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News
Last revised: April 16, 2003
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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.

    * ".modules" now works locally as well as remotely.

  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.

    * The 'onchan', 'botonchan', 'botisvoice', 'botisop', 'onchansplit',
      'isop', 'isvoice', and 'handonchan' commands no longer require an
      argument.

    * Added a "stripcodes" command to remove control codes/etc from strings.

    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, 2004 Eggheads Development Team
1	$Id: NEWS,v 1.32 2004/08/02 18:50:46 wcc Exp $
2
3	News
4	Last revised: April 16, 2003
5	_________________________________________________________________
6
7	News
8
9
10	What's new? First, read the following documents:
11
12	INSTALL
13	README
14	doc/BOTNET
15	doc/UPDATES1.6
16	doc/tcl-commands.doc
17
18	All of these documents combined will fill you in on the latest changes to
19	Eggdrop in version 1.6.x. All files, with the exception of UPDATES1.6, are
20	also available in html format in doc/html/.
21
22	A lot of things have changed in this version, so at a minimum, read the
23	UPDATES1.6 text file. UPDATES shows what's been added and fixed along the
24	way.
25
26	If you are upgrading from a pre-1.6 version of Eggdrop:
27
28	1. Before you start the bot for the first time, BACKUP your userfile.
29
30	2. DON'T USE YOUR OLD CONFIG FILE. MAKE A NEW ONE!
31
32	_________________________________________________________________
33
34	Changes made to Eggdrop 1.6.x from Eggdrop1.4.x:
35
36	!CHANNELS
37
38	Support for IRCnet !channels was added to Eggdrop. This might still be
39	a bit buggy. We appreciate bug reports!
40
41	+/-NODESYNCH
42
43	This new channel setting replaces the old 'allow-desync' config file
44	setting. It is useful if you use some type of ChanServ or if you don't
45	care about your channel being desynched.
46
47	ASYNCHRONOUS DNS MODULE
48
49	Eggdrop 1.6 is shipped with a new module, the dns module. It replaces
50	those old dns-lookups performed by Eggdrop which could halt the whole bot
51	during a timeout. We also added a new Tcl command, 'dnslookup', so scripts
52	can now use DNS functions asynchronously, too. See doc/settings/mod.dns
53	for more information.
54
55	COMPRESS MODULE
56
57	A new module called compress was introduced to Eggdrop. It provides
58	gzip support to Eggdrop (via Tcl commands) and enables compressed
59	userfile transfer. See doc/settings/mod.compress for more information.
60
61	SHARE MODULE
62
63	The share module has a new setting now (override-bots) which allows
64	hub bots to override the leaf bots' bot settings (botaddress, telnet
65	port, and password). Please note that this won't work with a version
66	1.4 or below bot. See doc/settings/mod.share for more information.
67
68	TRANSFER / FILESYS MODULES
69
70	The filesys and transfer modules have changed completely. Both can now
71	handle unlimited filename lengths and description sizes. Incomplete
72	downloads from the bot can also now be resumed. The db format of the
73	filesys module was changed to remove the limits imposed by the old
74	format. There's nothing special for you to do, as the old db is
75	automatically converted to the new format when you first access it.
76	You won't be able to downgrade to older versions after this, so you
77	may want to make a backup first. See doc/settings/mod.transfer and
78	doc/settings/mod.filesys for more information.
79
80
81	UPTIME MODULE
82
83	This module reports uptime statistics to http://uptime.eggheads.org. Go
84	look and see what your uptime is! It takes about 9 hours to show up, so
85	if your bot isn't listed, try again later. See doc/settings/mod.uptime
86	for more information.
87
88
89	DCC COMMANDS
90
91	* ".nick" was renamed to ".handle". ".nick" will still be kept up to
92	version 1.8.
93
94	* ".chnick" was renamed to ".chhandle". ".chnick" will still be kept up
95	to version 1.8.
96
97	* ".binds" now supports wildcards.
98
99	* ".halfop" and ".dehalfop" have been added.
100
101	* The 'optimise' file system command was renamed to 'optimize'. The old
102	command will still be kept up to version 1.8.
103
104	* Eggdrop now counts all of the traffic which it generates and receives
105	through IRC, the botnet, scripts, and dcc. You can access these
