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1 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.3 RELNOTES
2 < 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 < o) Fixed occasional core when placing RESVs on channel names
9 < o) Fixed topic desynchronization which sometimes may
10 <   happen during netbursts
11 < o) WATCH support implemented. Known from other irc-daemons, such
12 <   as Dreamforge and Bahamut.
13 < 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 < o) Removed broken LazyLinks
16 < o) Minor code optimizations and cleanups
17 < o) ACCEPT now supports nick!user@host masks
18 < o) Added new 'server' option to listener::flags. Listener with that flag
19 <   set may only have server connections.
20 <
21 <
22 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.3 RELNOTES
23 < o) Added ircd-italian.lang language file
24 < o) Added -full to etrace
25 < o) Added +C for opers
26 < o) Fixed core in temp channel resv
27 < 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 <
34 <
35 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.2 RELNOTES
36 < o) Added channel::disable_fake_channels config directive
37 < o) Fixed broken FORCEJOIN  (contrib)
38 < o) Added missing documentation for connect::vhost
39 < o) Fixed problem with G-Line voting
40 < o) Fixed "STATS ?" so it doesn't report negative traffic statistics
41 < o) Fixed core in m_mkpasswd.c  (contrib)
42 < o) Reduced memory usage for channel members
43 < o) Added general::stats_e_disabled which simply disables "STATS e"
44 <   for other operators and administrators
45 < o) Ignore signal SIGXFSZ to prevent the daemon from dying on missconfigured
46 <   file size limits
47 < o) Slight optimizations to the block allocator
48 < o) Fixed harmless bug that could result in incorrect bytes sent statistics
49 <   in "STATS t"
50 < o) "STATS y|Y" now shows whether a class is active or disabled
51 < 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 < o) Minor resolv.conf parser fixes.  Added missing support for ';' comments
55 < o) Fixed core on MODRESTART
56 <
57 <
58 < -- 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 < 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 < o) Fixed possible core in case default_cipher_preference directive isn't set
70 < o) Fixed "CHANSERV INVITE" bug with anope services
71 < o) Updated example configuration files to reflect new topicburst flags
72 <   directive in connect{} blocks
73 < o) Fixed core if using the operator::umodes directive
74 < o) Don't allow shared k-lines to be set without a valid reason
75 < o) Improved channel ban match processing.  This also fixes CIDR bans
76 <
77 <
78 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.0 RELNOTES
79 < o) Fixed broken operwall = yes;
80 < o) Added 'umode' directive to oper{}.  List of modes to get on /OPER.
81 <   This behaves exactly like H6's sixth O line field
82 < o) Fixed a WHOIS bug
83 < o) Fixed bug where we would increase Count.invisi even
84 <   if general::invisible_on_connect is turned off
85 < o) Removed invite_ops_only, controlled by paranoid (+p) now
86 < o) Better DDoS protection
87 < o) Fixed va_list bug on amd64
88 < o) Fixed /dev/poll
89 <
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 < o) RXLINE and RKLINE - commands for setting perl compatible regular expression
113 <   based K and X lines
114 < 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 < o) New hooking system, modularized: usermodes, iauth, message filtering etc.
118 < 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 < 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
1 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.1.0beta1 Release Notes
2 > o) Improved WEBIRC authentication; added 'webirc' to auth::flags.
3 >   A "webirc." spoof is now no longer required
4 > o) Implemented new memory pool allocator which basically is based upon Tor's
5 >   mempool allocator for Tor cells
6 > o) Major code cleanups
7 > o) Implemented new binary database storage for X-,D-,K-,G-Lines and RESVs.
8 >   Temporary bans are now stored as well and will persist after a reboot
9 > o) Channel based resv{} blocks may now contain wildcards
10 >
11 >
12 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.7 Release Notes
13 > o) Services may now set a channel topic without joining the channel first
14 > o) Fixed bug where /whois would send empty sockhost information on TS5
15 >   servers
16 > o) Remote server connection and split notices now go to new usermode +e.
17 >   These previously used usermode +x.
