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Last revised: January 14, 2002
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                                   News


  What's new? First, read the following documents:

    INSTALL
    README
    doc/BOTNET
    doc/UPDATES1.6
    doc/tcl-commands.doc

  All of these documents combined will fill you in on the latest changes to
  Eggdrop in version 1.6.x. All files, with the exception of UPDATES1.6, are
  also available in html format in doc/html/.

  A lot of things have changed in this version, so at a minimum, read the
  UPDATES1.6 text file. UPDATES shows what's been added and fixed along the
  way.

  If you are upgrading from a pre-1.6 version of Eggdrop:

    1. Before you start the bot for the first time, BACKUP your userfile.

    2. DON'T USE YOUR OLD CONFIG FILE. MAKE A NEW ONE!

     _________________________________________________________________


Changes made to Eggdrop 1.6.x from Eggdrop1.4.x:

  !CHANNELS

     Support for IRCnet !channels was added to Eggdrop. This might still be
     a bit buggy. We appreciate bug reports!

  +/-NODESYNCH

     This new channel setting replaces the old 'allow-desync' config file
     setting. It is useful if you use some type of ChanServ or if you don't
     care about your channel being desynched.

  ASYNCHRONOUS DNS MODULE

     Eggdrop 1.6 is shipped with a new module, the dns module. It replaces
     those old dns-lookups performed by Eggdrop which could halt the whole
     bot during a timeout. We also added a new Tcl command, 'dnslookup', so
     scripts can now use DNS functions asynchronously, too. See
     doc/settings/mod.dns for more information.

  COMPRESS MODULE

     A new module called compress was introduced to Eggdrop. It provides
     gzip support to Eggdrop (via Tcl commands) and enables compressed
     userfile transfer. See doc/settings/mod.compress for more information.

  SHARE MODULE

     The share module has a new setting now (override-bots) which allows
     hub bots to override the leaf bots' bot settings (botaddress, telnet
     port, and password). Please note that this won't work with a version
     1.4 or below bot. See doc/settings/mod.share for more information.

  TRANSFER / FILESYS MODULES

     The filesys and transfer modules have changed completely. Both can now
     handle unlimited filename lengths and description sizes. Incomplete
     downloads from the bot can also now be resumed. The db format of the
     filesys module was changed to remove the limits imposed by the old
     format. There's nothing special for you to do, as the old db is
     automatically converted to the new format when you first access it.
     You won't be able to downgrade to older versions after this, so you
     may want to make a backup first. See doc/settings/mod.transfer and
     doc/settings/mod.filesys for more information.


  UPTIME MODULE

     This module reports uptime statistics to http://uptime.eggheads.org.
     Go look and see what your uptime is! It takes about 9 hours to show
     up, so if your bot isn't listed, try again later. See
     doc/settings/mod.uptime for more information.


  DCC COMMANDS

     * ".nick" was renamed to ".handle". ".nick" will still be kept
       up to version 1.8.

     * ".chnick" was renamed to ".chhandle". ".chnick" will still be kept
       up to version 1.8.

     * ".binds" now supports wildcards.

     * ".halfop" and ".dehalfop" have been added.

     * The 'optimise' file system command was renamed to 'optimize'. The
       old command will still be kept up to version 1.8.

     * Eggdrop now counts all of the traffic which it generates and receives
       through IRC, the botnet, scripts, and dcc. You can access these
       statistics via the dcc command ".traffic". Please note that the counter
       gets reset every time a restart is done.

  CHANNEL MODES

     Support for IRCnet negative limits and DALnet's +R, +M, and +c channel
     modes has been added. Eggdrop now also supports halfops (+h).

  DOCUMENTATION

     A lot has happened to the documentation; nearly every file was changed,
     so take a look at them. Also, we have discovered html, and full html
     documentation is available now in doc/html. Additionally, all possible
     settings for Eggdrop are documented in doc/settings.

  CONFIG FILES

     * To support longer nicknames, as some IRC servers do, a new 'nick-len'
       setting was added.

     * Eggdrop uses strftime now to support different logfile suffixes. The
       new config file setting is 'logfile-suffix'.

     * A new 'pidfile' setting was added to allow you to specify the name
       of Eggdrop's pid file.

     * The 'strict-servernames' setting was removed.

