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1 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.3 RELNOTES
2 < o) Fixed bug where unregistered clients were not able to complete registration
3 <   process with /quote PONG <ping_cookie> in case the client was assigned a
4 <   zero value ping-cookie. This may only happen with general::ping_cookie
5 <   being enabled.
6 < o) "STATS z" now shows the actual amount of memory consumption being
7 <   used by channel bans/excepts/invites.
8 < o) Fixed archaic bug where bursting servers with missconfigured NICKLEN were
9 <   able to desync the network's nickname database.
10 < o) The PCRE library has been removed from the ircd sources. ./configure will
11 <   now automatically detect an already installed version of the PCRE library.
12 < o) Various resolver improvements and fixes
13 < o) Implemented GUNGLINE (global ungline)
14 < o) Completely rewrote build system. We're now using automake and libtool
15 < o) Added support for sha256/sha512 encrypted passwords to mkpasswd
16 < o) Added ssl_server_protocol configuration option to servinfo{}.
17 <   Valid flags are 'sslv3' and 'tlsv1'
18 < o) Added new 'server' option to listener::flags. Listener with that flag
19 <   set may only accept server connections.
20 < o) Fixed occasional core when placing RESVs on channel names
21 < o) Fixed topic desynchronization which sometimes may
22 <   happen during netbursts
23 < o) WATCH support implemented. Known from other irc-daemons, such
24 <   as Dreamforge and Bahamut.
25 < o) Fixed bug which would cause invalid invisible counts on oper-up in case
26 <   operator::umodes and/or general::oper_umodes contains 'invisible'
27 < o) Removed broken LazyLinks
28 < o) Removed --disable-gline-voting configure option
29 < o) Minor code optimizations and cleanups
30 < o) ACCEPT now supports nick!user@host masks
31 <
32 <
33 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.3 RELNOTES
34 < o) Added ircd-italian.lang language file
35 < o) Added -full to etrace
36 < o) Added +C for opers
37 < o) Fixed core in temp channel resv
38 < o) Fixed CHALLENGE to work with user=IP
39 < o) Misc fixes to TESTMASK and TESTLINE
40 < o) Added support for nick masks to TESTMASK
41 < o) Fixed /modlist to show up whether or not a module is resident
42 < o) Fixed command line arguments handling to allow more than one switch
43 < o) Fixed numeric delivery for mixed TS5 target on the other side of a TS6 server.
44 <
45 <
46 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.2 RELNOTES
47 < o) Added channel::disable_fake_channels config directive
48 < o) Fixed broken FORCEJOIN  (contrib)
49 < o) Added missing documentation for connect::vhost
50 < o) Fixed problem with G-Line voting
51 < o) Fixed "STATS ?" so it doesn't report negative traffic statistics
52 < o) Fixed core in m_mkpasswd.c  (contrib)
53 < o) Reduced memory usage for channel members
54 < o) Added general::stats_e_disabled which simply disables "STATS e"
55 <   for other operators and administrators
56 < o) Ignore signal SIGXFSZ to prevent the daemon from dying on missconfigured
57 <   file size limits
58 < o) Slight optimizations to the block allocator
59 < o) Fixed harmless bug that could result in incorrect bytes sent statistics
60 <   in "STATS t"
61 < o) "STATS y|Y" now shows whether a class is active or disabled
62 < o) Added ircd-brazilian_pt.lang language file
63 < o) Misc. ACCEPT fixes. E.g. don't remove an accept record if a client is
64 <   changing between equivalent nicknames like 'nick' and 'NiCk'.
