X-Git-Url: https://arthur.barton.de/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=2d6e4ce6ebe30bb08a56dd84cdbcdc16779e82a9;hb=ea1207238f554779964df81e0b0153c2da47b25c;hp=48956068a6d169e6992013d61ad08a5485575f34;hpb=3559940e4affa674048ebebef32e6325504befcc;p=ngircd.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 48956068..2d6e4ce6 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,14 +2,85 @@ ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server http://ngircd.barton.de/ - (c)2001-2018 Alexander Barton and Contributors. + (c)2001-2020 Alexander Barton and Contributors. ngIRCd is free software and published under the terms of the GNU General Public License. -- NEWS -- -ngIRCd 25 - +ngIRCd 26 + + ngIRCd 26~rc1 + - Allow setting arbitrary channel modes in the configuration file by handling + them like in MODE commands, and allow multiple "Modes =" lines per [Channel] + section. Thanks to Michi ! + Closes #55. + - Add "FNC" (forced nick changes) to ISUPPORT(005) numeric. Most probably + this doesn't make any difference to any client, but it seems correct. + See for details. + - Enhance handling of command line errors, and return with exit code 0 ("no + error") when "--help" or "--version" is used (which resulted in exit code 1, + "error" before). Exit with code 2 ("command line error") for all other + invalid command line options, and show the error message itself on stderr + (instead of stdout and exit code 1, "generic error", as before). + This new behaviour is more in line with the GNU "coding standards", + see . + - Add ./contrib/nglog.sh: This script parses the log output of ngircd(8), + and colorizes the messages according to their log level. Example usage: + ngircd -f $PWD/doc/sample-ngircd.conf -np | ./contrib/nglog.sh + - Enlarge buffers of info texts to 128 bytes. This includes: + - "Real name" of a client (4th filed of the USER command). + - Server info text ("Info" configuration option). + - Admin info texts and email address ("AdminInfo1", "AdminInfo2" and + "AdminEmail" configuration options). + - Network name ("Network" configuration option). + The limit was 64 bytes before ... + Closes #258. + - Streamline handling of invalid and unset server name: Don't exit during + runtime (REHASH command, HUP signal), because the server name can't be + changed in this case anyway and the new invalid name will be ignored. + - Slightly reorder startup steps, and enhance logging: + - Show name of configuration file at the beginning of start up. + - Add a message when ngIRCd is ready, including its host name. + - Show name of configuration file on REHASH (SIGHUP), too. + - Change level of "done message" to NOTICE, like "starting" & "ready". + - Initialize IO functions before channels, connections, clients, ... + - configure.ng: OpenSSL can depends on lz or latomic so use pkg-config to + find those dependencies and fallback to existing mechanism. + Closes #256. + +ngIRCd 25 (2019-01-23) + + - Implement new configuration option "MaxPenaltyTime", which configures the + maximum penalty time increase in seconds, per penalty event. Set to -1 for + no limit (the default), 0 to disable penalties altogether. ngIRCd doesn't + use penalty increases higher than 2 seconds during normal operation, so + values higher than 1 rarely make sense. + Disabling (or reducing) penalties can greatly speed up "make check" runs + for example, see below, but are mostly a debugging feature and normally + not meant to be used on production systems! + Some example timings running "make check" from my macOS workstation: + - MaxPenaltyTime not set: 4:41,79s + - "MaxPenaltyTime = 1": 3:14,71s + - "MaxPenaltyTime = 0": 25,46s + Closes #249 and #251. + - Update Xcode project for latest Xcode version (10.0) + - Allow a 5th parameter in WEBIRC. Thanks to "ItsOnlyBinary". + Closes #247. + + ngIRCd 25~rc1 (2018-08-11) + - Only send TOPIC updates to a channel when the topic actually changed: + This prevents the channel from becoming flooded by unecessary TOPIC update + messages, that can happen when IRC services try to enforce a certain topic + but which is already set (at least on the local server), for example. + Therefore still forward it to all servers, but don't inform local clients + (still update setter and timestamp information, though!). + - Update Xcode project for latest Xcode version (9.2). This includes adding + missing and deleting obsolete file references. + - Handle user mode "C" ("Only users that share a channel are allowed to send + messages") like user mode "b" ("block private messages and notices"): allow + messages from servers, services, and IRC Operators, too. Change proposed by + "wowaname" back in 2015 in #ngircd, thanks! - Allow IRC Ops and remote servers to KILL service clients: such clients behave like regular users, therefore IRC operators and servers should be able to KILL them: for example to resolve nick collisions. @@ -267,7 +338,7 @@ ngIRCd 20.2 (2013-02-15) - This release is a bugfix release only, without new features. - Security: Fix a denial of service bug in the function handling KICK - commands that could be used by arbitrary users to to crash the daemon + commands that could be used by arbitrary users to crash the daemon (CVE-2013-1747). ngIRCd 20.1 (2013-01-02)