  PENALTY CALCULATION

     Eggdrop calculates penalty points on IRCnet now, so it won't
     flood itself off anymore. This feature also works on EFnet and
     Undernet, and should work on other networks as well.

  TCL COMMANDS

     * The 'chnick' command was renamed to 'chhandle'. The use of 'chnick'
       is deprecated. 'chnick' is still accessible if you load compat.tcl.

     * All three commands to add data to the queues (puthelp, putserv and
       putquick) now support the '-next' parameter which pushes data to the
       front of the queue.

     * A command to calculate md5 checksums, 'md5', was added.

     * To support the new asynch dns module, the command 'dnslookup' was
       added.

     * Four new commands regarding exempts/invites were added: stickexempt,
       unstickexempt, stickinvite, and unstickinvite.

     * A new 'wasop' command was added to check if a user had op before a
       mode change.

     * 'washalfop', 'ishalfop', and 'botishalfop' have been added.

     * Three new Tcl commands were added as part of the compress module:
       compressfile, uncompressfile, and iscompressed.

     * A new command to check whether the bot's nick is juped was
       added (isjuped).

     * The fileresend command was added to support mIRC's dcc resume
       feature.

     * A new bind type called 'NEED' was added which triggers when the bot
       needs op, unban, limit, key, or invite.

     * LOST and TOUT bind types were added.

     * Two new commands, 'channame2dname' and 'chandname2name', were added
       to allow scripts to support !channels.

     * A new evnt type, loaded, was added.

     * The 'setudef', 'renudef', and 'deludef' commands were added to allow
       for user-defined channel settings.

     * A 'traffic' command was added which returns a list of sublists
       containing information about the bot's traffic usage in bytes.

     * The CTCP bind type now supports wildcards.

     * A 'handlen' variable was added (set to the value of the HANDLEN
       define in eggdrop.h. 'nick-len' was also renamed to 'nicklen' (the
       old variable will remain until version 1.8.

     * The 'channel get' command was added to allow channel settings to be
       easily retrieved.

     * The 'server' variable now contains the server's realname instead of its
       serverlist entry regardless of the 'strict-servernames' setting.

     * The 'serveraddress' variable was added, which contains the server's
       serverlist address and port.

     For more information about changed or added Tcl commands, see
     doc/tcl-commands.doc.

  TRAFFIC ACCOUNTING

     Eggdrop now counts all of the traffic which it generates and receives
     through IRC, the botnet, scripts, and dcc. You can access these statistics
     via the dcc command '.traffic'. Please note that the counter gets reset
     every time a restart is done.
  ________________________________________________________________________

