viewvc/eggdrop1.6/NEWS

News - Updated 30 December 2001
  ________________________________________________________________________

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

     INSTALL
     README
     BOTNET
     UPDATES1.6
     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 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. This setting is useful if you use some kind 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.

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 bot's bot settings (botadress, telnet
     port and password). Please note that this won't work with a version
     1.4 below bot.

TRANSFER / FILESYS MODULE

     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.


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 supports now wildcards.

     * 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, 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.

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

     * eggdrop.conf.dist was replaced with three files: eggdrop.simple.conf,
       eggdrop.advanced.conf, and eggdrop.complete.conf. This allows users to
       choose how they want to configure their bot. eggdrop.simple.conf 
       contains the simplest configuration options, eggdrop.advanced.conf
       goes more into detail, and eggdrop.complete.conf contains all possible
       settings.

     * 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.

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.

     * 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. See doc/tcl-commands.doc for
       more information.

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

     * A new evnt type, loaded, was added.

     * The 'setudef' command was added to allow for user-defined channel
       settings. See doc/tcl-commands.doc for more information.

     * 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.

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