NEWS: Put in a more logical order and improve some entries.

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@@ -4,57 +4,59 @@ See LICENSE for licensing details (GPL v2).
 -- charybdis-3.4-releng
 
 server protocol
-- Allow overriding opers (with the new extension) to op themselves on channels.
-- Allow RSFNC to change a nickname's capitalization only.
+- Allow overriding opers (with the new override extension) to op themselves
+  on channels.
 - Add channel ban forwarding <mask>$<channel> much like ircd-seven. Local use
   of this is controlled by the channel::use_forward config option.
+- Allow RSFNC (forced nick change from services) to change a nickname's
+  capitalization only.
 - Add ENCAP TGINFO to propagate IP addresses that exceeded target change
-  limits (these get a lower limit when they reconnect).
+  limits (these get a lower limit when they reconnect). The message's source
+  is the user that exceeded the limit and one parameter "0" is required.
 user
 - Consider bogus CTCP ACTION messages (without action text) CTCP (for
   cmode +C).
+- Apply colour stripping (cmode +c) and CTCP checking (cmode +C) to messages
+  to @/+ channel as well.
+- Channel mode +c (and other places that disallow colour codes) now also strip
+  ASCII 4 (a different kind of colour code).
+- Add an error message (numeric 743) if a ban mask is invalid.
+- Extract the underlying IPv4 address from 6to4 and Teredo IPv6 addresses.
+  Show it in a remote /whois and check channel bans, quiets, D:lines and
+  K:lines against it. Note that ban exceptions and auth{} blocks are not
+  checked.
 - Send ERR_TOOMANYCHANNELS for each channel join that fails due to channel
-  limits.
+  limits, instead of one per JOIN command.
 - Add account-notify client capability to notify clients about logins and
   logouts of users in common channels. See doc/account-notify.txt.
+- Add away-notify client capability. See doc/away-notify.txt.
 - Add extended-join client capability to add account name and ircname to JOIN.
+  See doc/extended-join.txt.
 - Add topic TS and channel TS constraints for /LIST (T<, T>, C<, C>
   parameters as in some other servers).
 - Disallow wildcarded nicknames in "hunted" parameters like /stats and /motd.
 - Disallow mIRC italics in channel names when disable_fake_channels.
-- Add AUTHENTICATE EXTERNAL support, allows SASL authentication using a
+- Add AUTHENTICATE EXTERNAL support, allows SASL authentication using an SSL
   certificate fingerprint.
 - Allow channel::kick_on_split_riding to protect channels with mlocked keys.
-- The NICKLEN token in 005 now only specifies the maximum usable nick length.
-  The MAXNICKLEN token specifies the maximum nick length any user can have.
-- Disallow $ in usernames as this may cause problems with ban forwarding.
-- Add an error message (numeric 743) if a ban mask is invalid.
-- Extract the underlying IPv4 address from 6to4 and Teredo IPv6 addresses.
-  Show it in a remote /whois and check channel bans, quiets, D:lines and
-  K:lines against it. Note that ban exceptions and auth{} blocks are not
-  checked.
+  This works with atheme-services 5.2.0 or newer.
+- The NICKLEN token in 005 now only specifies the maximum nick length for
+  this server/user. The MAXNICKLEN token specifies the maximum nick length
+  any user can have.
+- Disallow '$' in usernames as this may cause problems with ban forwarding.
 - Allow normal users to perform /privs on themselves, showing some privileges
   from the auth{} block.
-- Add away-notify client capability, see doc/away-notify.txt.
-- Add rate limit for high-bandwidth commands, in particular /who <channel>.
+- Rate limit high-bandwidth commands, in particular /who <channel>.
 - Rate limit /away to help avoid flooding via away-notify.
-- Apply colour stripping (cmode +c) and CTCP checking (cmode +C) to messages
-  to @/+ channel as well.
-- Channel mode +c (and other places that disallow colour codes) now also strip
-  ASCII 4 (a different kind of colour code).
 oper
 - Add operspy for /list.
-- Add a server notice to snomask +b if a user exceeds target change limits.
-- Add missing server notice for kills from RSFNC and SVSLOGIN.
 - Add /stats C to show information about dynamically loaded server
   capabilities.
+- Add a server notice to snomask +b if a user exceeds target change limits.
+- Add missing server notice for kills from RSFNC and SVSLOGIN.
 config
 - Add support for linking using SSL certificate fingerprints as the link
   credential rather than the traditional password pair.
-- Add m_roleplay extension, provides various roleplay commands.
-- Add override extension, umode +p oper override for opers with oper:override
-  permission, with accountability notices and timeout. Note that opers cannot
-  op themselves if there are older servers on the network.
 - Add channel::disable_local_channels config option.
 - Add support for IPv6 DNSBLs. A new "type" option specifies the IP version(s)
   for which each DNSBL should be checked.
@@ -62,19 +64,23 @@ config
   are doing.
 - Add serverinfo::nicklen config option to limit the nick length for local
   users. Different values of this option do not break the server protocol.
-- Add extb_usermode extension, $m:+-<modes> extban matching against umodes.
-- Extend extb_oper extension to allow matching against oper privileges.
-- Add m_remove extension, /remove command as in ircd-seven.
 - Add general::away_interval to allow configuring /away rate limiting.
 - Add listener::defer_accept to delay accepting a connection until the client
   sends data. This depends on kernel support. It may break BOPM checking.
 - Add general::resv_fnc to forcibly change nicks of local users that match a
   newly set nick RESV, default enabled.
+- Add m_roleplay extension, provides various roleplay commands.
+- Add override extension, umode +p oper override for opers with oper:override
+  permission, with accountability notices and timeout. Note that opers cannot
+  op themselves if there are older servers on the network.
+- Add extb_usermode extension, $m:+-<modes> extban matching against umodes.
+- Extend extb_oper extension to allow matching against oper privileges.
+- Add m_remove extension, /remove command as in ircd-seven.
 misc
 - In mkpasswd, default to SHA512-based crypt instead of MD5-based crypt.
 - Add --with-custom-branding and --with-custom-version configure options to
   help forks/patchsets distinguish themselves.
-- Change version control from Mercurial to GIT.
+- Change version control system from Mercurial to GIT.
 - Ensure SIGHUP and SIGINT keep working after a SIGINT restart.
 - Add --enable-fhs-paths configure option to allow installing into a more
   FHS-like hierarchy.