Copyright (C) 1997 Robey Pointer
Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Eggheads Development Team
1	wcc	1.19	News
2	wcc	1.26	Last revised: January 14, 2002
3	wcc	1.21	_________________________________________________________________
4	fabian	1.1
5	wcc	1.21	News
6	fabian	1.2
7
8	wcc	1.21	What's new? First, read the following documents:
9	fabian	1.4
10	wcc	1.21	INSTALL
11			README
12			doc/BOTNET
13			doc/UPDATES1.6
14			doc/tcl-commands.doc
15	fabian	1.2
16	wcc	1.21	All of these documents combined will fill you in on the latest changes to
17			Eggdrop in version 1.6.x. All files, with the exception of UPDATES1.6, are
18			also available in html format in doc/html/.
19	fabian	1.2
20	wcc	1.21	A lot of things have changed in this version, so at a minimum, read the
21			UPDATES1.6 text file. UPDATES shows what's been added and fixed along the
22			way.
23
24			If you are upgrading from a pre-1.6 version of Eggdrop:
25
26			1. Before you start the bot for the first time, BACKUP your userfile.
27
28			2. DON'T USE YOUR OLD CONFIG FILE. MAKE A NEW ONE!
29
30			_________________________________________________________________
31	fabian	1.3
32
33	guppy	1.17	Changes made to Eggdrop 1.6.x from Eggdrop1.4.x:
34	fabian	1.2
35	wcc	1.19	!CHANNELS
36	fabian	1.3
37	guppy	1.17	Support for IRCnet !channels was added to Eggdrop. This might still be
38			a bit buggy. We appreciate bug reports!
39	fabian	1.2
40	wcc	1.19	+/-NODESYNCH
41	fabian	1.4
42	guppy	1.17	This new channel setting replaces the old 'allow-desync' config file
43	wcc	1.19	setting. It is useful if you use some type of ChanServ or if you don't
44			care about your channel being desynched.
45	fabian	1.4
46	wcc	1.19	ASYNCHRONOUS DNS MODULE
47	fabian	1.3
48	wcc	1.19	Eggdrop 1.6 is shipped with a new module, the dns module. It replaces
49			those old dns-lookups performed by Eggdrop which could halt the whole
50			bot during a timeout. We also added a new Tcl command, 'dnslookup', so
51			scripts can now use DNS functions asynchronously, too. See
52			doc/settings/mod.dns for more information.
53	fabian	1.2
54	wcc	1.19	COMPRESS MODULE
55	johoho	1.6
56	wcc	1.19	A new module called compress was introduced to Eggdrop. It provides
57			gzip support to Eggdrop (via Tcl commands) and enables compressed
58			userfile transfer. See doc/settings/mod.compress for more information.
59	guppy	1.17
60	wcc	1.19	SHARE MODULE
61	guppy	1.17
62			The share module has a new setting now (override-bots) which allows
63	wcc	1.19	hub bots to override the leaf bots' bot settings (botaddress, telnet
64			port, and password). Please note that this won't work with a version
65			1.4 or below bot. See doc/settings/mod.share for more information.
66
67			TRANSFER / FILESYS MODULES
68
69			The filesys and transfer modules have changed completely. Both can now
70			handle unlimited filename lengths and description sizes. Incomplete
71			downloads from the bot can also now be resumed. The db format of the
72			filesys module was changed to remove the limits imposed by the old
73			format. There's nothing special for you to do, as the old db is
74	guppy	1.17	automatically converted to the new format when you first access it.
75			You won't be able to downgrade to older versions after this, so you
76	wcc	1.19	may want to make a backup first. See doc/settings/mod.transfer and
77			doc/settings/mod.filesys for more information.
78	guppy	1.17
79
80	wcc	1.19	UPTIME MODULE
81	guppy	1.17
82			This module reports uptime statistics to http://uptime.eggheads.org.
83	wcc	1.19	Go look and see what your uptime is! It takes about 9 hours to show
84			up, so if your bot isn't listed, try again later. See
85	guppy	1.17	doc/settings/mod.uptime for more information.
86
87	johoho	1.6
88	wcc	1.19	DCC COMMANDS
89	fabian	1.3
90	fabian	1.4	* ".nick" was renamed to ".handle". ".nick" will still be kept
91			up to version 1.8.
92	guppy	1.17
93	fabian	1.4	* ".chnick" was renamed to ".chhandle". ".chnick" will still be kept
94			up to version 1.8.
95	guppy	1.17
96	wcc	1.19	* ".binds" now supports wildcards.
97	guppy	1.17
98	wcc	1.23	* ".halfop" and ".dehalfop" have been added.
99
100	guppy	1.17	* The 'optimise' file system command was renamed to 'optimize'. The
101			old command will still be kept up to version 1.8.
102
103			* Eggdrop now counts all of the traffic which it generates and receives
104	wcc	1.19	through IRC, the botnet, scripts, and dcc. You can access these
105			statistics via the dcc command ".traffic". Please note that the counter
106			gets reset every time a restart is done.
107	guppy	1.17
108	wcc	1.19	CHANNEL MODES
109	guppy	1.17
110			Support for IRCnet negative limits and DALnet's +R, +M, and +c channel