65 < o) Minor resolv.conf parser fixes.  Added missing support for ';' comments
66 < o) Fixed core on MODRESTART
67 <
68 <
69 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.1 RELNOTES
70 < o) Fixed build on SRV4
71 < o) Fixed problem where ircd would disconnect all SSL connections
72 < o) Added initial CAP support.  Additional documentation can be found
73 <   in doc/technical
74 < o) Speeded up command parsing
75 < o) Fixed occasional core dump on UN*LINE
76 < o) Fixed bug where particular clients would always receive
77 <   "Load is temporarily too heavy" message
78 < o) Improved memory consumption, i.e. memory consumption has
79 <   been reduced for remote clients
80 < o) Fixed possible core in case default_cipher_preference directive isn't set
81 < o) Fixed "CHANSERV INVITE" bug with anope services
82 < o) Updated example configuration files to reflect new topicburst flags
83 <   directive in connect{} blocks
84 < o) Fixed core if using the operator::umodes directive
85 < o) Don't allow shared k-lines to be set without a valid reason
86 < o) Improved channel ban match processing.  This also fixes CIDR bans
87 <
88 <
89 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.0 RELNOTES
90 < o) Fixed broken operwall = yes;
91 < o) Added 'umode' directive to oper{}.  List of modes to get on /OPER.
92 <   This behaves exactly like H6's sixth O line field
93 < o) Fixed a WHOIS bug
94 < o) Fixed bug where we would increase Count.invisi even
95 <   if general::invisible_on_connect is turned off
96 < o) Removed invite_ops_only, controlled by paranoid (+p) now
97 < o) Better DDoS protection
98 < o) Fixed va_list bug on amd64
99 < o) Fixed /dev/poll
100 <
101 <
102 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2rc1 RELNOTES
103 < o) ircd can dynamically change all its client/fd limits at runtime
104 < o) Added epoll as the primary I/O engine under Linux
105 < o) Local channels will not show up in remote /WHOIS
106 < o) Added hidden_name which allows customized hidden server names
107 < o) Added restrict_channels to define a static channel set
108 < o) Added --disable-gline-voting to disable G-Line votes
109 <   for small networks or people who don't want it.
110 < o) Allow accumulating more ip= entries in an exempt{} block
111 < o) Various improvements and bugfixes
112 < o) Make win32 build usable
113 < o) Fixed ban caching bug
114 < o) Cosmetical fixes to TIME
115 < o) Get "KLINE nick" to work with clients that have a spoof
116 < o) Fixed RESV/XLINE bug in conjunction with names that include escaped
117 <   characters such as \*, \?, \#.
118 <
119 <
120 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2beta1 RELNOTES
121 < o) Usermode +G, like +g, but allow messaging from people on common channels
122 < o) Usermode +D - "deaf", don't receive channel messages
123 < o) RXLINE and RKLINE - commands for setting perl compatible regular expression
124 <   based K and X lines
125 < o) Join flood is now detected and reported to +b opers
126 < o) Re-added REJECT_HOLD - lock clients for a while before throwing away
127 < o) ping_warning, a class{} option to notify opers before "Ping timeout"
128 < o) New hooking system, modularized: usermodes, iauth, message filtering etc.
129 < o) Network I/O speedups
130 < o) Various cleanups and bugfixes
131 < o) Support for client SSL
132 < o) Support for services (contrib/m_services.c)
133 < o) IP cloaking module (contrib/ip_cloaking.c)
134 < o) Native win32 build
135 < o) The password set in auth::password can now be encrypted
136 < o) Introduced new listen::flags directive.  Currently available flags are
137 <   'ssl' and 'hidden'.  Please read example.conf for further details
1 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.0 Release Notes
2 > o) Fixed an off-by-one with spoofs. Spoofs are now also checked for
3 >   invalid characters.
4 >
5 > -- ircd-hybrid-8rc1 Release Notes
6 > o) Removed general::client_flood configuration option and added the
7 >   new 'recvq' configuration directive to class{} blocks.
8 >   The max size of a receive queue can be seen in "STATS Y"
9 >   for each class
10 > o) A server's description can again include the '[' and ']' characters
11 >
12 >
13 > -- ircd-hybrid-8beta3 Release Notes
14 > o) Fixed wrong syntax of several language files
15 > o) &localchannels have been removed
16 > o) /messaging opers@some.server is no longer supported
17 > o) Fixed bug that would possibly lead to a topic desynchronization
18 > o) Removed serverhide::disable_hidden configuration option
19 > o) Dropped ircd-hybrid-6 GLINE compatibility mode
20 > o) use_invex, use_except and use_knock configuration options
21 >   have been removed. These features are now enabled by default
22 >
23 >
24 > -- ircd-hybrid-8beta2 Release Notes
25 > o) channel::disable_fake_channels now also disables ascii 29 (mIRC italic)
26 >   when set to yes
27 > o) Added channel::max_chans_per_oper configuration directive. The old way
28 >   was to let ircops join three times the amount of max_chans_per_user
29 > o) Replaced MODLOAD, MODUNLOAD, MODRELOAD, MODLIST and MODRESTART commands
30 >   with the new MODULE command which can be fed with the LOAD, UNLOAD, RELOAD
31 >   and LIST parameters.
