPORTANT *************************************
 
+
   ************ Note for those who don't bother reading docs ***************
   * - Reading INSTALL is now a must, as the old DPATH is now specified    *
   *   when configure is run.                                              *
   *   You now need to ./configure --prefix="/path/to/install/it"          *
-  * - The old config format WILL NOT WORK. Please see etc/example.conf !  *
-  * - The old kline, dline, xline, gline format WILL NOT WORK.            *
+  * - The old config format WILL NOT WORK. Please see doc/example.conf !  *
+  * - The old kline, dline, xline format WILL NOT WORK.                   *
   *************************************************************************
 
   ALSO, IF YOU ARE UPGRADING YOUR CURRENT SOURCE TREE, AND YOU TRY TO BUILD
@@ -22,14 +31,16 @@ Necessary Requirements:
 
 Feature Specific Requirements:
 
-- For the SSL Challenge controlled OPER feature and encrypted server links,
-  a working OpenSSL library
-
-- For compressed server links, a working zlib library and includes (zlib.h)
+- For the SSL Challenge controlled OPER feature, compressed and/or
+  SSL/TLS server links, as well as SSL/TLS client connections,
+  a working OpenSSL library is required
 
 - For encrypted oper and (optional) server passwords, a working DES and/or
   MD5 library
 
+- For regular expression based kline{} and gecos{} blocks, the
+  PCRE - Perl Compatible Regular Expressions library is required
+
 *******************************************************************************
 
 - See the INSTALL document for info on configuring and compiling
@@ -37,53 +48,27 @@ Feature Specific Requirements:
 
 - Please read doc/index.txt to get an overview of the current documentation.
 
-- There is also a mailing list for general discussion of Hybrid.  To subscribe
-  to the Hybrid List, use this link:
-  https://lists.ircd-hybrid.org/mailman/listinfo/hybrid
-
-- To report bugs in hybrid, send the bug report to bugs@ircd-hybrid.org
-
-- Known bugs are listed in the BUGS file
-
-- If you run in to a problem you think may be specific to your platform,
-  check README.PLATFORMS for some hints.
-
-- SOLARIS USERS: this code appears to tickle a bug in older gcc and 
-  egcs ONLY on 64-bit Solaris7.  gcc-2.95 and SunPro C on 64bit should
-  work fine, and any gcc or SunPro compiled on 32bit.
-
-- DARWIN AND MACOS X USERS: You must be using at least the December 2001
-  Development Tools from Apple to build ircd-hybrid with shared modules.
-
 - TESTED PLATFORMS:  The code has been tested on the following platforms, and
   is known to run properly.
-  FreeBSD 3.x/4.x/5.x (gcc only, TenDRA will work but only with the latest
-  cvs version from ten15.org)
-  Linux glibc 2.2/2.3
-  Solaris 2.6/7/8
-  OpenBSD 2.8-3.2
-  HP-UX 11.00-11.22
-  IRIX64 6.5.19 (gcc only; MIPSpro is unconfirmed)
-  NetBSD 1.4-1.6
-  Tru64 UNIX 5.2b (only tested with native cc)
-
-  It probably does not compile on AIX or libc5 Linux.
-
-- Old Hybrid 5/6 configuration files are no longer supported.  All conf
-  files will have to be converted to the Hybrid 7 format.
+  (FIXME: this list is out of date)
+  CentOS 5.8
+  Red Hat Linux 9
+  Ubuntu 12.04
+  FreeBSD 9.1
+  OpenBSD 5.2
+  Arch Linux 2012.12.01
+  Debian GNU/Hurd 0.3
 
 - If you are wondering why config.h no longer exists, it's because most
   things that were once in config.h are now specified in the 'general'
-  block of ircd.conf.  Look at example.conf for more information about
-  these options. Many, notably syslog support and EFnet tweaks, are now
-  configure options (see ./configure --help for details.)
+  block of ircd.conf. Look at example.conf for more information about
+  these options.
 
 - /etc/resolv.conf must exist for the resolver to work.
 
-- Please read NEWS for information about what is in
-  this release.
+- Please read NEWS for information about what is in this release.
 
-- Other files recommended for reading: BUGS, INSTALL
+- Other files recommended for reading: INSTALL
 
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