111	wcc	1.22	modes has been added. Eggdrop now also supports halfops (+h).
112	johoho	1.6
113	wcc	1.19	DOCUMENTATION
114	johoho	1.6
115	wcc	1.19	A lot has happened to the documentation; nearly every file was changed,
116			so take a look at them. Also, we have discovered html, and full html
117	guppy	1.17	documentation is available now in doc/html. Additionally, all possible
118			settings for Eggdrop are documented in doc/settings.
119
120	wcc	1.19	CONFIG FILES
121	guppy	1.17
122	wcc	1.18	* To support longer nicknames, as some IRC servers do, a new 'nick-len'
123	guppy	1.17	setting was added.
124	fabian	1.2
125	guppy	1.17	* Eggdrop uses strftime now to support different logfile suffixes. The
126			new config file setting is 'logfile-suffix'.
127	fabian	1.3
128	guppy	1.17	* A new 'pidfile' setting was added to allow you to specify the name
129			of Eggdrop's pid file.
130	guppy	1.13
131	wcc	1.26	* The 'strict-servernames' setting was removed.
132
133	wcc	1.19	PENALTY CALCULATION
134	guppy	1.13
135	guppy	1.17	Eggdrop calculates penalty points on IRCnet now, so it won't
136			flood itself off anymore. This feature also works on EFnet and
137			Undernet, and should work on other networks as well.
138
139	wcc	1.19	TCL COMMANDS
140	guppy	1.17
141	wcc	1.19	* The 'chnick' command was renamed to 'chhandle'. The use of 'chnick'
142			is deprecated. 'chnick' is still accessible if you load compat.tcl.
143	fabian	1.2
144	wcc	1.19	* All three commands to add data to the queues (puthelp, putserv and
145	guppy	1.17	putquick) now support the '-next' parameter which pushes data to the
146			front of the queue.
147
148	wcc	1.19	* A command to calculate md5 checksums, 'md5', was added.
149	fabian	1.3
150	wcc	1.19	* To support the new asynch dns module, the command 'dnslookup' was
151	guppy	1.17	added.
152	fabian	1.2
153	guppy	1.17	* Four new commands regarding exempts/invites were added: stickexempt,
154			unstickexempt, stickinvite, and unstickinvite.
155	fabian	1.3
156	wcc	1.19	* A new 'wasop' command was added to check if a user had op before a
157	johoho	1.6	mode change.
158	wcc	1.23
159			* 'washalfop', 'ishalfop', and 'botishalfop' have been added.
160	guppy	1.17
161			* Three new Tcl commands were added as part of the compress module:
162			compressfile, uncompressfile, and iscompressed.
163
164	johoho	1.6	* A new command to check whether the bot's nick is juped was
165	guppy	1.17	added (isjuped).
166
167	wcc	1.19	* The fileresend command was added to support mIRC's dcc resume
168	guppy	1.17	feature.
169
170			* A new bind type called 'NEED' was added which triggers when the bot
171			needs op, unban, limit, key, or invite.
172
173	wcc	1.19	* LOST and TOUT bind types were added.
174	johoho	1.6
175	wcc	1.19	* Two new commands, 'channame2dname' and 'chandname2name', were added
176			to allow scripts to support !channels.
177	guppy	1.17
178			* A new evnt type, loaded, was added.
179
180	wcc	1.19	* The 'setudef', 'renudef', and 'deludef' commands were added to allow
181			for user-defined channel settings.
182	guppy	1.17
183	wcc	1.19	* A 'traffic' command was added which returns a list of sublists
184	guppy	1.17	containing information about the bot's traffic usage in bytes.
185
186			* The CTCP bind type now supports wildcards.
187
188	wcc	1.19	* A 'handlen' variable was added (set to the value of the HANDLEN
189			define in eggdrop.h. 'nick-len' was also renamed to 'nicklen' (the
190			old variable will remain until version 1.8.
191	wcc	1.20
192			* The 'channel get' command was added to allow channel settings to be
193			easily retrieved.
194	wcc	1.26
195			* The 'server' variable now contains the server's realname instead of its
196			serverlist entry regardless of the 'strict-servernames' setting.
197
198			* The 'serveraddress' variable was added, which contains the server's
199			serverlist address and port.
200	wcc	1.19
201	guppy	1.17	For more information about changed or added Tcl commands, see
202	wcc	1.19	doc/tcl-commands.doc.
203	fabian	1.2
204	wcc	1.19	TRAFFIC ACCOUNTING
205	fabian	1.3
206	guppy	1.17	Eggdrop now counts all of the traffic which it generates and receives
207	wcc	1.19	through IRC, the botnet, scripts, and dcc. You can access these statistics
208	guppy	1.17	via the dcc command '.traffic'. Please note that the counter gets reset
209			every time a restart is done.
210			________________________________________________________________________
211	fabian	1.3
212	guppy	1.14	Copyright (C) 1997 Robey Pointer
213	wcc	1.25	Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Eggheads Development Team
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