X-Git-Url: http://git.pk910.de/?p=ircu2.10.12-pk.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=RELEASE.NOTES;h=47106bd16a926841dc079ec95283396894e14c0a;hp=0ef13b70fabb7f71c57af46ae48750d4dba739ca;hb=3d59398668e6f0977c147c5efeefe7582d05b25b;hpb=08a7851463efa5a144cd7586ff2572f11998bab9 diff --git a/RELEASE.NOTES b/RELEASE.NOTES index 0ef13b7..47106bd 100644 --- a/RELEASE.NOTES +++ b/RELEASE.NOTES @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Release notes for ircu2.10.12 -Last updated: 13 Jan 2005 +Last updated: 1 Sep 2005 Written by Michael Poole Based on earlier documents by Kev and Braden . @@ -7,8 +7,17 @@ Braden . This document briefly describes changes in ircu2.10.12 relative to ircu2.10.11. ircu2.10.12 is only compatible with servers that implement the P10 protocol. It has been tested to link against -ircu2.10.11, but some features (notably IPv6 support) are not -supported by ircu2.10.11. +ircu2.10.11, but some features (notably IPv6 support and oplevels) are +not supported by ircu2.10.11. + +Semantic Changes (TAKE NOTE): + +Channel keys and passwords (see the "oplevels" enhancement below) +listed in a JOIN are now only checked against the corresponding +channel. In ircu2.10.11, "JOIN #a,#b key" would attempt to use "key" +as the key for both #a and #b. ircu2.10.12 will only attempt to use +it as the key for #a. ircu2.10.12's behavior matches that documented +in RFC 1459. Enhancements: @@ -38,19 +47,83 @@ keys (+A for the administrator, +U for users) to grant chanop status when you join using those keys. Part of this channel protection is that you cannot be deopped in channel by someone who you opped. +A new channel mode, +D, has been added for auditorium-style channels. +These are channels where most users listen but do not speak or receive +ops or voice. The effect of +D is that the server waits to send the +JOIN message for new users until the user gets ops or voice or sends a +message to the channel. A list of join-delayed users in a channel may +be retrieved by using /NAMES -d #channel. The response to /NAMES -d +uses the same format as numeric 353, but uses numeric 355 instead. If +an op removes +D while there are still join-delayed users, the server +automatically sets mode +d, and removes +d when the last user's join +is shown. It is not possible to set channel mode +d manually; its +purpose is to warn channel users that there are "hidden" users in the +channel. + More than one hashing mechanism is now supported for oper passwords, and a new tool (ircd/umkpasswd) is provided to generate them. -Clients may negotiate extensions and changes to the standard IRC -client protocol by using the CAP command during registration. There -does not appear to be any documentation for the protocol, which should -not matter since ircu does not currently features that do anything. +Commands that send messages to specified services may be defined in +the configuration file by using Pseudo blocks. This lets users use +commands like /X or /CHANSERV from their client, without tying the +admin to a particular arrangement or naming of services. + +The /stats command accepts string identifiers in addition to +single-character identifiers. For example, "/stats access" shows the +same data as "/stats i". Supported names are shown by /stats. New +/stats options are: /stats a (nameservers), to list DNS nameservers in +use; /stats L (modules), to list loaded modules; and /stats R +(mappings), to list privmsg helper commands defined by Pseudo blocks. +By default, all of these are hidden from normal users. + +Client blocks (previously I: lines), Operator blocks (previously O: +and o: lines), channel bans and silences may use CIDR notation instead +of simple wildcards. You may also have silence exceptions by putting +'~' before the mask; for example, if you wish to silence everyone +except X, you could use SILENCE *!*@*,~X!cservice@undernet.org. + +The server will no longer kick "net riders" in keyed (+k) channels if +both sides of the net join have the same key. + +IP masks (as used in bans, G-lines, etc) are now parsed in a more +forgiving manner. 127.0.0.0/8, 127.* and 127/8 are all accepted and +mean the same thing. Ambiguous expressions like 127/8 are interpreted +as IPv4 masks; to interpret it as an IPv6 mask, use 127:/8. Configuration Changes: As mentioned above, the configuration file format has changed radically. Please consult doc/example.conf for details on the -new format. +new format. Some prominent changes follow. + +The old contents of H: lines have been merged into the Connect block +that describes the peer server(s) that should be allowed to hub. + +Two default virtual host addresses may be specified, one for IPv4 +sockets and one for IPv6 sockets. + +Nickname jupes have their own blocks, and do not share structure with +UWorld server declarations. + +Operator connection classes and individual operator blocks may be +assigned privileges, rather than having them controlled globally. +Because of this, the feature settings that controlled the privileges +globally have been removed. + +The maximum number of clients allowed per IP may be set in a Client +block (the equivalent of C: lines). + +New feature settings (see doc/readme.features for explanations): +ANNOUNCE_INVITES, HIS_STATS_L, HIS_STATS_a, HIS_STATS_R, +LOCAL_CHANNELS, TOPIC_BURST. + +Deleted features, since they had no effect even in 2.10.11: AUTOHIDE, +HIS_DESYNCS, TIMESEC. + +Deleted features since they are now controlled by other configuration +entries: VIRTUAL_HOST, oper and locop privilege features. + +Deleted feature since it no longer applies: HIS_STATS_h. 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