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1 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.4 RELNOTES
2 < o) Fixed occasional core when placing RESVs on channel names
3 < o) Fixed topic desynchronization which sometimes may
4 <   happen during netbursts
5 < o) WATCH support implemented. Known from other daemons, such
6 <   as Dreamforge and Bahamut.
7 < o) Fixed bug which would cause invalid invisible counts on oper-up in case
8 <   operator::umodes and/or general::oper_umodes contains 'invisible'
9 < o) Removed broken LazyLinks
10 < o) Minor code optimizations and cleanups
11 < o) ACCEPT now supports nick!user@host masks
12 <
13 <
14 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.3 RELNOTES
15 < o) Added ircd-italian.lang language file
16 < o) Added -full to etrace
17 < o) Added +C for opers
18 < o) Fixed core in temp channel resv
19 < o) Fixed CHALLENGE to work with user=IP
20 < o) Misc fixes to TESTMASK and TESTLINE
21 < o) Added support for nick masks to TESTMASK
22 < o) Fixed /modlist to show up whether or not a module is resident
23 < o) Fixed command line arguments handling to allow more than one switch
24 < o) Fixed numeric delivery for mixed TS5 target on the other side of a TS6 server.
25 <
26 <
27 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.2 RELNOTES
28 < o) Added channel::disable_fake_channels config directive
29 < o) Fixed broken FORCEJOIN  (contrib)
30 < o) Added missing documentation for connect::vhost
31 < o) Fixed problem with G-Line voting
32 < o) Fixed "STATS ?" so it doesn't report negative traffic statistics
33 < o) Fixed core in m_mkpasswd.c  (contrib)
34 < o) Reduced memory usage for channel members
35 < o) Added general::stats_e_disabled which simply disables "STATS e"
36 <   for other operators and administrators
37 < o) Ignore signal SIGXFSZ to prevent the daemon from dying on missconfigured
38 <   file size limits
39 < o) Slight optimizations to the block allocator
40 < o) Fixed harmless bug that could result in incorrect bytes sent statistics
41 <   in "STATS t"
42 < o) "STATS y|Y" now shows whether a class is active or disabled
43 < o) Added ircd-brazilian_pt.lang language file
44 < o) Misc. ACCEPT fixes. E.g. don't remove an accept record if a client is
45 <   changing between equivalent nicknames like 'nick' and 'NiCk'.
46 < o) Minor resolv.conf parser fixes.  Added missing support for ';' comments
47 < o) Fixed core on MODRESTART
48 <
49 <
50 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.1 RELNOTES
51 < o) Fixed build on SRV4
52 < o) Fixed problem where ircd would disconnect all SSL connections
53 < o) Added initial CAP support.  Additional documentation can be found
54 <   in doc/technical
55 < o) Speeded up command parsing
56 < o) Fixed occasional core dump on UN*LINE
57 < o) Fixed bug where particular clients would always receive
58 <   "Load is temporarily too heavy" message
59 < o) Improved memory consumption, i.e. memory consumption has
60 <   been reduced for remote clients
61 < o) Fixed possible core in case default_cipher_preference directive isn't set
62 < o) Fixed "CHANSERV INVITE" bug with anope services
63 < o) Updated example configuration files to reflect new topicburst flags
64 <   directive in connect{} blocks
65 < o) Fixed core if using the operator::umodes directive
66 < o) Don't allow shared k-lines to be set without a valid reason
67 < o) Improved channel ban match processing.  This also fixes CIDR bans
68 <
69 <
70 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2.0 RELNOTES
71 < o) Fixed broken operwall = yes;
72 < o) Added 'umode' directive to oper{}.  List of modes to get on /OPER.
73 <   This behaves exactly like H6's sixth O line field
74 < o) Fixed a WHOIS bug
75 < o) Fixed bug where we would increase Count.invisi even
76 <   if general::invisible_on_connect is turned off
77 < o) Removed invite_ops_only, controlled by paranoid (+p) now
78 < o) Better DDoS protection
79 < o) Fixed va_list bug on amd64
80 < o) Fixed /dev/poll
81 <
82 <
83 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2rc1 RELNOTES
84 < o) ircd can dynamically change all its client/fd limits at runtime
85 < o) Added epoll as the primary I/O engine under Linux
86 < o) Local channels will not show up in remote /WHOIS
87 < o) Added hidden_name which allows customized hidden server names
88 < o) Added restrict_channels to define a static channel set
89 < o) Added --disable-gline-voting to disable G-Line votes
90 <   for small networks or people who don't want it.