18 > o) Services may now change the host of a specific user
19 >   via "SVSMODE <timestamp> <target> +x <hostname>"
20 >
21 >
22 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.6 Release Notes
23 > o) Fix bug where idle time sometimes is 0 even if the client didn't
24 >   send any private message
25 > o) Fixed possible core in try_parse_v4_netmask()
26 >
27 >
28 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.5 Release Notes
29 > ########################################################################
30 > o) IMPORTANT: nick and topic lengths are now configurable via ircd.conf.
31 >   A max_nick_length, as well as a max_topic_length configuration option
32 >   can now be found in the serverinfo{} block
33 > ########################################################################
34 > o) Fixed build on GNU/Hurd as reported by Dominic Hargreaves
35 > o) Fixed log files not getting reopened after /rehash
36 > o) Improved logging of configuration file issues
37 > o) ircd.pid has been accidentally saved in /var instead of /var/run
38 > o) Linux RT signal support for notification of socket events has been dropped
39 > o) Fixed "STATS Y|y" sometimes sending weird sendq/recvq values
40 > o) INFO now also shows configured values of 'disable_fake_channels',
41 >   and 'stats_e_disabled'
42 > o) m_webirc.c is now officially supported, and has been moved from contrib/
43 >   to modules/
44 > o) /whois, /stats p, and /trace may now show fake idle times depending on
45 >   how the new class::min_idle and class::max_idle configuration directives
46 >   have been configured. This feature basically works in the same
47 >   way as it does in csircd
48 > o) The configuration parser now does support 'year' and 'month' units
49 >
50 >
51 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.4 Release Notes
52 > o) Fixed possible core on USERHOST/ISON with optimization enabled
53 > o) Fixed bug where can_flood sometimes didn't work as expected
54 >
55 >
56 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.3 Release Notes
57 > o) Fixed core on UNDLINE
58 > o) XLINE/KLINE/RESV/DLINE/SQUIT and KILL now have the same default reason
59 >   if a reason hasn't been specified
60 >
61 >
62 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.2 Release Notes
63 > o) Minor updates to the build system
64 > o) Fixed broken --enable-assert configure switch
65 > o) Fixed bug where timed events stopped from working if the system's
66 >   clock is running backwards
67 > o) STATS q|Q now shows how many times a resv{} block has been matched
68 > o) Fixed contributed WEBIRC module
69 > o) IRC operators may now again see server generated nick rejection notices
70 >
71 >
72 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.1 Release Notes
73 > o) Fixed broken CIDR support for CHALLENGE based irc operator logins
74 > o) Fixed class limits not properly applying to oper{} blocks
75 > o) Fixed possible TBURST desynchronization with services
76 > o) Fixed TBURST sending server's name to clients if it's a hidden server
77 >
78 >
79 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.0 Release Notes
80 > o) Fixed possible TBURST desynchronization with services
81 > o) Fixed TBURST sending server's name to clients if it's a hidden server
82 >
83 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.0 Release Notes
84 > o) Fixed an off-by-one with spoofs. Spoofs are now also checked for
85 >   invalid characters
86 > o) Removed general::use_whois_actually configuration directive. This is
87 >   now enabled by default
88 > o) Minor SQUIT handling fixes
89 > o) Fixed bancache not being updated on CHGHOST/CHGIDENT
90 >
91 >
92 > -- ircd-hybrid-8rc1 Release Notes
93 > o) Removed general::client_flood configuration option and added the
94 >   new 'recvq' configuration directive to class{} blocks.
95 >   The max size of a receive queue can be seen in "STATS Y"
96 >   for each class
97 > o) Allow the '[' and ']' characters in server description
98 >
99 >
100 > -- ircd-hybrid-8beta3 Release Notes
101 > o) Fixed wrong syntax in several language files
102 > o) Removed &localchannels
103 > o) PRIVMSG to opers@some.server is no longer supported
104 > o) Fixed bug that could lead to topic desynchronization
105 > o) Removed serverhide::disable_hidden configuration option
106 > o) Dropped ircd-hybrid-6 GLINE compatibility mode
107 > o) Removed use_invex, use_except and use_knock configuration options.
