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$Id: NEWS,v 1.32 2004/08/02 18:50:46 wcc Exp $ |
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News |
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Last revised: April 16, 2003 |
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News |
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What's new? First, read the following documents: |
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INSTALL |
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README |
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doc/BOTNET |
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doc/UPDATES1.6 |
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doc/tcl-commands.doc |
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All of these documents combined will fill you in on the latest changes to |
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Eggdrop in version 1.6.x. All files, with the exception of UPDATES1.6, are |
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also available in html format in doc/html/. |
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A lot of things have changed in this version, so at a minimum, read the |
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UPDATES1.6 text file. UPDATES shows what's been added and fixed along the |
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way. |
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If you are upgrading from a pre-1.6 version of Eggdrop: |
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1. Before you start the bot for the first time, BACKUP your userfile. |
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2. DON'T USE YOUR OLD CONFIG FILE. MAKE A NEW ONE! |
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Changes made to Eggdrop 1.6.x from Eggdrop1.4.x: |
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!CHANNELS |
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Support for IRCnet !channels was added to Eggdrop. This might still be |
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a bit buggy. We appreciate bug reports! |
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+/-NODESYNCH |
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This new channel setting replaces the old 'allow-desync' config file |
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setting. It is useful if you use some type of ChanServ or if you don't |
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care about your channel being desynched. |
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ASYNCHRONOUS DNS MODULE |
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Eggdrop 1.6 is shipped with a new module, the dns module. It replaces |
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those old dns-lookups performed by Eggdrop which could halt the whole bot |
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during a timeout. We also added a new Tcl command, 'dnslookup', so scripts |
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can now use DNS functions asynchronously, too. See doc/settings/mod.dns |
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for more information. |
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COMPRESS MODULE |
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A new module called compress was introduced to Eggdrop. It provides |
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gzip support to Eggdrop (via Tcl commands) and enables compressed |
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userfile transfer. See doc/settings/mod.compress for more information. |
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SHARE MODULE |
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The share module has a new setting now (override-bots) which allows |
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hub bots to override the leaf bots' bot settings (botaddress, telnet |
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port, and password). Please note that this won't work with a version |
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1.4 or below bot. See doc/settings/mod.share for more information. |
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TRANSFER / FILESYS MODULES |
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The filesys and transfer modules have changed completely. Both can now |
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handle unlimited filename lengths and description sizes. Incomplete |
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downloads from the bot can also now be resumed. The db format of the |
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filesys module was changed to remove the limits imposed by the old |
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format. There's nothing special for you to do, as the old db is |
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automatically converted to the new format when you first access it. |
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You won't be able to downgrade to older versions after this, so you |
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may want to make a backup first. See doc/settings/mod.transfer and |
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doc/settings/mod.filesys for more information. |
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UPTIME MODULE |
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This module reports uptime statistics to http://uptime.eggheads.org. Go |
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look and see what your uptime is! It takes about 9 hours to show up, so |
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if your bot isn't listed, try again later. See doc/settings/mod.uptime |
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for more information. |
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DCC COMMANDS |
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* ".nick" was renamed to ".handle". ".nick" will still be kept up to |
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version 1.8. |
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* ".chnick" was renamed to ".chhandle". ".chnick" will still be kept up |
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to version 1.8. |
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* ".binds" now supports wildcards. |
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* ".halfop" and ".dehalfop" have been added. |
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* The 'optimise' file system command was renamed to 'optimize'. The old |
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command will still be kept up to version 1.8. |
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* Eggdrop now counts all of the traffic which it generates and receives |
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through IRC, the botnet, scripts, and dcc. You can access these |
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statistics via the dcc command ".traffic". Please note that the counter |
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gets reset every time a restart is done. |
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* ".modules" now works locally as well as remotely. |
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CHANNEL MODES |
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Support for IRCnet negative limits and DALnet's +R, +M, and +c channel |
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modes has been added. Eggdrop now also supports halfops (+h). |
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DOCUMENTATION |
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A lot has happened to the documentation; nearly every file was changed, |
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so take a look at them. Also, we have discovered html, and full html |
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documentation is available now in doc/html. Additionally, all possible |
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settings for Eggdrop are documented in doc/settings. |
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CONFIG FILES |
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* To support longer nicknames, as some IRC servers do, a new 'nick-len' |
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setting was added. |
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* Eggdrop uses strftime now to support different logfile suffixes. The |
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new config file setting is 'logfile-suffix'. |
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* A new 'pidfile' setting was added to allow you to specify the name |
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of Eggdrop's pid file. |
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* The 'strict-servernames' setting was removed. |
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PENALTY CALCULATION |
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Eggdrop calculates penalty points on IRCnet now, so it won't flood |
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itself off anymore. This feature also works on EFnet and Undernet, and |
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should work on other networks as well. |
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TCL COMMANDS |
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* The 'chnick' command was renamed to 'chhandle'. The use of 'chnick' is |
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deprecated. 'chnick' is still accessible if you load compat.tcl. |
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* All three commands to add data to the queues (puthelp, putserv and |
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putquick) now support the '-next' parameter which pushes data to the |
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front of the queue. |
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* A command to calculate md5 checksums, 'md5', was added. |
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* To support the new asynch dns module, the command 'dnslookup' was added. |
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* Four new commands regarding exempts/invites were added: stickexempt, |
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unstickexempt, stickinvite, and unstickinvite. |
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* A new 'wasop' command was added to check if a user had op before a |
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mode change. |
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* 'washalfop', 'ishalfop', and 'botishalfop' have been added. |
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* Three new Tcl commands were added as part of the compress module: |
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compressfile, uncompressfile, and iscompressed. |
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* A new command to check whether the bot's nick is juped was |
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added (isjuped). |
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* The fileresend command was added to support mIRC's dcc resume feature. |
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* A new bind type called 'NEED' was added which triggers when the bot |
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needs op, unban, limit, key, or invite. |
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* LOST and TOUT bind types were added. |
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* Two new commands, 'channame2dname' and 'chandname2name', were added to |
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allow scripts to support !channels. |
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* A new evnt type, loaded, was added. |
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* The 'setudef', 'renudef', and 'deludef' commands were added to allow |
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for user-defined channel settings. |
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* A 'traffic' command was added which returns a list of sublists |
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containing information about the bot's traffic usage in bytes. |
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* The CTCP bind type now supports wildcards. |
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* A 'handlen' variable was added (set to the value of the HANDLEN define |
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in eggdrop.h. 'nick-len' was also renamed to 'nicklen' (the old variable |
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will remain until version 1.8. |
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* The 'channel get' command was added to allow channel settings to be |
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easily retrieved. |
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* The 'server' variable now contains the server's realname instead of its |
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serverlist entry regardless of the 'strict-servernames' setting. |
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* The 'serveraddress' variable was added, which contains the server's |
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serverlist address and port. |
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* The 'onchan', 'botonchan', 'botisvoice', 'botisop', 'onchansplit', |
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'isop', 'isvoice', and 'handonchan' commands no longer require an |
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argument. |
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* Added a "stripcodes" command to remove control codes/etc from strings. |
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For more information about changed or added Tcl commands, see |
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doc/tcl-commands.doc. |
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TRAFFIC ACCOUNTING |
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Eggdrop now counts all of the traffic which it generates and receives |
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through IRC, the botnet, scripts, and dcc. You can access these statistics |
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via the dcc command '.traffic'. Please note that the counter gets reset |
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every time a restart is done. |
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________________________________________________________________________ |
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Copyright (C) 1997 Robey Pointer |
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Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Eggheads Development Team |