viewvc/eggdrop1.6/NEWS

News - Updated 18 August 2000
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Whats new, first read the following documents:

     INSTALL
     README
     BOTNET
     UPDATES1.5
     tcl-commands

All of these documents combined will fill you in on the latest changes to
eggdrop in version 1.5.xx. All files are also available in html in doc/html/.

A lot of things have changed in this version so at a minimum read the
UPDATES1.5 text file. UPDATES shows whats been added and fixed
along the way.


CAUTION:

     1. Before you start the bot for the first time BACKUP your
     userfile if this is an upgrade from a previous version.

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

Changes made to Eggdrop 1.5.xx from Eggdrop1.4.xx

!CHANNELS

     Support for IRCNET !channels was added to eggdrop. Also this
     might be still a bit buggy, it should work basically. We
     appreciate bug reports!

+/-NODESYNCH

     This new channel setting replaces the old 'allow-desync' setting
     from global to channel functionality. This setting is usefull if
     you use some kind of chanserv or if you don't care about your
     channel being desynch.

ASYNCHRONOUS DNS MODULE

     Eggdrop 1.5 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 time-out. We also added a new tcl
     command 'dnslookup', so scripts can look up IP's and hostname now
     asynchronously, too.

COMPRESS MODULE

     A new module called compress was introduced to eggdrop now. It
     provides gzip support to eggdrop (via tcl commands) and enables
     compressed userfile transfer.

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

DOCUMENTATION

     A lot has happend to the documentation, nearly every file was changed
     or modified, so keep a look at them. Also we discovered html now and
     full html documentation is avilable now in doc/html.
     Additionally all possible settings in eggdrop are documented in
     doc/settings

EGGDROP.CONF.DIST

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

LOGFILES

     Eggdrop uses strftime now to support different log files suffixes. The
     new setting is 'logfile-suffix'

NICK LENGTH

     To support longer nicknames as some irc servers do (dalnet I
     think) a settings was added for this one (nick-len).

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. Should work on other networks, too

SHARE MODULE

     Share module got a new setting now (override-bots) which allows
     hub bots to override the leafs bot setting (botadress, telnet
     port and password). Please note, that this won't work with a 1.4
     or even 1.3 bot.

TCL COMMANDS

     * chnick was renamed to chhandle. The use of chnick is deprecated.
       chnick will is still accessible if you load compat.tcl
     * All three commands to add stuff to the queus (puthelp, putserv
       and putquick) support the '-next' parameter now which pushes
       data to the front of the queues.
     * A command to calculate md5 checksums was added (md5).
     * To support the new asynch dns module, the command 'dnslookup'
       was added.
     * Four new commands regarding exempts/invites were added
       stickexempt/unstickexempt, stickinvite/unstickinvite
     * New command wasop was added to check if a user had op before a
       mode change.
     * Three new tcl commands came with the compress module
       compressfile/uncompressfile and iscompressed
     * A new command to check whether the bot's nick is juped was
       added (isjuped)
     * binds NOTC and PART were upgraded so msg in them can be kept now.
     * fileresend command was added to support mIRC's dcc resume feature
     * a new bind called 'NEED' was added which can be used to trap
       events like need-op or need-unban but via a bind

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

TRAFFIC ACCOUNTING

     Eggdrop counts the whole traffic which it generates and receives
     through irc,botnet and dcc now. You can access these statistica
     via the dcc command '.traffic'. Please note, that the counter
     gets reset every time a restart is done.

TRANSFER / FILESYS MODULE

     The filesys and transfer modules have changed completely. Both
     can handle now unlimited filename lengths and description sizes.
     Incomplete downloads from the bot can be resumed now.
     The db format of the filesys module was also 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 though, so maybe you'll want to make
     a backup first.

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(c) 1997 Robey Pointer
(c) 1999,2000 Eggheads Development Team


