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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 <
7 <
8 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.3-rc1 Release Notes
9 < o) Major 64-bit cleanups and portability fixes.
10 < o) Fixed bug where unregistered clients were not able to complete registration
11 <   process with /quote PONG <ping_cookie> in case the client was assigned a
12 <   zero value ping-cookie. This may only happen with general::ping_cookie
13 <   being enabled.
14 < o) "STATS z" now shows the actual amount of memory consumption being
15 <   used by channel bans/excepts/invites.
16 < o) Fixed archaic bug where bursting servers with missconfigured NICKLEN were
17 <   able to desync the network's nickname database.
18 < o) The PCRE library has been removed from the ircd sources. ./configure will
19 <   now automatically detect an already installed version of the PCRE library.
20 < o) Various resolver improvements and fixes
21 < o) Implemented GUNGLINE (global ungline)
22 < o) Completely rewrote build system. We're now using automake and libtool
23 < o) Added support for SHA-256/512 encrypted passwords to mkpasswd. Whether
24 <   passwords hashed using these algorithms will work depends on the system's
25 <   crypt() implementation. For example, SHA-256/512 is available in glibc since
26 <   version 2.7.
27 < o) Added ssl_server_protocol configuration option to servinfo{}.
28 <   Valid flags are 'sslv3' and 'tlsv1'
29 < o) Added new 'server' option to listener::flags. Listener with that flag
30 <   set may only accept server connections.
31 < o) Fixed occasional core when placing RESVs on channel names
32 < o) Fixed topic desynchronization which sometimes may
33 <   happen during netbursts
34 < o) WATCH support implemented. Known from other irc-daemons, such
35 <   as Dreamforge and Bahamut. The general::max_watch configuration directive
36 <   has been added in order to allow run-time configuration of how many
37 <   watch entries a single client may have on its watchlist.
38 < o) Fixed bug which would cause invalid invisible counts on oper-up in case
39 <   operator::umodes and/or general::oper_umodes contains 'invisible'
40 < o) Removed broken LazyLinks
41 < o) Removed --disable-gline-voting configure option
42 < o) Minor code optimizations and cleanups
43 < o) ACCEPT now supports nick!user@host masks
44 < o) Unregistered clients are no longer allowed to request the server's motd
45 < o) general::dot_in_ip6_addr configuration option is obsolete and no longer exists
46 < o) Dropped support for old style 'operflag = yes|no;' format
47 <
48 <
49 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.3 Release Notes
50 < o) Added ircd-italian.lang language file
51 < o) Added -full to etrace
52 < o) Added +C for opers
53 < o) Fixed core in temp channel resv
54 < o) Fixed CHALLENGE to work with user=IP
55 < o) Misc fixes to TESTMASK and TESTLINE
56 < o) Added support for nick masks to TESTMASK
57 < o) Fixed /modlist to show up whether or not a module is resident
58 < o) Fixed command line arguments handling to allow more than one switch
59 < o) Fixed numeric delivery for mixed TS5 target on the other side of a TS6 server.
60 <
61 <
62 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.2 Release Notes
63 < o) Added channel::disable_fake_channels config directive
64 < o) Fixed broken FORCEJOIN  (contrib)
65 < o) Added missing documentation for connect::vhost
66 < o) Fixed problem with G-Line voting
67 < o) Fixed "STATS ?" so it doesn't report negative traffic statistics
68 < o) Fixed core in m_mkpasswd.c  (contrib)
69 < o) Reduced memory usage for channel members
70 < o) Added general::stats_e_disabled which simply disables "STATS e"
71 <   for other operators and administrators
72 < o) Ignore signal SIGXFSZ to prevent the daemon from dying on missconfigured
73 <   file size limits
74 < o) Slight optimizations to the block allocator
75 < o) Fixed harmless bug that could result in incorrect bytes sent statistics
76 <   in "STATS t"
77 < o) "STATS y|Y" now shows whether a class is active or disabled
78 < o) Added ircd-brazilian_pt.lang language file
79 < o) Misc. ACCEPT fixes. E.g. don't remove an accept record if a client is
80 <   changing between equivalent nicknames like 'nick' and 'NiCk'.
