NEWS

   1 GNU Thales 1.0 (09/05/2004)
   2    - added a workaround for a possible unreal bug.
   3    - using autoconf 2.59 instead of autoconf 2.13.
   4    - no longer report usage if you are using Unreal.
   5    - added support for unreal modules' modes. see the UnrealModules file.
   6    - added Memphisnet.org's memphistools ! see examples/memphistools/.
   7      Provided by XytraS <xytras@memphisnet.org>
   8    - added secondary keys to ison table, which provided a 10% speed benefit.
   9    - added unreal's +T cmode.
  10    - added unreal's +D umode (needed for PrivDeaf module)
  11    - added unreal's +z umode. patch from nick martini <nick@misanthropia.nu>
  12    - nickinfo, an example from Andreas Lindemann <admiral@1sq.org> !
  13    - Recycled-counter, an example from ProPheT <prophet@recycled-irc.org> !
  14    - server.linkedto is now an int (was a tinyint).
  15 GNU Thales 0.9.5 (08/02/2004)
  16    - Fixed user/chan modes for Unreal beta19 support (chanmodes +I and +H not
  17      used anymore)
  18    - NeedMaintainers file added.
  19    - removed Sequana support
  20    - safely ignore Unreal's EOS messages, but send one after login.
  21    - now keeps track of max number of servers too.
  22    - hardcoded url (motd, admin) changes to savannah.
  23    - Unreal's SWHOIS support.
  24    - server.lastsplit is not overwritten when a server rejoins.
  25    - changed "Thales" to "GNU Thales" where it was relevant.
  26    - renamed log() to mylog(), and log_perror() to mylog_perror() to prevent
  27      conflicts.
  28    - added TBUST to hybrid CAPAB line. Credits go to Wes Baehr
  29      <iwes@totalmac.net>
  30    - added a php script for clones detection. contributed by
  31      Jens 'DukePyrolator' Voss <DukePyrolator@wiredirc.net>
  32    - added Unreal mode +M
  33 Thales 0.9.4 (19/03/2003)
  34    - away status was not properly restored in Caching mode. (reported
  35      by admiral@ns.elbenstern.de)
  36    - renamed strlwr to strtolwr (misc.c) to be able to compile on cygwin.
  37    - improved ReportUsage.sh POSIX compatibility
  38    - added Unreal usermodes +R & +V
  39    - increased nickname length in SQL table user for hybrid ircd.
  40    - re-indented the whole code using indent
  41    - fixed bug in caching mode
  42    - added log messages to the hash functions in verbose mode
  43    - fixed bug in caching mode
  44 Thales 0.9.3 (04/02/2003)
  45    - removed debug message
  46 Thales 0.9.2 (03/02/2003)
  47    - added support for ultimate 2.8 +L chanmode
  48    - thales could receive SJOIN for nonexisting users under some race
  49      conditions. Now ignore them.
  50    - added a workaround for Unreal bug (sending multiple SJOINs for
  51      same (user, channel))
  52    - removed some compilation warnings
  53 Thales 0.9.1 (12/02/2003)
  54    - fixed small parsing bug from ircservices code
  55    - fixed bugs in ultimate 2.8 support
  56    - ability to hide channel passwords in config file
  57    - included Wes Baehr's patch to fix TOPICs on Hybrid
  58    - added --enable-noreportusage configure option to disable the usage report
  59    - new hash function (should improve performance)
  60    - Modified ReportUsage.sh to send mail to thales-usage@ and include Thales
  61      version.
  62    - SQL tables names are defined in db.h. They can be changed.
  63 Thales 0.9.0 (05/11/2002)
  64    - added usage survey
  65    - more detailed info about libmysqlclient linking problem.
  66    - fixed ultimate 2.8 support
  67    - removed nonexistent ultimate umode +q
  68 Thales 0.1.5 (23/10/2002)
  69    - Ultimate 2.8 support
  70    - MOTDFile option removed from config
  71    - Hybrid 7 support
  72    - now says for which ircd it was compiled on startup.
  73    - New contrib : counter/ by z-master <z-master@apinc.org>
  74 Thales 0.1.4 (24/06/2002)
  75    - hashlist support can now be disabled to fix some crashes. Anyway,
  76      I'm very interested in fixing those crashes, so please tell me if
  77      you experience those.