1	News - Updated 18 August 2000
2	------------------------------------------------------------------------
3
4	Whats new, first read the following documents:
5
6	INSTALL
7	README
8	BOTNET
9	UPDATES1.5
10	tcl-commands
11
12	All of these documents combined will fill you in on the latest changes to
13	eggdrop in version 1.5.xx. All files are also available in html in doc/html/.
14
15	A lot of things have changed in this version so at a minimum read the
16	UPDATES1.5 text file. UPDATES shows whats been added and fixed
17	along the way.
18
19
20	CAUTION:
21
22	1. Before you start the bot for the first time BACKUP your
23	userfile if this is an upgrade from a previous version.
24
25	2. DON'T USE YOUR OLD CONFIG FILE.. MAKE A NEW ONE.........
26
27	Changes made to Eggdrop 1.5.xx from Eggdrop1.4.xx
28
29	!CHANNELS
30
31	Support for IRCNET !channels was added to eggdrop. Also this
32	might be still a bit buggy, it should work basically. We
33	appreciate bug reports!
34
35	+/-NODESYNCH
36
37	This new channel setting replaces the old 'allow-desync' setting
38	from global to channel functionality. This setting is usefull if
39	you use some kind of chanserv or if you don't care about your
40	channel being desynch.
41
42	ASYNCHRONOUS DNS MODULE
43
44	Eggdrop 1.5 is shipped with a new module, the dns module. It
45	replaces those old dns-lookups performed by eggdrop which could
46	halt the whole bot during a time-out. We also added a new tcl
47	command 'dnslookup', so scripts can look up IP's and hostname now
48	asynchronously, too.
49
50	COMPRESS MODULE
51
52	A new module called compress was introduced to eggdrop now. It
53	provides gzip support to eggdrop (via tcl commands) and enables
54	compressed userfile transfer.
55
56	DCC COMMANDS
57
58	* ".nick" was renamed to ".handle". ".nick" will still be kept
59	up to version 1.8.
60	* ".chnick" was renamed to ".chhandle". ".chnick" will still be kept
61	up to version 1.8.
62	* .binds supports now wildcards
63
64	DOCUMENTATION
65
66	A lot has happend to the documentation, nearly every file was changed
67	or modified, so keep a look at them. Also we discovered html now and
68	full html documentation is avilable now in doc/html.
69	Additionally all possible settings in eggdrop are documented in
70	doc/settings
71
72	EGGDROP.CONF.DIST
73
74	eggdrop.conf.dist was replaced with three files, eggdrop.simple.conf,
75	eggdrop.advanced.conf and eggdrop.complete.conf. This allows users to
76	choose how detailed they want to configure their bot. eggdrop.simple.conf
77	just contains the simplest configuration options, where
78	eggdrop.advanced.conf goes more into details and eggdrop.complete.conf
79	contains all possible settings.
80
81	LOGFILES
82
83	Eggdrop uses strftime now to support different log files suffixes. The
84	new setting is 'logfile-suffix'
85
86	NICK LENGTH
87
88	To support longer nicknames as some irc servers do (dalnet I
89	think) a settings was added for this one (nick-len).
90
91	PENALTY CALCULATION
92
93	Eggdrop calculates penalty points on IRCNET now, so it won't
94	flood itself off anymore. This feature also works on Efnet and
95	Undernet. Should work on other networks, too
96
97	SHARE MODULE
98
99	Share module got a new setting now (override-bots) which allows
100	hub bots to override the leafs bot setting (botadress, telnet
101	port and password). Please note, that this won't work with a 1.4
102	or even 1.3 bot.
103
104	TCL COMMANDS
105
106	* chnick was renamed to chhandle. The use of chnick is deprecated.
107	chnick will is still accessible if you load compat.tcl
108	* All three commands to add stuff to the queus (puthelp, putserv
109	and putquick) support the '-next' parameter now which pushes
110	data to the front of the queues.
111	* A command to calculate md5 checksums was added (md5).
112	* To support the new asynch dns module, the command 'dnslookup'
113	was added.
114	* Four new commands regarding exempts/invites were added
115	stickexempt/unstickexempt, stickinvite/unstickinvite
116	* New command wasop was added to check if a user had op before a
117	mode change.
118	* Three new tcl commands came with the compress module
119	compressfile/uncompressfile and iscompressed
120	* A new command to check whether the bot's nick is juped was
121	added (isjuped)
122	* binds NOTC and PART were upgraded so msg in them can be kept now.
123	* fileresend command was added to support mIRC's dcc resume feature
124	* a new bind called 'NEED' was added which can be used to trap
125	events like need-op or need-unban but via a bind
126
127	For more information about this changed or added tcl commands see
128	doc/tcl-commands.doc
129
130	TRAFFIC ACCOUNTING
131
132	Eggdrop counts the whole traffic which it generates and receives
133	through irc,botnet and dcc now. You can access these statistica
134	via the dcc command '.traffic'. Please note, that the counter
135	gets reset every time a restart is done.
136
137	TRANSFER / FILESYS MODULE
138
139	The filesys and transfer modules have changed completely. Both
140	can handle now unlimited filename lengths and description sizes.
141	Incomplete downloads from the bot can be resumed now.
142	The db format of the filesys module was also changed to remove
143	the limits imposed by the old format. There's nothing special for
144	you to do as the old db is automatically converted to the new
145	format when you first access it. You won't be able to downgrade
146	to older versions after this though, so maybe you'll want to make
147	a backup first.
148
149	------------------------------------------------------------------------
150	(c) 1997 Robey Pointer
151	(c) 1999,2000 Eggheads Development Team
152
153
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