--- ircd-hybrid-8/NEWS 2011/09/30 11:39:22 1244 +++ ircd-hybrid-8/NEWS 2011/09/30 14:58:29 1245 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ --- ircd-hybrid-8.0 Release Notes +-- ircd-hybrid-8beta1 Release Notes o) Implemented full services support. Among other things, the following changes have been done for this: - Added SVSNICK, and SVSMODE command handlers @@ -18,170 +18,13 @@ o) Added 'globops', 'restart' and 'modul o) Idle-time klines have been removed o) Cleaned up modules API. Old modules won't work anymore - --- ircd-hybrid-7.3.0 Release Notes -o) Added Bulgarian language file provided by Borislav Borisov -o) Server hostmasking has been removed due to TS6 requirements -o) Fixed broken IPv6 detection -o) Minor code optimizations. Reduced memory consumption -o) User IDs are now shown in client connection notices -o) Increased maximum temporary kline time to 360 days -o) Added back STATS/TRACE/MOTD/ADMIN request notices. Removed - spy_*_notice modules accordingly. -o) Channelmode +O; channel can be joined by ircops only. -o) Channelmode +S; only clients with a secure connection (ssl/tls) - can join this channel. - - --- ircd-hybrid-7.3-rc1 Release Notes -o) Major 64-bit cleanups and portability fixes. -o) Fixed bug where unregistered clients were not able to complete registration - process with /quote PONG in case the client was assigned a - zero value ping-cookie. This may only happen with general::ping_cookie - being enabled. -o) "STATS z" now shows the actual amount of memory consumption being - used by channel bans/excepts/invites. -o) Fixed archaic bug where bursting servers with missconfigured NICKLEN were - able to desync the network's nickname database. -o) The PCRE library has been removed from the ircd sources. ./configure will - now automatically detect an already installed version of the PCRE library. -o) Various resolver improvements and fixes -o) Implemented GUNGLINE (global ungline) -o) Completely rewrote build system. We're now using automake and libtool -o) Added support for SHA-256/512 encrypted passwords to mkpasswd. Whether - passwords hashed using these algorithms will work depends on the system's - crypt() implementation. For example, SHA-256/512 is available in glibc since - version 2.7. -o) Added ssl_server_protocol configuration option to servinfo{}. - Valid flags are 'sslv3' and 'tlsv1' -o) Added new 'server' option to listener::flags. Listener with that flag - set may only accept server connections. -o) Fixed occasional core when placing RESVs on channel names -o) Fixed topic desynchronization which sometimes may - happen during netbursts -o) WATCH support implemented. Known from other irc-daemons, such - as Dreamforge and Bahamut. The general::max_watch configuration directive - has been added in order to allow run-time configuration of how many - watch entries a single client may have on its watchlist. -o) Fixed bug which would cause invalid invisible counts on oper-up in case - operator::umodes and/or general::oper_umodes contains 'invisible' -o) Removed broken LazyLinks -o) Removed --disable-gline-voting configure option -o) Minor code optimizations and cleanups -o) ACCEPT now supports nick!user@host masks -o) Unregistered clients are no longer allowed to request the server's motd -o) general::dot_in_ip6_addr configuration option is obsolete and no longer exists -o) Dropped support for old style 'operflag = yes|no;' format - - --- ircd-hybrid-7.2.3 Release Notes -o) Added ircd-italian.lang language file -o) Added -full to etrace -o) Added +C for opers -o) Fixed core in temp channel resv -o) Fixed CHALLENGE to work with user=IP -o) Misc fixes to TESTMASK and TESTLINE -o) Added support for nick masks to TESTMASK -o) Fixed /modlist to show up whether or not a module is resident -o) Fixed command line arguments handling to allow more than one switch -o) Fixed numeric delivery for mixed TS5 target on the other side of a TS6 server. - - --- ircd-hybrid-7.2.2 Release Notes -o) Added channel::disable_fake_channels config directive -o) Fixed broken FORCEJOIN (contrib) -o) Added missing documentation for connect::vhost -o) Fixed problem with G-Line voting -o) Fixed "STATS ?" so it doesn't report negative traffic statistics -o) Fixed core in m_mkpasswd.c (contrib) -o) Reduced