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1 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.3.0 Release Notes
2 < o) Added Bulgarian language file provided by Borislav Borisov
3 < o) Server hostmasking has been removed due to TS6 requirements
4 < o) Fixed broken IPv6 detection
5 < o) Minor code optimizations. Reduced memory consumption
6 < o) User IDs are now shown in client connection notices
7 < o) Increased maximum temporary kline time to 360 days
8 < o) Added back STATS/TRACE/MOTD/ADMIN request notices. Removed
9 <   spy_*_notice modules accordingly.
10 < o) Channelmode +O; channel can be joined by ircops only.
11 < o) Channelmode +S; only clients with a secure connection (ssl/tls)
12 <   can join this channel.
1 > -- ircd-hybrid-8beta1 Release Notes
2 > o) Implemented full services support. Among other things, the following changes
3 >   have been done for this:
4 >   - Added SVSNICK, and SVSMODE command handlers
5 >   - Added service stamps to NICK/UID messages
6 >   - Usermode +r (registered nick) has been added, as well as
7 >     channelmode +r (registered channel)
8 >   - Now that usermode +r has a different function than before, rejected
9 >     client notices now go to new usermode +j
10 >   - Various services shortcuts have been added (/NS, /CS, /NICKSERV, /CHANSERV, etc.)
11 >   - Added channelmode +R (only registered clients may join that channel)
12 >   - Added usermode +R (only registered clients may send a private message)
13 >   - Added services{} block to ircd.conf
14 >   - Added services_name directive to general{} block
15 > o) RKLINE and RXLINE commands have been removed. Regular expression based
16 >   bans should only be added via ircd.conf
17 > o) Added 'globops', 'restart', 'dline', 'undline' and 'module' operator privilege flags.
18 >   Read doc/example.conf for further explanation of what these flags
19 >   are supposed to be doing
20 > o) Idle-time klines have been removed
21 > o) Cleaned up modules API. Old modules won't work anymore
22 > o) Remove general::burst_away configuration directive. AWAY bursts are now
23 >   controlled via connect::flags explicitly
24 > o) Introduced new logging subsystem including log rotation based on
25 >   file sizes
26 > o) Added support for remote D-lines
27 > o) Added usermode +H which is basically a replacement for the hidden_admin and
28 >   hidden_oper operator flags. With usermode +H, irc operator status can now
29 >   be hidden even on remote servers
30 > o) The servlink program has been removed. ircd-hybrid can now make use of SSL/TLS
31 >   for inter-server communication.
32 >   NOTE: compressed server links are of course still available, but a SSL/TLS
33 >   connection is required, as compression is now handled via the OpenSSL library
34  
35  
15 -- ircd-hybrid-7.3-rc1 Release Notes
16 o) Major 64-bit cleanups and portability fixes.
17 o) Fixed bug where unregistered clients were not able to complete registration
18   process with /quote PONG <ping_cookie> in case the client was assigned a
19   zero value ping-cookie. This may only happen with general::ping_cookie
20   being enabled.
21 o) "STATS z" now shows the actual amount of memory consumption being
22   used by channel bans/excepts/invites.
23 o) Fixed archaic bug where bursting servers with missconfigured NICKLEN were
24   able to desync the network's nickname database.
25 o) The PCRE library has been removed from the ircd sources. ./configure will
26   now automatically detect an already installed version of the PCRE library.
27 o) Various resolver improvements and fixes
28 o) Implemented GUNGLINE (global ungline)
29 o) Completely rewrote build system. We're now using automake and libtool
30 o) Added support for SHA-256/512 encrypted passwords to mkpasswd. Whether
31   passwords hashed using these algorithms will work depends on the system's
32   crypt() implementation. For example, SHA-256/512 is available in glibc since
33   version 2.7.
34 o) Added ssl_server_protocol configuration option to servinfo{}.
35   Valid flags are 'sslv3' and 'tlsv1'
36 o) Added new 'server' option to listener::flags. Listener with that flag
37   set may only accept server connections.
38 o) Fixed occasional core when placing RESVs on channel names
39 o) Fixed topic desynchronization which sometimes may
40   happen during netbursts
41 o) WATCH support implemented. Known from other irc-daemons, such
42   as Dreamforge and Bahamut. The general::max_watch configuration directive
43   has been added in order to allow run-time configuration of how many
44   watch entries a single client may have on its watchlist.
45 o) Fixed bug which would cause invalid invisible counts on oper-up in case
46   operator::umodes and/or general::oper_umodes contains 'invisible'
47 o) Removed broken LazyLinks
48 o) Removed --disable-gline-voting configure option
49 o) Minor code optimizations and cleanups
50 o) ACCEPT now supports nick!user@host masks
51 o) Unregistered clients are no longer allowed to request the server's motd
52 o) general::dot_in_ip6_addr configuration option is obsolete and no longer exists
53 o) Dropped support for old style 'operflag = yes|no;' format
54
55
56 -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.3 Release Notes
57 o) Added ircd-italian.lang language file
58 o) Added -full to etrace
59 o) Added +C for opers
60 o) Fixed core in temp channel resv
61 o) Fixed CHALLENGE to work with user=IP
62 o) Misc fixes to TESTMASK and TESTLINE
63 o) Added support for nick masks to TESTMASK
64 o) Fixed /modlist to show up whether or not a module is resident
65 o) Fixed command line arguments handling to allow more than one switch
66 o) Fixed numeric delivery for mixed TS5 target on the other side of a TS6 server.