91 < o) Allow accumulating more ip= entries in an exempt{} block
92 < o) Various improvements and bugfixes
93 < o) Make win32 build usable
94 < o) Fixed ban caching bug
95 < o) Cosmetical fixes to TIME
96 < o) Get "KLINE nick" to work with clients that have a spoof
97 < o) Fixed RESV/XLINE bug in conjunction with names that include escaped
98 <   characters such as \*, \?, \#.
99 <
100 <
101 < -- ircd-hybrid-7.2beta1 RELNOTES
102 < o) Usermode +G, like +g, but allow messaging from people on common channels
103 < o) Usermode +D - "deaf", don't receive channel messages
104 < o) RXLINE and RKLINE - commands for setting perl compatible regular expression
105 <   based K and X lines
106 < o) Join flood is now detected and reported to +b opers
107 < o) Re-added REJECT_HOLD - lock clients for a while before throwing away
108 < o) ping_warning, a class{} option to notify opers before "Ping timeout"
109 < o) New hooking system, modularized: usermodes, iauth, message filtering etc.
110 < o) Network I/O speedups
111 < o) Various cleanups and bugfixes
112 < o) Support for client SSL
113 < o) Support for services (contrib/m_services.c)
114 < o) IP cloaking module (contrib/ip_cloaking.c)
115 < o) Native win32 build
116 < o) The password set in auth::password can now be encrypted
117 < o) Introduced new listen::flags directive.  Currently available flags are
118 <   'ssl' and 'hidden'.  Please read example.conf for further details
1 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.1.7 Release Notes
2 > o) Fixed issue with channel mode +n having no functionality at all
3 > o) Fixed SSL certificate fingerprint validation for outgoing server connects
4 > o) Updated several documentation files
5 >
6 >
7 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.1.6 Release Notes
8 > o) Fixed possible core with empty motd files
9 >
10 >
11 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.1.5 Release Notes
12 > o) Fixed bug that would prevent servers from linking together
13 >   if connect::aftype isn't set
14 >
15 >
16 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.1.4 Release Notes
17 > o) Added 'xline' and 'resv' logging types. See doc/reference.conf
18 >   for more information
19 > o) Fixed bug where remote /STATS requests were not rate limited
20 > o) Fixed core with empty auth::spoof entries
21 > o) Increased oper/auth/connect password length limit from 20 to 128
22 > o) Minor fixes to nickflood control code
23 >
24 >
25 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.1.3 Release Notes
26 > o) Fixed possible core on "STATS z"
27 > o) Revised doc/reference.conf
28 > o) Fixed broken --disable-libgeoip switch
29 >
30 >
31 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.1.2 Release Notes
32 > o) Added general::cycle_on_host_change configuration option
33 > o) Added general::stats_u_oper_only configuration option
34 > o) Added support for SHA-256 ssl certificate fingerprint based operator{}
35 >   and connect{} blocks.
36 >   In conjunction with Anope 1.9.x IRC-services, clients are now also able
37 >   to automatically identify for their nick with ssl certificate
38 >   fingerprints
39 > o) Added operator::ssl_connection_required configuration option. See
40 >   doc/reference.conf for more information
41 > o) Added usermode +S (client is connected via SSL/TLS). Allows services
42 >   to keep track of what users are connected via SSL, and allows to see
43 >   ssl-status of remote clients in a /whois
44 > o) Fixed a server name leak with server hiding enabled. Reported by
45 >   Adam <adam@anope.org>
46 >
47 >
48 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.1.1 Release Notes
49 > ########################################################################
50 > o) IMPORTANT: moved disable_remote_command configuration directive from
51 >   general{} block to serverhide{} block
52 > ########################################################################
53 > o) Minor code cleanups/performance improvements
54 > o) Fixed bug where opers could see LOCOPS messages even if they don't have
55 >   the +l mode set
56 > o) Fixed bug where non-SSL clients could join +S channels on non-SSL servers
57 > o) Implemented motd{} configuration blocks. See doc/reference.conf for more
58 >   information
59 > o) "STATS T" shows configured MOTD files
60 >
61 >
62 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.1.0 Release Notes
63 > o) Minor code cleanups/performance improvements
64 >
65 >
66 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.1.0rc1 Release Notes
67 > o) Fixed broken spoofs
68 >
69 >
70 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.1.0beta5 Release Notes
71 > o) Removed 'remote', and 'global_kill' oper flags, and added 'connect',
72 >   'squit', and 'kill' flags for better fine-tuning instead. Whether or
73 >   not a specific action is allowed on a remote server can be controlled
74 >   by appending the ':remote' flag. For example: 'kill' allows only local
75 >   clients to be killed, whereas 'kill:remote' allows to issue a KILL for
76 >   remote clients
77 > o) Added 'locops' and 'wallops' to irc-operator flags
78 > o) Improve/cleanup HELP system
79 >
80 >
81 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.1.0beta4 Release Notes
82 > o) Implemented channel mode +M. Clients that haven't identified their
83 >   name with NickServ may not speak in a channel that has this mode set
84 > o) Fixed weird idletimes shown in /trace
85 > o) Added 'nononreg' (+R) to general::oper_umodes
86 > o) Added user mode +F (can see remote client connect/exit notices)
87 >
88 >
89 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.1.0beta3 Release Notes
90 > o) PCRE support has been dropped
91 > o) "STATS o" now shows how many times an oper{} block has been used.
