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Revision: 991
Committed: Sun Aug 16 14:44:45 2009 UTC (14 years, 7 months ago) by michael
Original Path: ircd-hybrid-7.2/NEWS
File size: 6593 byte(s)
Log Message:
- update NEWS

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# User Rev Content
1 michael 974 -- ircd-hybrid-7.3 RELNOTES
2 michael 991 o) Various resolver improvements and fixes
3     o) Implemented GUNGLINE (global ungline)
4     o) Updated PCRE lib to latest 7.9 release
5     o) Completely rewrote build system. we're now using automake and libtool
6     o) Added support for sha256/sha512 encrypted passwords to mkpasswd
7     o) Added ssl_server_protocol configuration option to servinfo{}.
8     Valid flags are 'sslv3' and 'tlsv1'
9     o) Added new 'server' option to listener::flags. Listener with that flag
10     set may only accept server connections.
11 michael 867 o) Fixed occasional core when placing RESVs on channel names
12 michael 878 o) Fixed topic desynchronization which sometimes may
13     happen during netbursts
14 michael 974 o) WATCH support implemented. Known from other irc-daemons, such
15 michael 878 as Dreamforge and Bahamut.
16 michael 883 o) Fixed bug which would cause invalid invisible counts on oper-up in case
17     operator::umodes and/or general::oper_umodes contains 'invisible'
18 michael 885 o) Removed broken LazyLinks
19 michael 991 o) Removed --disable-gline-voting configure option
20 michael 885 o) Minor code optimizations and cleanups
21 michael 887 o) ACCEPT now supports nick!user@host masks
22 michael 867
23    
24 michael 831 -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.3 RELNOTES
25     o) Added ircd-italian.lang language file
26 db 855 o) Added -full to etrace
27     o) Added +C for opers
28     o) Fixed core in temp channel resv
29 lusky 858 o) Fixed CHALLENGE to work with user=IP
30     o) Misc fixes to TESTMASK and TESTLINE
31     o) Added support for nick masks to TESTMASK
32     o) Fixed /modlist to show up whether or not a module is resident
33     o) Fixed command line arguments handling to allow more than one switch
34     o) Fixed numeric delivery for mixed TS5 target on the other side of a TS6 server.
35 michael 831
36 lusky 858
37 michael 545 -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.2 RELNOTES
38 michael 632 o) Added channel::disable_fake_channels config directive
39 michael 570 o) Fixed broken FORCEJOIN (contrib)
40 michael 548 o) Added missing documentation for connect::vhost
41 michael 552 o) Fixed problem with G-Line voting
42 michael 560 o) Fixed "STATS ?" so it doesn't report negative traffic statistics
43 michael 570 o) Fixed core in m_mkpasswd.c (contrib)
44 michael 579 o) Reduced memory usage for channel members
45 michael 584 o) Added general::stats_e_disabled which simply disables "STATS e"
46     for other operators and administrators
47 michael 597 o) Ignore signal SIGXFSZ to prevent the daemon from dying on missconfigured
48     file size limits
49 michael 670 o) Slight optimizations to the block allocator
50 michael 683 o) Fixed harmless bug that could result in incorrect bytes sent statistics
51     in "STATS t"
52 michael 687 o) "STATS y|Y" now shows whether a class is active or disabled
53 michael 707 o) Added ircd-brazilian_pt.lang language file
54     o) Misc. ACCEPT fixes. E.g. don't remove an accept record if a client is
55     changing between equivalent nicknames like 'nick' and 'NiCk'.