106	statistics via the dcc command ".traffic". Please note that the counter
107	gets reset every time a restart is done.
108
109	* ".modules" now works locally as well as remotely.
110
111	CHANNEL MODES
112
113	Support for IRCnet negative limits and DALnet's +R, +M, and +c channel
114	modes has been added. Eggdrop now also supports halfops (+h).
115
116	DOCUMENTATION
117
118	A lot has happened to the documentation; nearly every file was changed,
119	so take a look at them. Also, we have discovered html, and full html
120	documentation is available now in doc/html. Additionally, all possible
121	settings for Eggdrop are documented in doc/settings.
122
123	CONFIG FILES
124
125	* To support longer nicknames, as some IRC servers do, a new 'nick-len'
126	setting was added.
127
128	* Eggdrop uses strftime now to support different logfile suffixes. The
129	new config file setting is 'logfile-suffix'.
130
131	* A new 'pidfile' setting was added to allow you to specify the name
132	of Eggdrop's pid file.
133
134	* The 'strict-servernames' setting was removed.
135
136	PENALTY CALCULATION
137
138	Eggdrop calculates penalty points on IRCnet now, so it won't flood
139	itself off anymore. This feature also works on EFnet and Undernet, and
140	should work on other networks as well.
141
142	TCL COMMANDS
143
144	* The 'chnick' command was renamed to 'chhandle'. The use of 'chnick' is
145	deprecated. 'chnick' is still accessible if you load compat.tcl.
146
147	* All three commands to add data to the queues (puthelp, putserv and
148	putquick) now support the '-next' parameter which pushes data to the
149	front of the queue.
150
151	* A command to calculate md5 checksums, 'md5', was added.
152
153	* To support the new asynch dns module, the command 'dnslookup' was added.
154
155	* Four new commands regarding exempts/invites were added: stickexempt,
156	unstickexempt, stickinvite, and unstickinvite.
157
158	* A new 'wasop' command was added to check if a user had op before a
159	mode change.
160
161	* 'washalfop', 'ishalfop', and 'botishalfop' have been added.
162
163	* Three new Tcl commands were added as part of the compress module:
164	compressfile, uncompressfile, and iscompressed.
165
166	* A new command to check whether the bot's nick is juped was
167	added (isjuped).
168
169	* The fileresend command was added to support mIRC's dcc resume feature.
170
171	* A new bind type called 'NEED' was added which triggers when the bot
172	needs op, unban, limit, key, or invite.
173
174	* LOST and TOUT bind types were added.
175
176	* Two new commands, 'channame2dname' and 'chandname2name', were added to
177	allow scripts to support !channels.
178
179	* A new evnt type, loaded, was added.
180
181	* The 'setudef', 'renudef', and 'deludef' commands were added to allow
182	for user-defined channel settings.
183
184	* A 'traffic' command was added which returns a list of sublists
185	containing information about the bot's traffic usage in bytes.
186
187	* The CTCP bind type now supports wildcards.
188
189	* A 'handlen' variable was added (set to the value of the HANDLEN define
190	in eggdrop.h. 'nick-len' was also renamed to 'nicklen' (the old variable
191	will remain until version 1.8.
192
193	* The 'channel get' command was added to allow channel settings to be
194	easily retrieved.
195
196	* The 'server' variable now contains the server's realname instead of its
197	serverlist entry regardless of the 'strict-servernames' setting.
198
199	* The 'serveraddress' variable was added, which contains the server's
200	serverlist address and port.
201
202	* The 'onchan', 'botonchan', 'botisvoice', 'botisop', 'onchansplit',
203	'isop', 'isvoice', and 'handonchan' commands no longer require an
204	argument.
205
206	* Added a "stripcodes" command to remove control codes/etc from strings.
207
208	For more information about changed or added Tcl commands, see
209	doc/tcl-commands.doc.
210
211	TRAFFIC ACCOUNTING
212
213	Eggdrop now counts all of the traffic which it generates and receives
214	through IRC, the botnet, scripts, and dcc. You can access these statistics
215	via the dcc command '.traffic'. Please note that the counter gets reset
216	every time a restart is done.
217	________________________________________________________________________
218
219	Copyright (C) 1997 Robey Pointer
220	Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Eggheads Development Team
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