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author: christel
date: 2004-01-31 22:05:38+00:00
slug: scheduled-maintenance-ircd-upgrades
title: '[Scheduled Maintenance] IRCD Upgrades'
---
Hi all.  It's time again for an upgrade. In about 7 hours, at 05:00 UTC, we'll be upgrading the servers to  [dancer-ircd v1.0.34](http://source.freenode.net/%7Easuffield/dancer/dancer-ircd/1.0/releases/dancer-ircd-1.0.34.tar.gz).  The upgrade process is likely to be fairly disruptive, as we are doing to be doing our best to get it done as quickly as possible. This time, we're hoping to get the IPv6 servers upgraded at the same time, rather than holding that upgrade till later.

Your editor notes that this is a maintenance release, so in theory it should consist entirely of minor changes and bugfixes; but until dancer 1.1 (with its automated testing framework) is in place, upgrades are always going to be a bit nervous-making.  Whenever we upgrade the network, there's a possibility that new problems will be uncovered, requiring further upgrades. Bear with us, and help us if you can by staying with the network during the process and giving the new code a good thumping to make sure it's okay. :)

Excerpts from the NEWS file follow:


<blockquote>

>     
>     Various bug fixes. Highlights include:
>     
>       Bans of the form *!*@!* are now corrected properly, rather
>       than placing a confusing ban on remote servers.
>     
>       Kill reasons work again
>     
>       Bans are no longer broadcast to channel members while being
>       synchronised on burst. This could potentially hide an
>       unexpected ban, but the amount of data makes the broadcast
>       largely useless anyway.
>     
>       Remove cmode +F. Forwarding finally appears safe for general
>       use.
> 
> 
</blockquote>


Thanks for your patience and understanding, and thank you for using freenode!
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849bdd6f SB	1	author: christel
	2	date: 2004-01-31 22:05:38+00:00
	3	slug: scheduled-maintenance-ircd-upgrades
	4	title: '[Scheduled Maintenance] IRCD Upgrades'
	5	---
849bdd6f	6	Hi all. It's time again for an upgrade. In about 7 hours, at 05:00 UTC, we'll be upgrading the servers to [dancer-ircd v1.0.34](http://source.freenode.net/%7Easuffield/dancer/dancer-ircd/1.0/releases/dancer-ircd-1.0.34.tar.gz). The upgrade process is likely to be fairly disruptive, as we are doing to be doing our best to get it done as quickly as possible. This time, we're hoping to get the IPv6 servers upgraded at the same time, rather than holding that upgrade till later.
34876803	7
849bdd6f	8	Your editor notes that this is a maintenance release, so in theory it should consist entirely of minor changes and bugfixes; but until dancer 1.1 (with its automated testing framework) is in place, upgrades are always going to be a bit nervous-making. Whenever we upgrade the network, there's a possibility that new problems will be uncovered, requiring further upgrades. Bear with us, and help us if you can by staying with the network during the process and giving the new code a good thumping to make sure it's okay. :)
34876803	9
849bdd6f SB	10	Excerpts from the NEWS file follow:
	11
	12
	13	<blockquote>
	14
	15	>
	16	> Various bug fixes. Highlights include:
34876803	17	>
849bdd6f SB	18	> Bans of the form !@!* are now corrected properly, rather
849bdd6f SB	19	> than placing a confusing ban on remote servers.
34876803	20	>
849bdd6f	21	> Kill reasons work again
34876803	22	>
849bdd6f SB	23	> Bans are no longer broadcast to channel members while being
	24	> synchronised on burst. This could potentially hide an
	25	> unexpected ban, but the amount of data makes the broadcast
	26	> largely useless anyway.
34876803	27	>
849bdd6f SB	28	> Remove cmode +F. Forwarding finally appears safe for general
	29	> use.
	30	>
	31	>
	32	</blockquote>
	33
	34
	35	Thanks for your patience and understanding, and thank you for using freenode!