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1 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.3-rc1 RELNOTES
2 < o) Major 64-bit cleanups and portability fixes.
3 < o) Fixed bug where unregistered clients were not able to complete registration
4 <   process with /quote PONG <ping_cookie> in case the client was assigned a
5 <   zero value ping-cookie. This may only happen with general::ping_cookie
6 <   being enabled.
7 < o) "STATS z" now shows the actual amount of memory consumption being
8 <   used by channel bans/excepts/invites.
9 < o) Fixed archaic bug where bursting servers with missconfigured NICKLEN were
10 <   able to desync the network's nickname database.
11 < o) The PCRE library has been removed from the ircd sources. ./configure will
12 <   now automatically detect an already installed version of the PCRE library.
13 < o) Various resolver improvements and fixes
14 < o) Implemented GUNGLINE (global ungline)
15 < o) Completely rewrote build system. We're now using automake and libtool
16 < o) Added support for SHA-256/512 encrypted passwords to mkpasswd. Whether
17 <   passwords hashed using these algorithms will work depends on the system's
18 <   crypt() implementation. For example, SHA-256/512 is available in glibc since
19 <   version 2.7.
20 < o) Added ssl_server_protocol configuration option to servinfo{}.
21 <   Valid flags are 'sslv3' and 'tlsv1'
22 < o) Added new 'server' option to listener::flags. Listener with that flag
23 <   set may only accept server connections.
24 < o) Fixed occasional core when placing RESVs on channel names
25 < o) Fixed topic desynchronization which sometimes may
26 <   happen during netbursts
27 < o) WATCH support implemented. Known from other irc-daemons, such
28 <   as Dreamforge and Bahamut. The general::max_watch configuration directive
29 <   has been added in order to allow run-time configuration of how many
30 <   watch entries a single client may have on its watchlist.
31 < o) Fixed bug which would cause invalid invisible counts on oper-up in case
32 <   operator::umodes and/or general::oper_umodes contains 'invisible'
33 < o) Removed broken LazyLinks
34 < o) Removed --disable-gline-voting configure option
35 < o) Minor code optimizations and cleanups
36 < o) ACCEPT now supports nick!user@host masks
37 <
38 <
39 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.3 RELNOTES
40 < o) Added ircd-italian.lang language file
41 < o) Added -full to etrace
42 < o) Added +C for opers
43 < o) Fixed core in temp channel resv
44 < o) Fixed CHALLENGE to work with user=IP
45 < o) Misc fixes to TESTMASK and TESTLINE
46 < o) Added support for nick masks to TESTMASK
47 < o) Fixed /modlist to show up whether or not a module is resident
48 < o) Fixed command line arguments handling to allow more than one switch
49 < o) Fixed numeric delivery for mixed TS5 target on the other side of a TS6 server.
50 <
51 <
52 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.2 RELNOTES
53 < o) Added channel::disable_fake_channels config directive
54 < o) Fixed broken FORCEJOIN  (contrib)
55 < o) Added missing documentation for connect::vhost
56 < o) Fixed problem with G-Line voting
57 < o) Fixed "STATS ?" so it doesn't report negative traffic statistics
58 < o) Fixed core in m_mkpasswd.c  (contrib)
59 < o) Reduced memory usage for channel members
60 < o) Added general::stats_e_disabled which simply disables "STATS e"
61 <   for other operators and administrators
62 < o) Ignore signal SIGXFSZ to prevent the daemon from dying on missconfigured
63 <   file size limits
64 < o) Slight optimizations to the block allocator
65 < o) Fixed harmless bug that could result in incorrect bytes sent statistics
66 <   in "STATS t"
67 < o) "STATS y|Y" now shows whether a class is active or disabled
68 < o) Added ircd-brazilian_pt.lang language file
69 < o) Misc. ACCEPT fixes. E.g. don't remove an accept record if a client is
70 <   changing between equivalent nicknames like 'nick' and 'NiCk'.
71 < o) Minor resolv.conf parser fixes.  Added missing support for ';' comments
72 < o) Fixed core on MODRESTART
73 <
74 <
75 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.1 RELNOTES
76 < o) Fixed build on SRV4
77 < o) Fixed problem where ircd would disconnect all SSL connections
78 < o) Added initial CAP support.  Additional documentation can be found
79 <   in doc/technical
80 < o) Speeded up command parsing
81 < o) Fixed occasional core dump on UN*LINE
82 < o) Fixed bug where particular clients would always receive
83 <   "Load is temporarily too heavy" message
84 < o) Improved memory consumption, i.e. memory consumption has
85 <   been reduced for remote clients
86 < o) Fixed possible core in case default_cipher_preference directive isn't set
87 < o) Fixed "CHANSERV INVITE" bug with anope services
88 < o) Updated example configuration files to reflect new topicburst flags
89 <   directive in connect{} blocks
90 < o) Fixed core if using the operator::umodes directive
91 < o) Don't allow shared k-lines to be set without a valid reason
92 < o) Improved channel ban match processing.  This also fixes CIDR bans
93 <
94 <
95 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.0 RELNOTES
96 < o) Fixed broken operwall = yes;
97 < o) Added 'umode' directive to oper{}.  List of modes to get on /OPER.