67
68
69 -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.2 Release Notes
70 o) Added channel::disable_fake_channels config directive
71 o) Fixed broken FORCEJOIN  (contrib)
72 o) Added missing documentation for connect::vhost
73 o) Fixed problem with G-Line voting
74 o) Fixed "STATS ?" so it doesn't report negative traffic statistics
75 o) Fixed core in m_mkpasswd.c  (contrib)
76 o) Reduced memory usage for channel members
77 o) Added general::stats_e_disabled which simply disables "STATS e"
78   for other operators and administrators
79 o) Ignore signal SIGXFSZ to prevent the daemon from dying on missconfigured
80   file size limits
81 o) Slight optimizations to the block allocator
82 o) Fixed harmless bug that could result in incorrect bytes sent statistics
83   in "STATS t"
84 o) "STATS y|Y" now shows whether a class is active or disabled
85 o) Added ircd-brazilian_pt.lang language file
86 o) Misc. ACCEPT fixes. E.g. don't remove an accept record if a client is
87   changing between equivalent nicknames like 'nick' and 'NiCk'.
88 o) Minor resolv.conf parser fixes.  Added missing support for ';' comments
89 o) Fixed core on MODRESTART
90
91
92 -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.1 Release Notes
93 o) Fixed build on SRV4
94 o) Fixed problem where ircd would disconnect all SSL connections
95 o) Added initial CAP support.  Additional documentation can be found
96   in doc/technical
97 o) Speeded up command parsing
98 o) Fixed occasional core dump on UN*LINE
99 o) Fixed bug where particular clients would always receive
100   "Load is temporarily too heavy" message
101 o) Improved memory consumption, i.e. memory consumption has
102   been reduced for remote clients
103 o) Fixed possible core in case default_cipher_preference directive isn't set
104 o) Fixed "CHANSERV INVITE" bug with anope services
105 o) Updated example configuration files to reflect new topicburst flags
106   directive in connect{} blocks
107 o) Fixed core if using the operator::umodes directive
108 o) Don't allow shared k-lines to be set without a valid reason
109 o) Improved channel ban match processing.  This also fixes CIDR bans
110
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112 -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.0 Release Notes
113 o) Fixed broken operwall = yes;
114 o) Added 'umode' directive to oper{}.  List of modes to get on /OPER.
115   This behaves exactly like H6's sixth O line field
116 o) Fixed a WHOIS bug
117 o) Fixed bug where we would increase Count.invisi even
118   if general::invisible_on_connect is turned off
119 o) Removed invite_ops_only, controlled by paranoid (+p) now
120 o) Better DDoS protection
121 o) Fixed va_list bug on amd64
122 o) Fixed /dev/poll
123
124
125 -- ircd-hybrid-7.2rc1 Release Notes
126 o) ircd can dynamically change all its client/fd limits at runtime
127 o) Added epoll as the primary I/O engine under Linux
128 o) Local channels will not show up in remote /WHOIS
129 o) Added hidden_name which allows customized hidden server names
130 o) Added restrict_channels to define a static channel set
131 o) Added --disable-gline-voting to disable G-Line votes
132   for small networks or people who don't want it.
133 o) Allow accumulating more ip= entries in an exempt{} block
134 o) Various improvements and bugfixes
135 o) Make win32 build usable
136 o) Fixed ban caching bug
137 o) Cosmetical fixes to TIME
138 o) Get "KLINE nick" to work with clients that have a spoof
139 o) Fixed RESV/XLINE bug in conjunction with names that include escaped
140   characters such as \*, \?, \#.
141
142
143 -- ircd-hybrid-7.2beta1 Release Notes
144 o) Usermode +G, like +g, but allow messaging from people on common channels
145 o) Usermode +D - "deaf", don't receive channel messages
146 o) RXLINE and RKLINE - commands for setting perl compatible regular expression
147   based K and X lines
148 o) Join flood is now detected and reported to +b opers
149 o) Re-added REJECT_HOLD - lock clients for a while before throwing away
150 o) ping_warning, a class{} option to notify opers before "Ping timeout"
151 o) New hooking system, modularized: usermodes, iauth, message filtering etc.
152 o) Network I/O speedups
153 o) Various cleanups and bugfixes
154 o) Support for client SSL
155 o) Support for services (contrib/m_services.c)
156 o) IP cloaking module (contrib/ip_cloaking.c)
157 o) Native win32 build
158 o) The password set in auth::password can now be encrypted
159 o) Introduced new listen::flags directive.  Currently available flags are
160   'ssl' and 'hidden'.  Please read example.conf for further details
161
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37  
38 + NOTE: This is still BETA code.  Run it at your own risk.  By running this
39 + code you assume FULL responsibility for any problems it may cause.  We do
40 + NOT recommend that you run BETA code on production IRC networks such
41 + as EFnet.
42 +
43   BUGS: Major bugs in this release are listed in BUGS
44  
45   BUG REPORTS: If you run this code and encounter problems, you must report

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