92 >   Similar to STATS x|q"
93 > o) Implemented channel mode +c. Known from other ircds, this mode basically
94 >   prevents users from sending messages including control codes to a channel
95 >   that has this mode set
96 > o) Fixed bug where bans were not checked against non-channel members when
97 >   sending messages to a channel
98 > o) Removed channel::quiet_on_ban configuration option. This feature is
99 >   now enabled by default
100 >
101 >
102 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.1.0beta2 Release Notes
103 > o) Fixed broken compile with libGeoIP disabled
104 > o) Code cleanups; working towards stabilization and improved performance
105 > o) Removed operflag 'nick_changes'. Operators can now set +n at will
106 > o) Fixed shared{} blocks not working as expected
107 > o) Fixed spoofs not working as expected
108 >
109 >
110 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.1.0beta1 Release Notes
111 > ########################################################################
112 > o) IMPORTANT: name/channel entries can't be stacked any longer within
113 >   a single resv{} block. Each entry now requires its own resv{} block.
114 >   Read doc/reference.conf for more details
115 > #######################################################################
116 > o) Added resv::exempt configuration option. Exempt can be either a
117 >   ISO 3166 alpha-2 two letter country code, or a nick!user@host mask.
118 >   CIDR is supported
119 > o) Removed channel::restrict_channels configuration option
120 > o) Preliminary libGeoIP support. Currently only used for exempt entries
121 >   in resv{} blocks
122 > o) Improved WEBIRC authentication; added 'webirc' to auth::flags.
123 >   A "webirc." spoof is now no longer required
124 > o) Implemented new memory pool allocator which basically is based upon Tor's
125 >   mempool allocator for Tor cells
126 > o) Major code cleanups
127 > o) Implemented new binary database storage for X-,D-,K-,G-Lines and RESVs.
128 >   Temporary bans are now stored as well and will persist after a reboot
129 > o) Channel based resv{} blocks may now contain wildcards
130 > o) NICK/JOIN now shows the actual reason of reserved nick-/channelnames
131 > o) contrib/ and its content has been removed from the tree
132 > o) Added serverhide::hide_services configuration option
133 > o) Added 'nononreg' (+R) to oper::umodes and general::oper_only_modes
134 > o) Added support for "away-notify" client capability
135 >
136 >
137 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.9 Release Notes
138 > o) Fixed bug where ircd would sometimes drop a services link because
139 >   of a missing argument to the SVSMODE command
140 > o) Fixed weird idletimes shown in /trace
141 >
142 >
143 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.8 Release Notes
144 > o) "STATS s" now shows configured services{} blocks as well
145 > o) Fixed compile warnings, minor code cleanups and optimizations
146 > o) Increased nickname history length to 32768
147 > o) Unidentified/unregistered nicks may not speak in +R channels
148 >
149 >
150 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.7 Release Notes
151 > o) Services may now set a channel topic without joining the channel first
152 > o) Fixed bug where /whois would send empty sockhost information on TS5
153 >   servers
154 > o) Remote server connection and split notices now go to new usermode +e.
155 >   These previously used usermode +x.
156 > o) Services may now change the host of a specific user
157 >   via "SVSMODE <timestamp> <target> +x <hostname>"
158 >
159 >
160 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.6 Release Notes
161 > o) Fix bug where idle time sometimes is 0 even if the client didn't
162 >   send any private message
163 > o) Fixed possible core in try_parse_v4_netmask()
164 >
165 >
166 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.5 Release Notes
167 > ########################################################################
168 > o) IMPORTANT: nick and topic lengths are now configurable via ircd.conf.