98 <   This behaves exactly like H6's sixth O line field
99 < o) Fixed a WHOIS bug
100 < o) Fixed bug where we would increase Count.invisi even
101 <   if general::invisible_on_connect is turned off
102 < o) Removed invite_ops_only, controlled by paranoid (+p) now
103 < o) Better DDoS protection
104 < o) Fixed va_list bug on amd64
105 < o) Fixed /dev/poll
106 <
107 <
108 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2rc1 RELNOTES
109 < o) ircd can dynamically change all its client/fd limits at runtime
110 < o) Added epoll as the primary I/O engine under Linux
111 < o) Local channels will not show up in remote /WHOIS
112 < o) Added hidden_name which allows customized hidden server names
113 < o) Added restrict_channels to define a static channel set
114 < o) Added --disable-gline-voting to disable G-Line votes
115 <   for small networks or people who don't want it.
116 < o) Allow accumulating more ip= entries in an exempt{} block
117 < o) Various improvements and bugfixes
118 < o) Make win32 build usable
119 < o) Fixed ban caching bug
120 < o) Cosmetical fixes to TIME
121 < o) Get "KLINE nick" to work with clients that have a spoof
122 < o) Fixed RESV/XLINE bug in conjunction with names that include escaped
123 <   characters such as \*, \?, \#.
124 <
125 <
126 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2beta1 RELNOTES
127 < o) Usermode +G, like +g, but allow messaging from people on common channels
128 < o) Usermode +D - "deaf", don't receive channel messages
129 < o) RXLINE and RKLINE - commands for setting perl compatible regular expression
130 <   based K and X lines
131 < o) Join flood is now detected and reported to +b opers
132 < o) Re-added REJECT_HOLD - lock clients for a while before throwing away
133 < o) ping_warning, a class{} option to notify opers before "Ping timeout"
134 < o) New hooking system, modularized: usermodes, iauth, message filtering etc.
135 < o) Network I/O speedups
136 < o) Various cleanups and bugfixes
137 < o) Support for client SSL
138 < o) Support for services (contrib/m_services.c)
139 < o) IP cloaking module (contrib/ip_cloaking.c)
140 < o) Native win32 build
141 < o) The password set in auth::password can now be encrypted
142 < o) Introduced new listen::flags directive.  Currently available flags are
143 <   '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 taken from 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 >
10 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.7 Release Notes
11 > o) Added SVSHOST command handler which allows services to change the
12 >   hostname of a specific user
13 >
14 >
15 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.6 Release Notes
16 > o) Fix bug where idle time sometimes is 0 even if the client didn't
17 >   send any private message
18 > o) Fixed possible core in try_parse_v4_netmask()
19 >
20 >
21 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.5 Release Notes
22 > ########################################################################
23 > o) IMPORTANT: nick and topic lengths are now configurable via ircd.conf.
24 >   A max_nick_length, as well as a max_topic_length configuration option
25 >   can now be found in the serverinfo{} block
26 > ########################################################################
27 > o) Fixed build on GNU/Hurd as reported by Dominic Hargreaves
28 > o) Fixed log files not getting reopened after /rehash
29 > o) Improved logging of configuration file issues
30 > o) ircd.pid has been accidentally saved in /var instead of /var/run
31 > o) Linux RT signal support for notification of socket events has been dropped
32 > o) Fixed "STATS Y|y" sometimes sending weird sendq/recvq values
33 > o) INFO now also shows configured values of 'disable_fake_channels',
34 >   and 'stats_e_disabled'
35 > o) m_webirc.c is now officially supported, and has been moved from contrib/
36 >   to modules/
37 > o) /whois, /stats p, and /trace may now show fake idle times depending on
38 >   how the new class::min_idle and class::max_idle configuration directives
39 >   have been configured. This feature basically works in the same
40 >   way as it does in csircd
41 > o) The configuration parser now does support 'year' and 'month' units
42 >
43 >
44 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.4 Release Notes
45 > o) Fixed possible core on USERHOST/ISON with optimization enabled
46 > o) Fixed bug where can_flood sometimes didn't work as expected
47 >
48 >
49 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.3 Release Notes
50 > o) Fixed core on UNDLINE
51 > o) XLINE/KLINE/RESV/DLINE/SQUIT and KILL now have the same default reason
52 >   if a reason hasn't been specified
53 >
54 >
55 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.2 Release Notes
56 > o) Minor updates to the build system
57 > o) Fixed broken --enable-assert configure switch
58 > o) Fixed bug where timed events stopped from working if the system's
59 >   clock is running backwards
60 > o) STATS q|Q now shows how many times a resv{} block has been matched
61 > o) Fixed contributed WEBIRC module
62 > o) IRC operators may now again see server generated nick rejection notices
63 >
64 >
65 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.1 Release Notes
66 > o) Fixed broken CIDR support for CHALLENGE based irc operator logins
67 > o) Fixed class limits not properly applying to oper{} blocks
68 > o) Fixed possible TBURST desynchronization with services
69 > o) Fixed TBURST sending server's name to clients if it's a hidden server
70 >
71 >
72 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.0 Release Notes
73 > o) Fixed possible TBURST desynchronization with services
74 > o) Fixed TBURST sending server's name to clients if it's a hidden server
75 >
76 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.0 Release Notes
77 > o) Fixed an off-by-one with spoofs. Spoofs are now also checked for
78 >   invalid characters
79 > o) Removed general::use_whois_actually configuration directive. This is
80 >   now enabled by default
81 > o) Minor SQUIT handling fixes
82 > o) Fixed bancache not being updated on CHGHOST/CHGIDENT
83 >
84 >
85 > -- ircd-hybrid-8rc1 Release Notes
86 > o) Removed general::client_flood configuration option and added the
87 >   new 'recvq' configuration directive to class{} blocks.
