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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
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  
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
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36   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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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