169 >   A max_nick_length, as well as a max_topic_length configuration option
170 >   can now be found in the serverinfo{} block
171 > ########################################################################
172 > o) Fixed build on GNU/Hurd as reported by Dominic Hargreaves
173 > o) Fixed log files not getting reopened after /rehash
174 > o) Improved logging of configuration file issues
175 > o) ircd.pid has been accidentally saved in /var instead of /var/run
176 > o) Linux RT signal support for notification of socket events has been dropped
177 > o) Fixed "STATS Y|y" sometimes sending weird sendq/recvq values
178 > o) INFO now also shows configured values of 'disable_fake_channels',
179 >   and 'stats_e_disabled'
180 > o) m_webirc.c is now officially supported, and has been moved from contrib/
181 >   to modules/
182 > o) /whois, /stats p, and /trace may now show fake idle times depending on
183 >   how the new class::min_idle and class::max_idle configuration directives
184 >   have been configured. This feature basically works in the same
185 >   way as it does in csircd
186 > o) The configuration parser now does support 'year' and 'month' units
187 >
188 >
189 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.4 Release Notes
190 > o) Fixed possible core on USERHOST/ISON with optimization enabled
191 > o) Fixed bug where can_flood sometimes didn't work as expected
192 >
193 >
194 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.3 Release Notes
195 > o) Fixed core on UNDLINE
196 > o) XLINE/KLINE/RESV/DLINE/SQUIT and KILL now have the same default reason
197 >   if a reason hasn't been specified
198 >
199 >
200 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.2 Release Notes
201 > o) Minor updates to the build system
202 > o) Fixed broken --enable-assert configure switch
203 > o) Fixed bug where timed events stopped from working if the system's
204 >   clock is running backwards
205 > o) STATS q|Q now shows how many times a resv{} block has been matched
206 > o) Fixed contributed WEBIRC module
207 > o) IRC operators may now again see server generated nick rejection notices
208 >
209 >
210 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.1 Release Notes
211 > o) Fixed broken CIDR support for CHALLENGE based irc operator logins
212 > o) Fixed class limits not properly applying to oper{} blocks
213 > o) Fixed possible TBURST desynchronization with services
214 > o) Fixed TBURST sending server's name to clients if it's a hidden server
215 >
216 >
217 > -- ircd-hybrid-8.0.0 Release Notes
218 > o) Fixed an off-by-one with spoofs. Spoofs are now also checked for
219 >   invalid characters
220 > o) Removed general::use_whois_actually configuration directive. This is
221 >   now enabled by default
222 > o) Minor SQUIT handling fixes
223 > o) Fixed bancache not being updated on CHGHOST/CHGIDENT
224 > o) Fixed possible TBURST desynchronization with services
225 > o) Fixed TBURST sending server's name to clients if it's a hidden server
226 >
227 >
228 > -- ircd-hybrid-8rc1 Release Notes
229 > o) Removed general::client_flood configuration option and added the
230 >   new 'recvq' configuration directive to class{} blocks.
231 >   The max size of a receive queue can be seen in "STATS Y"
232 >   for each class
233 > o) Allow the '[' and ']' characters in server description
234 >
235 >
236 > -- ircd-hybrid-8beta3 Release Notes
237 > o) Fixed wrong syntax in several language files
238 > o) Removed &localchannels
239 > o) PRIVMSG to opers@some.server is no longer supported
240 > o) Fixed bug that could lead to topic desynchronization
241 > o) Removed serverhide::disable_hidden configuration option
242 > o) Dropped ircd-hybrid-6 GLINE compatibility mode
243 > o) Removed use_invex, use_except and use_knock configuration options.
244 >   These features are now enabled by default
245 >
246 >
247 > -- ircd-hybrid-8beta2 Release Notes
248 > o) channel::disable_fake_channels now also disables ascii 29 (mIRC italic)
249 >   when set to yes
250 > o) Added channel::max_chans_per_oper configuration directive. The old way
251 >   was to let operators join three times the amount of max_chans_per_user
252 > o) Replaced MODLOAD, MODUNLOAD, MODRELOAD, MODLIST and MODRESTART commands
253 >   with the new MODULE command which can be fed with the LOAD, UNLOAD, RELOAD
254 >   and LIST parameters.