81 < o) Minor resolv.conf parser fixes.  Added missing support for ';' comments
82 < o) Fixed core on MODRESTART
83 <
84 <
85 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.1 Release Notes
86 < o) Fixed build on SRV4
87 < o) Fixed problem where ircd would disconnect all SSL connections
88 < o) Added initial CAP support.  Additional documentation can be found
89 <   in doc/technical
90 < o) Speeded up command parsing
91 < o) Fixed occasional core dump on UN*LINE
92 < o) Fixed bug where particular clients would always receive
93 <   "Load is temporarily too heavy" message
94 < o) Improved memory consumption, i.e. memory consumption has
95 <   been reduced for remote clients
96 < o) Fixed possible core in case default_cipher_preference directive isn't set
97 < o) Fixed "CHANSERV INVITE" bug with anope services
98 < o) Updated example configuration files to reflect new topicburst flags
99 <   directive in connect{} blocks
100 < o) Fixed core if using the operator::umodes directive
101 < o) Don't allow shared k-lines to be set without a valid reason
102 < o) Improved channel ban match processing.  This also fixes CIDR bans
103 <
104 <
105 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.0 Release Notes
106 < o) Fixed broken operwall = yes;
107 < o) Added 'umode' directive to oper{}.  List of modes to get on /OPER.
108 <   This behaves exactly like H6's sixth O line field
109 < o) Fixed a WHOIS bug
110 < o) Fixed bug where we would increase Count.invisi even
111 <   if general::invisible_on_connect is turned off
112 < o) Removed invite_ops_only, controlled by paranoid (+p) now
113 < o) Better DDoS protection
114 < o) Fixed va_list bug on amd64
115 < o) Fixed /dev/poll
116 <
117 <
118 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2rc1 Release Notes
119 < o) ircd can dynamically change all its client/fd limits at runtime
120 < o) Added epoll as the primary I/O engine under Linux
121 < o) Local channels will not show up in remote /WHOIS
122 < o) Added hidden_name which allows customized hidden server names
123 < o) Added restrict_channels to define a static channel set
124 < o) Added --disable-gline-voting to disable G-Line votes
125 <   for small networks or people who don't want it.
126 < o) Allow accumulating more ip= entries in an exempt{} block
127 < o) Various improvements and bugfixes
128 < o) Make win32 build usable
129 < o) Fixed ban caching bug
130 < o) Cosmetical fixes to TIME
131 < o) Get "KLINE nick" to work with clients that have a spoof
132 < o) Fixed RESV/XLINE bug in conjunction with names that include escaped
133 <   characters such as \*, \?, \#.
134 <
135 <
136 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2beta1 Release Notes
137 < o) Usermode +G, like +g, but allow messaging from people on common channels
138 < o) Usermode +D - "deaf", don't receive channel messages
139 < o) RXLINE and RKLINE - commands for setting perl compatible regular expression
140 <   based K and X lines
141 < o) Join flood is now detected and reported to +b opers
142 < o) Re-added REJECT_HOLD - lock clients for a while before throwing away
143 < o) ping_warning, a class{} option to notify opers before "Ping timeout"
144 < o) New hooking system, modularized: usermodes, iauth, message filtering etc.
