doc/whats-new-2.0.txt

   1 $Id: whats-new-2.0.txt 6 2005-09-10 01:02:21Z nenolod $
   2
   3 The following is a list of major changes between ircd-ratbox-1.x and
   4 ircd-ratbox-2.0
   5
   6 Config File
   7 -----------
   8 - name="foo"; is no longer supported in connect {}; operator {}; and
   9   class {};.  You must now use connect "irc.foo.com" { ... }; etc.
  10 - operator {}; no longer contains a class
  11 - kline_with_connection_closed is gone, replaced with
  12   kline_reason = "Connection closed";
  13 - logging {}; is gone, replaced with more advanced log system - see
  14   example.conf log {}; for more info.  Note, by default only very basic
  15   information will be logged.
  16 - support for a specific opers initial umodes on /oper, by umodes = ...;
  17   in operator {};
  18 - added stats_e_disabled = yes|no; to general {};, controlling whether stats
  19   e (which can contain server ips) is never shown to anyone
  20 - support for compressed|encrypted|topicburst|autoconn = yes|no; is gone,
  21   replaced with flags = compressed, encrypted, topicburst, autoconn;
  22 - support for individual auth flags "kline_exempt = yes"; etc removed, now
  23   must use flags = ...; method
  24 - support for individual oper flags "kline = yes;" etc removed, now must use
  25   flags = ...; method.
  26 - extended flags = ...; method to allow negation, so you may prefix a flag
  27   with '~' to negate it.  Default oper flags are operwall, remoteban and
  28   encrypted (indicates password is encrypted with mkpasswd)
  29 - new flags in shared {};, tkline, txline and tresv, allowing temp only of
  30   kline, xline and resv respectively.
  31 - new flags in cluster {}; tkline, txline and tresv which will cluster
  32   only the temp of each type.  kline, xline and resv will now only
  33   cluster the permanent ones of each type.
  34 - cluster {}; no longer allows a server to place klines etc locally, it
  35   simply dictates who we send to.
  36 - shared {}; is now ordered top-down and the first one that matches the
  37   user@host and server will be used, and the flags taken from this.  This
  38   means if a remote oper matches a shared block without kline privs, even
  39   though there is a shared {}; block they match under it with kline privs
  40   they will not be able to place klines.
  41 - added invite_ops_only to channel {}; which will restrict the use of INVITE
  42   to chanops on that channel always, rather than just to +i chans.
  43
  44 Client
  45 ------
  46 - /help is now available for all users, as its now cached in memory.
  47   removes config option use_help from general {};
  48 - default CHANNELLEN for local clients is now 50
  49 - AWAYLEN added to 005, default is 90
  50 - kick/part/quit now use REASONLEN (120) rather than TOPICLEN
  51 - umode +g now exempts users messaging themselves
  52
  53 Oper
  54 ----
  55 - kline/dline <nick> is no longer supported
  56 - oper reasons are now more fully supported
  57 - opers can now be hidden from stats p, by flag "invisible"
  58 - XLINEs no longer contain a type field, theyll now all just silently reject
  59 - xlines are now 'tracked' - stats X shows how many times each xline has
  60   rejected a client
  61 - temp xlines and resvs
  62 - klines set against spoofed users will now take effect when the user
  63   connects as well, if the user is not kline_exempt
  64 - trace spy now contains target param if its against a single user
  65 - the old "you need xline=yes;" notices have been replaced by ERR_NOPRIVS
  66   (numeric 723)
  67 - umode +C, machine parsable client connect/exit notices which includes the
  68   two unused fields sent in the USER command
  69
  70 Channels
  71 --------
  72 - persistent channels have been removed
  73 - quiet_on_ban now uses a cache, which should speed it up
  74
  75 Server <-> Server Protocol
  76 --------------------------
  77 - support for bursting away messages on connect, controlled by
  78   burst_away = yes|no; in general {};
  79 - TS6, the new server <-> server protocol.  As part of this you *must*
  80   specify a "sid" in serverinfo {}; that is three alphanumeric characters,
  81   and must start with a digit.  use_ts6 = yes|no; in general controls
  82   whether it is actually used or not.  For more information, see:
  83   http://www.ircd-ratbox.org/TS6.txt
  84 - fakename in connect {}; is gone, you can no longer mask servers.
  85 - support for encrypted links are gone
  86 - global capabilities.  The server will now inform the rest of the network
  87   over ENCAP about the capabilities of other servers.
  88
  89 Misc
  90 ----
  91 - support for message translation has been removed.  If you want these,
  92   modify messages.tab and distribute that.
  93 - most of server hiding is gone, only thing that is left is flattened links
  94 - flattened links cache is now stored in memory instead of a file
  95 - nick delay.  any client which splits will have their nick 'locked', until
  96   a remote client uses this nick, or until it expires after the time nick_delay
  97   in general {}.  This prevents the masses of kills from clients 'regaining'
  98   nicknames on a short split.
  99 - support for disabling bold chars etc in channel names for local users, to
 100   prevent faking channels.  disable_fake_channels = <yes|no>; in general {};
 101
 102 Code cleanups
 103 -------------
 104 - remove mapped ipv4 in ipv6 sockets, the correct native socket will now be
 105   used for each.
 106 - module API has been rewritten, 1.x modules will no longer work.
 107 - hook API has been rewritten
 108 - proper handlers for ENCAP commands
 109 - support for vms ast i/o
 110 - connect {}; and operator {}; are now in their own structs, saving memory
 111   in ConfItem
 112 - shared/cluster now use the same struct and flags
 113 - various other code cleanups thatd take all year to list ;)