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author: Pricey
date: 2012-04-06 20:33:08+00:00
slug: help-us-test-our-services-upgrade
title: Help us test our services upgrade!
category: development
category: freenode
category: infrastructure
category: open source
category: projects
category: technical
imported: yes
---
Very soon we will be upgrading your favourite network helpers... (no not erry…): NickServ, ChanServ, Alis etc. They’re currently connected to our testnet and we need your help with testing, looking for any issues which may affect the production network.

You can connect to our testnet at testnet.freenode.net port 9002 (or 9003 for SSL)

The full changelog is rather long and not all of the features offered by atheme are loaded on freenode. So to help you out, we’ve pulled out the highlights which we think deserve attention:


  * NickServ’s certfp module. (see /msg nickserv help cert and [this link](http://pricechild.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/identifying-to-freenode-testnet-with.html).)

	
  * NickServ will now notify you in real time of failed logins.

	
  * NickServ’s previous limit on password lengths has been increased.

	
  * ChanServ will still hand over single-# channels to freenode-staff on expiration of the channel founders, but the method has changed.

	
  * NickServ & ChanServ’s ‘set’ commands have had a general reorganisation behind the scenes. Nothing should be visibly different but it won’t hurt to check them!


Please note that the services database on the testnet is probably more than a few days old. Don’t be surprised if recent changes you have made on the production network aren’t replicated there.

We’re all in in #freenode on the testnet so please come find us there if you have any questions or bugs.

Finally, look out for a followup blogpost (hopefully quite soon) with some important information on the upgrade itself and our planned database cleanup!

Thanks for using freenode!

P.s. a full list of changes from atheme ~5.1 to ~6 can be found [here](http://git.atheme.org/release/atheme-6.0/plain/NEWS?id=f834f9d42faba966424768434fcf58363535ce28)
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849bdd6f SB	2	author: Pricey
	3	date: 2012-04-06 20:33:08+00:00
	4	slug: help-us-test-our-services-upgrade
	5	title: Help us test our services upgrade!
c5191f36 EK	6	category: development
	7	category: freenode
	8	category: infrastructure
	9	category: open source
	10	category: projects
	11	category: technical
df8e5765	12	imported: yes
849bdd6f	13	---
849bdd6f	14	Very soon we will be upgrading your favourite network helpers... (no not erry…): NickServ, ChanServ, Alis etc. They’re currently connected to our testnet and we need your help with testing, looking for any issues which may affect the production network.
34876803	15
849bdd6f	16	You can connect to our testnet at testnet.freenode.net port 9002 (or 9003 for SSL)
34876803	17
849bdd6f SB	18	The full changelog is rather long and not all of the features offered by atheme are loaded on freenode. So to help you out, we’ve pulled out the highlights which we think deserve attention:
	19
	20
	21
	22
	23	* NickServ’s certfp module. (see /msg nickserv help cert and [this link](http://pricechild.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/identifying-to-freenode-testnet-with.html).)
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	25
	26	* NickServ will now notify you in real time of failed logins.
	27
	28
	29	* NickServ’s previous limit on password lengths has been increased.
	30
	31
	32	* ChanServ will still hand over single-# channels to freenode-staff on expiration of the channel founders, but the method has changed.
	33
	34
	35	* NickServ & ChanServ’s ‘set’ commands have had a general reorganisation behind the scenes. Nothing should be visibly different but it won’t hurt to check them!
	36
	37
	38	Please note that the services database on the testnet is probably more than a few days old. Don’t be surprised if recent changes you have made on the production network aren’t replicated there.
34876803	39
849bdd6f	40	We’re all in in #freenode on the testnet so please come find us there if you have any questions or bugs.
34876803	41
849bdd6f	42	Finally, look out for a followup blogpost (hopefully quite soon) with some important information on the upgrade itself and our planned database cleanup!
34876803	43
849bdd6f	44	Thanks for using freenode!
34876803	45
849bdd6f	46	P.s. a full list of changes from atheme ~5.1 to ~6 can be found [here](http://git.atheme.org/release/atheme-6.0/plain/NEWS?id=f834f9d42faba966424768434fcf58363535ce28)