255 >   MODRESTART has been entirely removed. Use "MODULE RELOAD *" to reload
256 >   all modules
257 > o) Added back server notice when a client tries to obtain a reserved nick name
258 > o) Removed OMOTD module
259 > o) Added 'set' to operator privilege flags. Gives access to the "SET" command
260 > o) Improved TS6 support
261 > o) Channel keys/passwords are now case sensitive
262 >
263 >
264 > -- ircd-hybrid-8beta1 Release Notes
265 > o) Implemented full services support, including but not limited to the
266 >   following changes:
267 >   - Added SVSNICK, and SVSMODE command handlers
268 >   - Added service stamps to NICK/UID messages
269 >   - Added SVS to server capabilities (CAPAB). SVS capable servers can
270 >     deal with extended NICK/UID messages that contain service IDs/stamps.
271 >   - Changed rejected client notices to go to new usermode +j.  These
272 >     previously used usermode +r.
273 >   - Added usermode +r (registered nick) and channelmode +r (registered channel)
274 >   - Added usermode +R (only registered clients may send a private message)
275 >   - Added channelmode +R (only registered clients may join that channel)
276 >   - Various services shortcuts have been added (/NS, /CS, /NICKSERV, /CHANSERV, etc.)
277 >   - Added services{} block to ircd.conf
278 >   - Added services_name directive to general{} block
279 >   - Added GLOBOPS mainly for services compatibility, but can be used by operators, too
280 > o) Removed RKLINE and RXLINE commands. Regular expression based bans should
281 >   only be added via ircd.conf
282 > o) Added 'globops', 'restart', 'dline', 'undline' and 'module' operator
283 >   privilege flags. Read doc/reference.conf for further explanation of what
284 >   these flags control
285 > o) Removed Idle-time klines
286 > o) Cleaned up modules API. Old modules won't work anymore
287 > o) Removed general::burst_away configuration directive. AWAY bursts are now
288 >   controlled via connect::flags explicitly
289 > o) Introduced new logging subsystem including log rotation based on
290 >   file sizes. Log timestamp format is ISO8601 now
291 > o) Added support for remote D-lines
292 > o) Added usermode +H which is basically a replacement for the hidden_admin and
293 >   hidden_oper operator flags. With usermode +H, irc operator status can now
294 >   be hidden even on remote servers
295 > o) Added CIDR support for operator{} blocks
296 > o) Removed the servlink program. ircd-hybrid can now make use of
297 >   SSL/TLS for inter-server communication.
298 >   NOTE: compressed server links are of course still available, but a SSL/TLS
299 >   connection is required, as compression is now handled via OpenSSL
300 > o) Removed 'ssl_server_protocol' configuration directive and
301 >   added 'ssl_client_method' and 'ssl_server_method' instead.
302 >   Both of these options can now be changed at runtime
303 > o) Oper login IDs are no longer limited to NICKLEN*2
304 > o) Removed channel::burst_topicwho configuration option. Topicsetters are
305 >   now sent by default
306 > o) "STATS Y|y" now reports CIDR limits as well
307 > o) Added m_webirc.c to contrib/
308 > o) Overall code cleanup and speed improvements
309  
310   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
311  
122 BUGS: Major bugs in this release are listed in BUGS
123
312   BUG REPORTS: If you run this code and encounter problems, you must report
313 < the bug in one of the following ways:
314 <  a) By EMAIL to bugs@ircd-hybrid.org
127 <  b) On http://forum.ircd-hybrid.org/
128 < Please include a gdb backtrace and a copy of your setup.h and
313 > the bug by EMAIL to bugs@ircd-hybrid.org
314 > Please include a gdb backtrace and a copy of your config.h and
315   ircd.conf with any report (with passwords and other sensitive
316   information masked).
317  
318   DISCUSSION: There is a mailing list for discussion of hybrid issues,
319 < including betas.  To subscribe, use this link:
319 > including betas. To subscribe, use this link:
320      https://lists.ircd-hybrid.org/mailman/listinfo/hybrid
321 < This is the proper place to discuss new features, bugs, etc.  Posting here
136 < is much more likely to get something done than ranting on #TZ.
137 < You can also use Hybrid forums at http://forum.ircd-hybrid.org/
321 > This is the proper place to discuss new features, bugs, etc.
322  
323   Questions/comments directed to bugs@ircd-hybrid.org
324  
325 < Please read doc/whats-new.txt for information about what is in this release
142 <
143 < Other files recommended for reading: BUGS, README.FIRST, INSTALL
325 > Other files recommended for reading: README, INSTALL
326  
327   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
328   $Id$

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