88 >   The max size of a receive queue can be seen in "STATS Y"
89 >   for each class
90 > o) Allow the '[' and ']' characters in server description
91 >
92 >
93 > -- ircd-hybrid-8beta3 Release Notes
94 > o) Fixed wrong syntax in several language files
95 > o) Removed &localchannels
96 > o) PRIVMSG to opers@some.server is no longer supported
97 > o) Fixed bug that could lead to topic desynchronization
98 > o) Removed serverhide::disable_hidden configuration option
99 > o) Dropped ircd-hybrid-6 GLINE compatibility mode
100 > o) Removed use_invex, use_except and use_knock configuration options.
101 >   These features are now enabled by default
102 >
103 >
104 > -- ircd-hybrid-8beta2 Release Notes
105 > o) channel::disable_fake_channels now also disables ascii 29 (mIRC italic)
106 >   when set to yes
107 > o) Added channel::max_chans_per_oper configuration directive. The old way
108 >   was to let operators join three times the amount of max_chans_per_user
109 > o) Replaced MODLOAD, MODUNLOAD, MODRELOAD, MODLIST and MODRESTART commands
110 >   with the new MODULE command which can be fed with the LOAD, UNLOAD, RELOAD
111 >   and LIST parameters.
112 >   MODRESTART has been entirely removed. Use "MODULE RELOAD *" to reload
113 >   all modules
114 > o) Added back server notice when a client tries to obtain a reserved nick name
115 > o) Removed OMOTD module
116 > o) Added 'set' to operator privilege flags. Gives access to the "SET" command
117 > o) Improved TS6 support
118 > o) Channel keys/passwords are now case sensitive
119 >
120 >
121 > -- ircd-hybrid-8beta1 Release Notes
122 > o) Implemented full services support, including but not limited to the
123 >   following changes:
124 >   - Added SVSNICK, and SVSMODE command handlers
125 >   - Added service stamps to NICK/UID messages
126 >   - Added SVS to server capabilities (CAPAB). SVS capable servers can
127 >     deal with extended NICK/UID messages that contain service IDs/stamps.
128 >   - Changed rejected client notices to go to new usermode +j.  These
129 >     previously used usermode +r.
130 >   - Added usermode +r (registered nick) and channelmode +r (registered channel)
131 >   - Added usermode +R (only registered clients may send a private message)
132 >   - Added channelmode +R (only registered clients may join that channel)
133 >   - Various services shortcuts have been added (/NS, /CS, /NICKSERV, /CHANSERV, etc.)
134 >   - Added services{} block to ircd.conf
135 >   - Added services_name directive to general{} block
136 >   - Added GLOBOPS mainly for services compatibility, but can be used by operators, too
137 > o) Removed RKLINE and RXLINE commands. Regular expression based bans should
138 >   only be added via ircd.conf
139 > o) Added 'globops', 'restart', 'dline', 'undline' and 'module' operator
140 >   privilege flags. Read doc/example.conf for further explanation of what
141 >   these flags control
142 > o) Removed Idle-time klines
143 > o) Cleaned up modules API. Old modules won't work anymore
144 > o) Removed general::burst_away configuration directive. AWAY bursts are now
145 >   controlled via connect::flags explicitly
146 > o) Introduced new logging subsystem including log rotation based on
147 >   file sizes. Log timestamp format is ISO8601 now
148 > o) Added support for remote D-lines
149 > o) Added usermode +H which is basically a replacement for the hidden_admin and
150 >   hidden_oper operator flags. With usermode +H, irc operator status can now
151 >   be hidden even on remote servers
152 > o) Added CIDR support for operator{} blocks
153 > o) Removed the servlink program. ircd-hybrid can now make use of
154 >   SSL/TLS for inter-server communication.
155 >   NOTE: compressed server links are of course still available, but a SSL/TLS
156 >   connection is required, as compression is now handled via OpenSSL
157 > o) Removed 'ssl_server_protocol' configuration directive and
158 >   added 'ssl_client_method' and 'ssl_server_method' instead.
159 >   Both of these options can now be changed at runtime
160 > o) Oper login IDs are no longer limited to NICKLEN*2
161 > o) Removed channel::burst_topicwho configuration option. Topicsetters are
162 >   now sent by default
163 > o) "STATS Y|y" now reports CIDR limits as well
164 > o) Added m_webirc.c to contrib/
165 > o) Overall code cleanup and speed improvements
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