memory usage for channel members -o) Added general::stats_e_disabled which simply disables "STATS e" - for other operators and administrators -o) Ignore signal SIGXFSZ to prevent the daemon from dying on missconfigured - file size limits -o) Slight optimizations to the block allocator -o) Fixed harmless bug that could result in incorrect bytes sent statistics - in "STATS t" -o) "STATS y|Y" now shows whether a class is active or disabled -o) Added ircd-brazilian_pt.lang language file -o) Misc. ACCEPT fixes. E.g. don't remove an accept record if a client is - changing between equivalent nicknames like 'nick' and 'NiCk'. -o) Minor resolv.conf parser fixes. Added missing support for ';' comments -o) Fixed core on MODRESTART - - --- ircd-hybrid-7.2.1 Release Notes -o) Fixed build on SRV4 -o) Fixed problem where ircd would disconnect all SSL connections -o) Added initial CAP support. Additional documentation can be found - in doc/technical -o) Speeded up command parsing -o) Fixed occasional core dump on UN*LINE -o) Fixed bug where particular clients would always receive - "Load is temporarily too heavy" message -o) Improved memory consumption, i.e. memory consumption has - been reduced for remote clients -o) Fixed possible core in case default_cipher_preference directive isn't set -o) Fixed "CHANSERV INVITE" bug with anope services -o) Updated example configuration files to reflect new topicburst flags - directive in connect{} blocks -o) Fixed core if using the operator::umodes directive -o) Don't allow shared k-lines to be set without a valid reason -o) Improved channel ban match processing. This also fixes CIDR bans - - --- ircd-hybrid-7.2.0 Release Notes -o) Fixed broken operwall = yes; -o) Added 'umode' directive to oper{}. List of modes to get on /OPER. - This behaves exactly like H6's sixth O line field -o) Fixed a WHOIS bug -o) Fixed bug where we would increase Count.invisi even - if general::invisible_on_connect is turned off -o) Removed invite_ops_only, controlled by paranoid (+p) now -o) Better DDoS protection -o) Fixed va_list bug on amd64 -o) Fixed /dev/poll - - --- ircd-hybrid-7.2rc1 Release Notes -o) ircd can dynamically change all its client/fd limits at runtime -o) Added epoll as the primary I/O engine under Linux -o) Local channels will not show up in remote /WHOIS -o) Added hidden_name which allows customized hidden server names -o) Added restrict_channels to define a static channel set -o) Added --disable-gline-voting to disable G-Line votes - for small networks or people who don't want it. -o) Allow accumulating more ip= entries in an exempt{} block -o) Various improvements and bugfixes -o) Make win32 build usable -o) Fixed ban caching bug -o) Cosmetical fixes to TIME -o) Get "KLINE nick" to work with clients that have a spoof -o) Fixed RESV/XLINE bug in conjunction with names that include escaped - characters such as \*, \?, \#. - - --- ircd-hybrid-7.2beta1 Release Notes -o) Usermode +G, like +g, but allow messaging from people on common channels -o) Usermode +D - "deaf", don't receive channel messages -o) RXLINE and RKLINE - commands for setting perl compatible regular expression - based K and X lines -o) Join flood is now detected and reported to +b opers -o) Re-added REJECT_HOLD - lock clients for a while before throwing away -o) ping_warning, a class{} option to notify opers before "Ping timeout" -o) New hooking system, modularized: usermodes, iauth, message filtering etc. -o) Network I/O speedups -o) Various cleanups and bugfixes -o) Support for client SSL -o) Support for services (contrib/m_services.c) -o) IP cloaking module (contrib/ip_cloaking.c) -o) Native win32 build -o) The password set in auth::password can now be encrypted -o) Introduced new listen::flags directive. Currently available flags are - 'ssl' and 'hidden'. Please read example.conf for further details - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +NOTE: This is still BETA code. Run it at your own risk. By running this + code you assume FULL responsibility for any problems it may cause. We do + NOT recommend that you run BETA code on production IRC networks such + as EFnet. + BUGS: Major bugs in this release are listed in BUGS BUG REPORTS: If you run this code and encounter problems, you must report