  78    - now keeps an history. See the UserCacheTime & ServerCacheTime
  79      parameters in the config.
  80    - now includes contrib/logfilter to generate smaller logfiles for bug
  81      reporting purposes.
  82    - fixed a small memleak in db_getnick()
  83 Thales 0.1.3 (18/05/2002)
  84    - new configure options : --enable-static and --enable-no-modes.
  85      see INSTALL for details.
  86    - thales entered an infinite loop when logging an unknown mode.
  87      log an unknown mode only once, and give an example IRC message.
  88    - fflush the logfile after logging
  89    - renamed data/thales-*.sql to data/mysql-*.sql and changed the doc
  90      accordingly (that's to prepare PostgreSQL support).
  91    - the ircd type can now be specified using the --with-ircd=IRCDTYPE
  92      configure option.
  93    - added info on how to keep maxvalues data after an upgrade in the
  94      README.
  95    - LUSERS command is now fully implemented.
  96    - added a connecttime field to the server table to be able to know
  97      when a server connected to the net. (table structure must be reloaded,
  98      see README file)
  99    - now crashes without segfaulting if it can't connect to the DBMS.
 100    - now sends a GLOBOPS before going down, giving a reason.
 101 Thales 0.1.2 (03/05/2002)
 102    - optimized things using internal hashlists instead of querying the
 103      database. resources usage decreased by 20%.
 104    - rewrote messages.*, removing all DBMS stuff, and putting it in
 105      actions.* to prepare PostgreSQL support. As a consequence, it's
 106      no longer possible to ignore the epona bug which causes services
 107      to join a channel where they already are.
 108    - now checks if modes are known before trying to save them
 109      (prevents crashes :o) )
 110    - corrected a bug in mode -k handling and cleaned up mode handling
 111    - re-added +R usermode for bahamut, ircdru and sequana (It wasn't
 112      displayed as an available user mode on connect)
 113    - added LUSERS command.
 114    - now stores max number of users and channels in the "maxvalues" table.
 115    - added NICKIP support for Bahamut, Sequana, IRCD-RU and Ultimate. The IP
 116      address is stored in the "user" table with the name "ipaddr". You must
 117      reload the database structure before running the new version for the
 118      first time.
 119
 120 Thales 0.1.1 (28/04/2002)
 121    - improved autoconf's mysql test
 122    - now uses mysql_real_* instead of mysql_*
 123    - cleaned modes checks
 124    - added IRCD-RU support (patch provided by Bob Ershov <raveman@wenet.ru>)
 125    - added Magnet <magnet@epiknet.org>'s path for MDESC on Unreal
 126    - added Partizanu <partizanu@expres.ro>'s digit2img script to contrib
 127    - added Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net>'s channels list script to contrib
 128
 129 Thales 0.1.0 (20/04/2002)
 130    - there's now a mailing list ! see README.
 131    - cleaned up .sql files : this should decrease disk usage and improve perf a
 132      little.
 133    - added UltimateIRCD 3.0.0 support
 134                                      (helped by salk@junglebean.co.za)
 135    - make install doesn't overwrite thales.conf anymore.
 136    - improved Unreal support a little
 137                                      (reported by magnet@epiknet.org)
 138    - Channel modes arguments (+k) can now contain quotes
 139                                      (reported by shadow@homelanfed.com)
 140    - Corrected the bug which (I suppose) caused many crashes
 141                                      (reported by magnet@epiknet.org)
 142
 143 Thales 0.0.9 (14/04/2002)
 144    - corrected a small MySQL linking problem in autoconf/automake
 145                                      (reported by mikep1230@att.net)
 146
 147 Thales 0.0.8 (12/04/2002)
 148    - added /TIME, /ADMIN, /MOTD
 149    - gindented all the code (looks better now ;p)
 150    - added Bahamut support
 151    - removed a few warnings in log.c
 152    - added copyright info to all files
 153    - Thales now uses autoconf & automake, and IRCD is selected in ./configure
 154    - AWAY and {CHG,SET}{HOST,IDENT,NAME} are now supported.
 155
 156 Thales 0.0.7 (07/04/2002)
 157    - First described version
 158    - Unreal and Sequana support
 159    - Docs written