32 >   MODRESTART has been entirely removed. Use "MODULE RELOAD *" to reload all modules
33 > o) Added back server notice when a client tries to obtain a reserved nick name
34 > o) Removed OMOTD module
35 > o) Added 'set' to operator privilege flags. Gives access to the "SET" command
36 > o) Improved TS6 support
37 >
38 >
39 > -- ircd-hybrid-8beta1 Release Notes
40 > o) Implemented full services support. Among other things, the following changes
41 >   have been done for this:
42 >   - Added SVSNICK, and SVSMODE command handlers
43 >   - Added service stamps to NICK/UID messages
44 >   - Added SVS to server capabilities (CAPAB). SVS capable servers can
45 >     deal with extended NICK/UID messages that contain service IDs/stamps.
46 >   - Usermode +r (registered nick) has been added, as well as
47 >     channelmode +r (registered channel)
48 >   - Now that usermode +r has a different function than before, rejected
49 >     client notices now go to new usermode +j
50 >   - Various services shortcuts have been added (/NS, /CS, /NICKSERV, /CHANSERV, etc.)
51 >   - Added channelmode +R (only registered clients may join that channel)
52 >   - Added usermode +R (only registered clients may send a private message)
53 >   - Added services{} block to ircd.conf
54 >   - Added services_name directive to general{} block
55 >   - Added GLOBOPS mainly for services compatibility, but can be used by operators, too
56 > o) RKLINE and RXLINE commands have been removed. Regular expression based
57 >   bans should only be added via ircd.conf
58 > o) Added 'globops', 'restart', 'dline', 'undline' and 'module' operator privilege flags.
59 >   Read doc/example.conf for further explanation of what these flags
60 >   are supposed to be doing
61 > o) Idle-time klines have been removed
62 > o) Cleaned up modules API. Old modules won't work anymore
63 > o) Remove general::burst_away configuration directive. AWAY bursts are now
64 >   controlled via connect::flags explicitly
65 > o) Introduced new logging subsystem including log rotation based on
66 >   file sizes. Log timestamp format is ISO8601 now
67 > o) Added support for remote D-lines
68 > o) Added usermode +H which is basically a replacement for the hidden_admin and
69 >   hidden_oper operator flags. With usermode +H, irc operator status can now
70 >   be hidden even on remote servers
71 > o) Added CIDR support for operator{} blocks
72 > o) The servlink program has been removed. ircd-hybrid can now make use of SSL/TLS
73 >   for inter-server communication.
74 >   NOTE: compressed server links are of course still available, but a SSL/TLS
75 >   connection is required, as compression is now handled via the OpenSSL library
76 > o) Removed 'ssl_server_protocol' configuration directive and
77 >   added 'ssl_client_method' and 'ssl_server_method' instead.
78 >   Both of these options can now be changed at runtime
79 > o) Oper login IDs are no longer limited to NICKLEN*2
80 > o) Removed channel::burst_topicwho configuration option. Topicsetters are
81 >   now sent by default
82 > o) "STATS Y|y" now reports CIDR limits as well
83 > o) Added m_webirc.c to contrib/
84 > o) Overall code cleanup and speed improvements
85  
86   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
87  
88 + NOTE: This is still BETA code.  Run it at your own risk.  By running this
89 + code you assume FULL responsibility for any problems it may cause.  We do
90 + NOT recommend that you run BETA code on production IRC networks such
91 + as EFnet.
92 +
93   BUGS: Major bugs in this release are listed in BUGS
94  
95   BUG REPORTS: If you run this code and encounter problems, you must report

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