--- ircd-hybrid-7.3/NEWS 2011/07/26 19:33:54 1144 +++ ircd-hybrid-8/NEWS 2012/08/18 17:23:53 1505 @@ -1,163 +1,83 @@ --- ircd-hybrid-7.3.0 Release Notes -o) Added Bulgarian language file provided by Borislav Borisov -o) Server hostmasking has been removed due to TS6 requirements -o) Fixed broken IPv6 detection -o) Minor code optimizations. Reduced memory consumption -o) User IDs are now shown in client connection notices -o) Increased maximum temporary kline time to 360 days -o) Added back STATS/TRACE/MOTD/ADMIN request notices. Removed - spy_*_notice modules accordingly. - - --- ircd-hybrid-7.3-rc1 Release Notes -o) Major 64-bit cleanups and portability fixes. -o) Fixed bug where unregistered clients were not able to complete registration - process with /quote PONG in case the client was assigned a - zero value ping-cookie. This may only happen with general::ping_cookie - being enabled. -o) "STATS z" now shows the actual amount of memory consumption being - used by channel bans/excepts/invites. -o) Fixed archaic bug where bursting servers with missconfigured NICKLEN were - able to desync the network's nickname database. -o) The PCRE library has been removed from the ircd sources. ./configure will - now automatically detect an already installed version of the PCRE library. -o) Various resolver improvements and fixes -o) Implemented GUNGLINE (global ungline) -o) Completely rewrote build system. We're now using automake and libtool -o) Added support for SHA-256/512 encrypted passwords to mkpasswd. Whether - passwords hashed using these algorithms will work depends on the system's - crypt() implementation. For example, SHA-256/512 is available in glibc since - version 2.7. -o) Added ssl_server_protocol configuration option to servinfo{}. - Valid flags are 'sslv3' and 'tlsv1' -o) Added new 'server' option to listener::flags. Listener with that flag - set may only accept server connections. -o) Fixed occasional core when placing RESVs on channel names -o) Fixed topic desynchronization which sometimes may - happen during netbursts -o) WATCH support implemented. Known from other irc-daemons, such - as Dreamforge and Bahamut. The general::max_watch configuration directive - has been added in order to allow run-time configuration of how many - watch entries a single client may have on its watchlist. -o) Fixed bug which would cause invalid invisible counts on oper-up in case - operator::umodes and/or general::oper_umodes contains 'invisible' -o) Removed broken LazyLinks -o) Removed --disable-gline-voting configure option -o) Minor code optimizations and cleanups -o) ACCEPT now supports nick!user@host masks -o) Unregistered clients are no longer allowed to request the server's motd -o) general::dot_in_ip6_addr configuration option is obsolete and no longer exists -o) Dropped support for old style 'operflag = yes|no;' format - - --- ircd-hybrid-7.2.3 Release Notes -o) Added ircd-italian.lang language file -o) Added -full to etrace -o) Added +C for opers -o) Fixed core in temp channel resv -o) Fixed CHALLENGE to work with user=IP -o) Misc fixes to TESTMASK and TESTLINE -o) Added support for nick masks to TESTMASK -o) Fixed /modlist to show up whether or not a module is resident -o) Fixed command line arguments handling to allow more than one switch -o) Fixed numeric delivery for mixed TS5 target on the other side of a TS6 server. - - --- ircd-hybrid-7.2.2 Release Notes -o) Added channel::disable_fake_channels config directive -o) Fixed broken FORCEJOIN (contrib) -o) Added missing documentation for connect::vhost -o) Fixed problem with G-Line voting -o) Fixed "STATS ?" so it doesn't report negative traffic statistics -o) Fixed core in m_mkpasswd.c (contrib) -o) Reduced memory usage for channel members -o) Added general::stats_e_disabled which simply disables "STATS e" - for other operators and administrators -o) Ignore signal SIGXFSZ to prevent the daemon from dying on missconfigured - file size limits -o) Slight optimizations to the block allocator -o) Fixed harmless bug that could result in incorrect bytes sent statistics - in "STATS t" -o) "STATS y|Y" now shows whether a class is active or disabled -o) Added ircd-brazilian_pt.lang language file -o) Misc. ACCEPT fixes. E.g. don't remove an accept record if a client is - changing between equivalent nicknames like 'nick' and 'NiCk'. -o) Minor resolv.conf parser fixes. Added missing support for ';' comments -o) Fixed core on MODRESTART - - --- ircd-hybrid-7.2.1 Release Notes -o) Fixed build on SRV4 -o) Fixed problem where ircd would disconnect all SSL connections -o) Added initial CAP support. Additional documentation can be found - in doc/technical -o) Speeded up command parsing -o) Fixed occasional core dump on UN*LINE -o) Fixed bug where particular clients would always receive - "Load is temporarily too heavy" message -o) Improved memory consumption, i.e. memory consumption has - been reduced for remote clients -o) Fixed possible core in case default_cipher_preference directive isn't set -o) Fixed "CHANSERV INVITE" bug with anope services -o) Updated example configuration files to reflect new topicburst flags - directive in connect{} blocks -o) Fixed core if using the operator::umodes directive -o) Don't allow shared k-lines to be set without a valid reason -o) Improved channel ban match processing. This also fixes CIDR bans - - --- ircd-hybrid-7.2.0 Release Notes -o) Fixed broken operwall = yes; -o) Added 'umode' directive to oper{}. List of modes to get on /OPER. - This behaves exactly like H6's sixth O line field -o) Fixed a WHOIS bug -o) Fixed bug where we would increase Count.invisi even - if general::invisible_on_connect is turned off -o) Removed invite_ops_only, controlled by paranoid (+p) now -o) Better DDoS protection -o) Fixed va_list bug on amd64 -o) Fixed /dev/poll - - --- ircd-hybrid-7.2rc1 Release Notes -o) ircd can dynamically change all its client/fd limits at runtime -o) Added