145 < o) Network I/O speedups
146 < o) Various cleanups and bugfixes
147 < o) Support for client SSL
148 < o) Support for services (contrib/m_services.c)
149 < o) IP cloaking module (contrib/ip_cloaking.c)
150 < o) Native win32 build
151 < o) The password set in auth::password can now be encrypted
152 < o) Introduced new listen::flags directive.  Currently available flags are
153 <   'ssl' and 'hidden'.  Please read example.conf for further details
1 > -- ircd-hybrid-8beta2 Release Notes
2 > o) channel::disable_fake_channels now also disables ascii 29 (mIRC italic)
3 >   when set to yes
4 > o) Added channel::max_chans_per_oper configuration directive. The old way
5 >   was to let ircops join three times the amount of max_chans_per_user
6 > o) Replaced MODLOAD, MODUNLOAD, MODRELOAD, MODLIST and MODRESTART commands
7 >   with the new MODULE command which can be fed with the LOAD, UNLOAD, RELOAD
8 >   and LIST parameters.
9 >   MODRESTART has been entirely removed. Use "MODULE RELOAD *" to reload all modules
10 >
11 >
12 > -- ircd-hybrid-8beta1 Release Notes
13 > o) Implemented full services support. Among other things, the following changes
14 >   have been done for this:
15 >   - Added SVSNICK, and SVSMODE command handlers
16 >   - Added service stamps to NICK/UID messages
17 >   - Added SVS to server capabilities (CAPAB). SVS capable servers can
18 >     deal with extended NICK/UID messages that contain service IDs/stamps.
19 >   - Usermode +r (registered nick) has been added, as well as
20 >     channelmode +r (registered channel)
21 >   - Now that usermode +r has a different function than before, rejected
22 >     client notices now go to new usermode +j
23 >   - Various services shortcuts have been added (/NS, /CS, /NICKSERV, /CHANSERV, etc.)
24 >   - Added channelmode +R (only registered clients may join that channel)
25 >   - Added usermode +R (only registered clients may send a private message)
26 >   - Added services{} block to ircd.conf
27 >   - Added services_name directive to general{} block
28 >   - Added GLOBOPS mainly for services compatibility, but can be used by operators, too
29 > o) RKLINE and RXLINE commands have been removed. Regular expression based
30 >   bans should only be added via ircd.conf
31 > o) Added 'globops', 'restart', 'dline', 'undline' and 'module' operator privilege flags.
32 >   Read doc/example.conf for further explanation of what these flags
33 >   are supposed to be doing
34 > o) Idle-time klines have been removed
35 > o) Cleaned up modules API. Old modules won't work anymore
36 > o) Remove general::burst_away configuration directive. AWAY bursts are now
37 >   controlled via connect::flags explicitly
38 > o) Introduced new logging subsystem including log rotation based on
39 >   file sizes. Log timestamp format is ISO8601 now
40 > o) Added support for remote D-lines
41 > o) Added usermode +H which is basically a replacement for the hidden_admin and
42 >   hidden_oper operator flags. With usermode +H, irc operator status can now
43 >   be hidden even on remote servers
44 > o) Added CIDR support for operator{} blocks
45 > o) The servlink program has been removed. ircd-hybrid can now make use of SSL/TLS
46 >   for inter-server communication.
47 >   NOTE: compressed server links are of course still available, but a SSL/TLS
48 >   connection is required, as compression is now handled via the OpenSSL library
49 > o) Removed 'ssl_server_protocol' configuration directive and
50 >   added 'ssl_client_method' and 'ssl_server_method' instead.
51 >   Both of these options can now be changed at runtime
52 > o) Oper login IDs are no longer limited to NICKLEN*2
53 > o) Removed channel::burst_topicwho configuration option. Topicsetters are
54 >   now sent by default
55 > o) "STATS Y|y" now reports CIDR limits as well
56 > o) Added m_webirc.c to contrib/
57 > o) Overall code cleanup and speed improvements
58  
59   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
60  
61 + NOTE: This is still BETA code.  Run it at your own risk.  By running this
62 + code you assume FULL responsibility for any problems it may cause.  We do
63 + NOT recommend that you run BETA code on production IRC networks such
64 + as EFnet.
65 +
66   BUGS: Major bugs in this release are listed in BUGS
67  
68   BUG REPORTS: If you run this code and encounter problems, you must report

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