X-Git-Url: https://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd-alex.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=3fe47c34a10543a14d16080bbc4922ca378a94d0;hp=dbb6b292eb486a5b288910ce35fd257cd8a7441d;hb=cedba36965c3b89a5ab7222764bd751fd7fc88bf;hpb=fa7fac88d27861beec9533fb4b141aca1dcb3f2d diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index dbb6b292..3fe47c34 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,14 +2,70 @@ ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server http://ngircd.barton.de/ - (c)2001-2014 Alexander Barton and Contributors. + (c)2001-2015 Alexander Barton and Contributors. ngIRCd is free software and published under the terms of the GNU General Public License. -- NEWS -- - ngIRCd 22~rc1 +ngIRCd 23 (2015-11-16) + + ngIRCd 23~rc1 (2015-09-06) + - Use "NOTICE *" before registration instead of "NOTICE AUTH". "AUTH" is + a valid nickname so sending notices to it is probably not a good idea. + Use "*" as the target instead as done with numerics when the nick is not + available. This mimics the behavior in Charybdis, IRCD-Hybrid, InspIRCd + 2.2, Plexus 4, etc. Closes #217. + The "NoticeAuth" configuration variable (ngircd.conf) has been renamed + to "NoticeBeforeRegistration" accordingly, but the old name is still + supported for compatibility reasons. + - Implement new channel mode "N" (regular users can't change their nick + name while on this channel). Closes #214. + - Keep track of who placed bans, invites, and excepts. + Idea and implementation by LucentW, Thanks! Closes #203. + - Implement numeric RPL_LISTSTART(321). lightIRC and other clients + expecting RPL_LISTSTART should now behave correctly. + Idea and implementation by LucentW, Thanks! Closes #207. + - Streamline the effect of "MorePrivacy" option: Update documentation + in ngircd.conf(5); don't hide channels for IRC Ops on LIST and don't + hide IP addresses/hostnames on WHOIS when "MorePrivacy" is in effect. + This closes #198. + - IRC operators now can kick anyone when "OperCanMode" is set. + Idea and implementation by LucentW, Thanks! Closes #202. + - Implement user mode "I": Hide channels on WHOIS: this mode prevents + ngIRCd from showing channels on WHOIS (IRC Operators can always see + the channel list). + Idea and implementation by LucentW, Thanks! Closes #197. + - INVITE command: Implement ERR_USERNOTONSERV(504) numeric and make sure + that the target user is on the same server when inviting other users + to local ("&") channels. + Idea by Cahata, thanks! Closes #183. + - MODE command: Always report channel creation time. Up to now when + receiving a MODE command, ngIRCd only reported the channel creation + time to clients that were members of the channel. This patch reports + the channel creation time to all clients, regardless if they are joined + to that channel or not. At least ircd-seven behaves like this. + This closes #188. Reported by Cahata, thanks! + +ngIRCd 22.1 (2015-04-06) + + - Update "CipherList" to not enable SSLv3 by default. Idea, initial patch, + and testing by Christoph Biedl . + - Change ngIRCd test suite not to use DNS lookups: Different operating + systems do behave quite differently when doing DNS lookups, for example + "127.0.0.1" sometimes resolves to "localhost" and sometimes to + "localhost.localdomain" (for example OpenBSD). And other OS resolve + "localhost" to the real host name (for example Cygwin). So not using + DNS at all makes the test site much more portable. + +ngIRCd 22 (2014-10-11) + + - Match all list patterns case-insensitive: this affects the invite-, + ban-, and except lists, as well as G-Lines an K-Lines. + Problem pointed out by "wowaname" on #ngircd, thanks! + + ngIRCd 22~rc1 (2014-09-29) - Sync "except lists" between servers: Up to now, ban, invite, and G-Line lists have been synced between servers while linking -- but obviously nobody noticed that except list have been missing ever since. Until now. @@ -22,10 +78,10 @@ - Test suite/platformtest.sh: Detect when tests have been skipped. - Allow "DefaultUserModes" to set all possible modes, including modes only settable by IRC Operators. - - Implement user mode "F": "relaxed flood protection". Clients with mode "F" - set are allowed to send data to the daemon. This mode is only settable by - IRC Operators and can cause problems in the network -- so be careful and - only set it on "trusted" clients! + - Implement user mode "F": "relaxed flood protection". Clients with mode + "F" set are allowed to rapidly send data to the daemon. This mode is only + settable by IRC Operators and can cause problems in the network -- so be + careful and only set it on "trusted" clients! User mode "F" is used by Bahamut for this purpose, for example. - Use server password when PAM is compiled in but disabled. - Streamline punctuation of log messages. @@ -268,7 +324,7 @@ ngIRCd 19.2 (2012-06-19) which still is the default when "CloakHostModeX" isn't set. - Add instructions for setting up Atheme IRC services. - Implement support for IRC capability handling, the new "CAP" command, - and capablity "multi-prefix" which allows both the NAME and WHO command + and capability "multi-prefix" which allows both the NAME and WHO command handlers to return more than one "class prefix" to the client. ngIRCd 19.1 (2012-03-19) @@ -431,7 +487,7 @@ ngIRCd 17 (2010-11-07) ngIRCd 17~rc2 (2010-10-25) - Generate ngIRCd version number from GIT tag. - - Make sourcecode compatible with ansi2knr again. This allows to compile + - Make source code compatible with ansi2knr again. This allows to compile ngIRCd using a pre-ANSI K&R C compiler again. ngIRCd 17~rc1 (2010-10-11) @@ -440,7 +496,7 @@ ngIRCd 17 (2010-11-07) Howl, Avahi or on Mac OS X). - New configuration option "SyslogFacility" to define the syslog "facility" (the "target"), to which ngIRCd should send its log messages. - Possible values are system dependant, but most probably "auth", "daemon", + Possible values are system dependent, but most probably "auth", "daemon", "user" and "local1" through "local7" are possible values; see syslog(3). Default is "local5" for historical reasons. - Dump the "internal server state" (configured servers, established @@ -450,7 +506,7 @@ ngIRCd 17 (2010-11-07) signal SIGUSR1, when debug code is compiled in, not only on startup using the command line parameters. - Implement user mode "x": host name cloaking (closes: #102). - - Change MOTD file handling: ngIRCd now caches the contens of the MOTD + - Change MOTD file handling: ngIRCd now caches the contents of the MOTD file, so the daemon now requires a HUP signal or REHASH command to re-read the MOTD file when its content changed. - Allow IRC ops to change channel modes even without OperServerMode set. @@ -466,7 +522,7 @@ ngIRCd 17 (2010-11-07) ngIRCd 16 (2010-05-02) ngIRCd 16~rc2 (2010-04-25) - - Enhace connection statistics counters: display total number of served + - Enhance connection statistics counters: display total number of served connections on daemon shutdown and when a new client connects using the new numeric RPL_STATSCONN (250). @@ -488,7 +544,7 @@ ngIRCd 15 (2009-11-07) ngIRCd 15~rc1 (2009-10-15) - Do not add default listening port (6667) if SSL ports were specified, so ngIRCd can be configured to only accept SSL-encrypted connections now. - - Enable IRC operators to use the IRC command SQUIT (insted of the already + - Enable IRC operators to use the IRC command SQUIT (instead of the already implemented but non-standard DISCONNECT command). - New configuration option "AllowRemoteOper" (disabled by default) that enables remote IRC operators to use the IRC commands SQUIT and CONNECT @@ -671,7 +727,7 @@ ngIRCd 0.7.0 (2003-05-01) - Documentation is now installed in $(datadir)/doc/ngircd. -Older news (sorry, only available in german language): +Older news (sorry, only available in German language): ngIRCd 0.6.0, 24.12.2002