56 michael 710 o) Minor resolv.conf parser fixes. Added missing support for ';' comments
57 michael 714 o) Fixed core on MODRESTART
58 michael 545
59 michael 683
60 michael 523 -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.1 RELNOTES
61     o) Fixed build on SRV4
62     o) Fixed problem where ircd would disconnect all SSL connections
63     o) Added initial CAP support. Additional documentation can be found
64     in doc/technical
65     o) Speeded up command parsing
66     o) Fixed occasional core dump on UN*LINE
67 michael 318 o) Fixed bug where particular clients would always receive
68     "Load is temporarily too heavy" message
69     o) Improved memory consumption, i.e. memory consumption has
70     been reduced for remote clients
71 michael 321 o) Fixed possible core in case default_cipher_preference directive isn't set
72 michael 324 o) Fixed "CHANSERV INVITE" bug with anope services
73 michael 330 o) Updated example configuration files to reflect new topicburst flags
74     directive in connect{} blocks
75 michael 555 o) Fixed core if using the operator::umodes directive
76 michael 352 o) Don't allow shared k-lines to be set without a valid reason
77 michael 371 o) Improved channel ban match processing. This also fixes CIDR bans
78 lusky 308
79 michael 352
80 lusky 308 -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.0 RELNOTES
81 adx 30 o) Fixed broken operwall = yes;
82 michael 56 o) Added 'umode' directive to oper{}. List of modes to get on /OPER.
83 michael 555 This behaves exactly like H6's sixth O line field
84 michael 94 o) Fixed a WHOIS bug
85 michael 159 o) Fixed bug where we would increase Count.invisi even
86 michael 555 if general::invisible_on_connect is turned off
87 adx 201 o) Removed invite_ops_only, controlled by paranoid (+p) now
88 adx 269 o) Better DDoS protection
89 lusky 304 o) Fixed va_list bug on amd64
90     o) Fixed /dev/poll
91 adx 30
92    
93     -- ircd-hybrid-7.2rc1 RELNOTES
94     o) ircd can dynamically change all its client/fd limits at runtime
95     o) Added epoll as the primary I/O engine under Linux
96     o) Local channels will not show up in remote /WHOIS
97     o) Added hidden_name which allows customized hidden server names
98     o) Added restrict_channels to define a static channel set
99     o) Added --disable-gline-voting to disable G-Line votes
100     for small networks or people who don't want it.
101     o) Allow accumulating more ip= entries in an exempt{} block
102     o) Various improvements and bugfixes
103     o) Make win32 build usable
104     o) Fixed ban caching bug
105     o) Cosmetical fixes to TIME
106     o) Get "KLINE nick" to work with clients that have a spoof
107     o) Fixed RESV/XLINE bug in conjunction with names that include escaped
108     characters such as \*, \?, \#.
109    
110    
111     -- ircd-hybrid-7.2beta1 RELNOTES
112     o) Usermode +G, like +g, but allow messaging from people on common channels
113     o) Usermode +D - "deaf", don't receive channel messages
114 michael 555 o) RXLINE and RKLINE - commands for setting perl compatible regular expression
115     based K and X lines
116 adx 30 o) Join flood is now detected and reported to +b opers
117     o) Re-added REJECT_HOLD - lock clients for a while before throwing away
118     o) ping_warning, a class{} option to notify opers before "Ping timeout"
119 michael 555 o) New hooking system, modularized: usermodes, iauth, message filtering etc.
120 adx 30 o) Network I/O speedups
121     o) Various cleanups and bugfixes
122     o) Support for client SSL
123     o) Support for services (contrib/m_services.c)
124     o) IP cloaking module (contrib/ip_cloaking.c)
125     o) Native win32 build
126 michael 555 o) The password set in auth::password can now be encrypted
127     o) Introduced new listen::flags directive. Currently available flags are
128     'ssl' and 'hidden'. Please read example.conf for further details
129 adx 30
130     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
131    
132     BUGS: Major bugs in this release are listed in BUGS
133    
134     BUG REPORTS: If you run this code and encounter problems, you must report
135 michael 974 the bug by EMAIL to bugs@ircd-hybrid.org
136 michael 920 Please include a gdb backtrace and a copy of your config.h and
137 michael 883 ircd.conf with any report (with passwords and other sensitive
138 adx 30 information masked).
139    
140     DISCUSSION: There is a mailing list for discussion of hybrid issues,
141     including betas. To subscribe, use this link:
142     https://lists.ircd-hybrid.org/mailman/listinfo/hybrid
143     This is the proper place to discuss new features, bugs, etc. Posting here
144     is much more likely to get something done than ranting on #TZ.
145    
146     Questions/comments directed to bugs@ircd-hybrid.org
147    
148 michael 991 Other files recommended for reading: BUGS, README, INSTALL
149 adx 30
150     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
151 knight 31 $Id$

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