108 >   These features are now enabled by default
109 >
110 >
111 > -- ircd-hybrid-8beta2 Release Notes
112 > o) channel::disable_fake_channels now also disables ascii 29 (mIRC italic)
113 >   when set to yes
114 > o) Added channel::max_chans_per_oper configuration directive. The old way
115 >   was to let operators join three times the amount of max_chans_per_user
116 > o) Replaced MODLOAD, MODUNLOAD, MODRELOAD, MODLIST and MODRESTART commands
117 >   with the new MODULE command which can be fed with the LOAD, UNLOAD, RELOAD
118 >   and LIST parameters.
119 >   MODRESTART has been entirely removed. Use "MODULE RELOAD *" to reload
120 >   all modules
121 > o) Added back server notice when a client tries to obtain a reserved nick name
122 > o) Removed OMOTD module
123 > o) Added 'set' to operator privilege flags. Gives access to the "SET" command
124 > o) Improved TS6 support
125 > o) Channel keys/passwords are now case sensitive
126 >
127 >
128 > -- ircd-hybrid-8beta1 Release Notes
129 > o) Implemented full services support, including but not limited to the
130 >   following changes:
131 >   - Added SVSNICK, and SVSMODE command handlers
132 >   - Added service stamps to NICK/UID messages
133 >   - Added SVS to server capabilities (CAPAB). SVS capable servers can
134 >     deal with extended NICK/UID messages that contain service IDs/stamps.
135 >   - Changed rejected client notices to go to new usermode +j.  These
136 >     previously used usermode +r.
137 >   - Added usermode +r (registered nick) and channelmode +r (registered channel)
138 >   - Added usermode +R (only registered clients may send a private message)
139 >   - Added channelmode +R (only registered clients may join that channel)
140 >   - Various services shortcuts have been added (/NS, /CS, /NICKSERV, /CHANSERV, etc.)
141 >   - Added services{} block to ircd.conf
142 >   - Added services_name directive to general{} block
143 >   - Added GLOBOPS mainly for services compatibility, but can be used by operators, too
144 > o) Removed RKLINE and RXLINE commands. Regular expression based bans should
145 >   only be added via ircd.conf
146 > o) Added 'globops', 'restart', 'dline', 'undline' and 'module' operator
147 >   privilege flags. Read doc/reference.conf for further explanation of what
148 >   these flags control
149 > o) Removed Idle-time klines
150 > o) Cleaned up modules API. Old modules won't work anymore
151 > o) Removed general::burst_away configuration directive. AWAY bursts are now
152 >   controlled via connect::flags explicitly
153 > o) Introduced new logging subsystem including log rotation based on
154 >   file sizes. Log timestamp format is ISO8601 now
155 > o) Added support for remote D-lines
156 > o) Added usermode +H which is basically a replacement for the hidden_admin and
157 >   hidden_oper operator flags. With usermode +H, irc operator status can now
158 >   be hidden even on remote servers
159 > o) Added CIDR support for operator{} blocks
160 > o) Removed the servlink program. ircd-hybrid can now make use of
161 >   SSL/TLS for inter-server communication.
162 >   NOTE: compressed server links are of course still available, but a SSL/TLS
163 >   connection is required, as compression is now handled via OpenSSL
164 > o) Removed 'ssl_server_protocol' configuration directive and
165 >   added 'ssl_client_method' and 'ssl_server_method' instead.
166 >   Both of these options can now be changed at runtime
167 > o) Oper login IDs are no longer limited to NICKLEN*2
168 > o) Removed channel::burst_topicwho configuration option. Topicsetters are
169 >   now sent by default
170 > o) "STATS Y|y" now reports CIDR limits as well
171 > o) Added m_webirc.c to contrib/
172 > o) Overall code cleanup and speed improvements
173  
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175  
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189  
190   Questions/comments directed to bugs@ircd-hybrid.org
191  
192 < Other files recommended for reading: BUGS, README.FIRST, INSTALL
192 > Other files recommended for reading: BUGS, README, INSTALL
193  
194   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
195   $Id$

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