epoll as the primary I/O engine under Linux -o) Local channels will not show up in remote /WHOIS -o) Added hidden_name which allows customized hidden server names -o) Added restrict_channels to define a static channel set -o) Added --disable-gline-voting to disable G-Line votes - for small networks or people who don't want it. -o) Allow accumulating more ip= entries in an exempt{} block -o) Various improvements and bugfixes -o) Make win32 build usable -o) Fixed ban caching bug -o) Cosmetical fixes to TIME -o) Get "KLINE nick" to work with clients that have a spoof -o) Fixed RESV/XLINE bug in conjunction with names that include escaped - characters such as \*, \?, \#. - - --- ircd-hybrid-7.2beta1 Release Notes -o) Usermode +G, like +g, but allow messaging from people on common channels -o) Usermode +D - "deaf", don't receive channel messages -o) RXLINE and RKLINE - commands for setting perl compatible regular expression - based K and X lines -o) Join flood is now detected and reported to +b opers -o) Re-added REJECT_HOLD - lock clients for a while before throwing away -o) ping_warning, a class{} option to notify opers before "Ping timeout" -o) New hooking system, modularized: usermodes, iauth, message filtering etc. -o) Network I/O speedups -o) Various cleanups and bugfixes -o) Support for client SSL -o) Support for services (contrib/m_services.c) -o) IP cloaking module (contrib/ip_cloaking.c) -o) Native win32 build -o) The password set in auth::password can now be encrypted -o) Introduced new listen::flags directive. Currently available flags are - 'ssl' and 'hidden'. Please read example.conf for further details +-- ircd-hybrid-8beta3 Release Notes +o) Fixed wrong syntax of several language files +o) &localchannels have been removed +o) /messaging opers@some.server is no longer supported +o) Fixed bug that would possibly lead to a topic desynchronization +o) Removed serverhide::disable_hidden configuration option +o) Dropped ircd-hybrid-6 GLINE compatibility mode +o) use_invex, use_except and use_knock configuration options + have been removed. These features are now enabled by default + + +-- ircd-hybrid-8beta2 Release Notes +o) channel::disable_fake_channels now also disables ascii 29 (mIRC italic) + when set to yes +o) Added channel::max_chans_per_oper configuration directive. The old way + was to let ircops join three times the amount of max_chans_per_user +o) Replaced MODLOAD, MODUNLOAD, MODRELOAD, MODLIST and MODRESTART commands + with the new MODULE command which can be fed with the LOAD, UNLOAD, RELOAD + and LIST parameters. + MODRESTART has been entirely removed. Use "MODULE RELOAD *" to reload all modules +o) Added back server notice when a client tries to obtain a reserved nick name +o) Removed OMOTD module +o) Added 'set' to operator privilege flags. Gives access to the "SET" command +o) Improved TS6 support + + +-- ircd-hybrid-8beta1 Release Notes +o) Implemented full services support. Among other things, the following changes + have been done for this: + - Added SVSNICK, and SVSMODE command handlers + - Added service stamps to NICK/UID messages + - Added SVS to server capabilities (CAPAB). SVS capable servers can + deal with extended NICK/UID messages that contain service IDs/stamps. + - Usermode +r (registered nick) has been added, as well as + channelmode +r (registered channel) + - Now that usermode +r has a different function than before, rejected + client notices now go to new usermode +j + - Various services shortcuts have been added (/NS, /CS, /NICKSERV, /CHANSERV, etc.) + - Added channelmode +R (only registered clients may join that channel) + - Added usermode +R (only registered clients may send a private message) + - Added services{} block to ircd.conf + - Added services_name directive to general{} block + - Added GLOBOPS mainly for services compatibility, but can be used by operators, too +o) RKLINE and RXLINE commands have been removed. Regular expression based + bans should only be added via ircd.conf +o) Added 'globops', 'restart', 'dline', 'undline' and 'module' operator privilege flags. + Read doc/example.conf for further explanation of what these flags + are supposed to be doing +o) Idle-time klines have been removed +o) Cleaned up modules API. Old modules won't work anymore +o) Remove general::burst_away configuration directive. AWAY bursts are now + controlled via connect::flags explicitly +o) Introduced new logging subsystem including log rotation based on + file sizes. Log timestamp format is ISO8601 now +o) Added support for remote D-lines +o) Added usermode +H which is basically a replacement for the hidden_admin and + hidden_oper operator flags. With usermode +H, irc operator status can now + be hidden even on remote servers +o) Added CIDR support for operator{} blocks +o) The servlink program has been removed. ircd-hybrid can now make use of SSL/TLS + for inter-server communication. + NOTE: compressed server links are of course still available, but a SSL/TLS + connection is required, as compression is now handled via the OpenSSL library +o) Removed 'ssl_server_protocol' configuration directive and + added 'ssl_client_method' and 'ssl_server_method' instead. + Both of these options can now be changed at runtime +o) Oper login IDs are no longer limited to NICKLEN*2 +o) Removed channel::burst_topicwho configuration option. Topicsetters are + now sent by default +o) "STATS Y|y" now reports CIDR limits as well +o) Added m_webirc.c to contrib/ +o) Overall code cleanup and speed improvements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +NOTE: This is still BETA code. Run it at your own risk. By running this + code you assume FULL responsibility for any problems it may cause. We do + NOT recommend that you run BETA code on production IRC networks such + as EFnet. + BUGS: Major bugs in this release are listed in BUGS BUG REPORTS: If you run this code and encounter problems, you must report