This is the current release version of the 'stable' tree of ircd-ratbox.

doc/whats-new.txt contains important lists of changes between 2.0 and 1.5 -
it is important you read this file before upgrading.

-- ircd-ratbox-2.0.9
- fix propagation of xlines/resvs through hubs
- fix port in unauthorised conn notice
- disallow bans beginning with ':' over TS6
- disallow bans with a space
- fix stats p count with hidden opers
- fix remote unresv
- fix clients being able to set blank keys
- add some per-server uniqueness to auth process to ease bopm
- allocate enough storage for remote ipv6 clients when compiled v4 only
- sync remote kline reasons with local kline reasons
- raise default topiclen to 160
- fix UID problems with trace
- fix cores with amd64 and the send functions
- fix resvs applied on servers which match self too
- raise max temp time to one year
- made TS6 ban propagation more robust
- fix cores when we receive NICK with 10 params

-- ircd-ratbox-2.0.8
- Stop storing sockhost for ipv6 clients when we don't support IPv6
- Fix a longstanding parser bug that broke 005
- Stop trying to remove clients from the auth list twice
- Disallow clients messaging UIDs
- Add a test for gecos {}; having an empty reason
- Fix a core in UNDLINE on bad masks


-- ircd-ratbox-2.0.7
- freebsd introduced fls(), work around this to prevent compile errors
- handle getting empty reasons in klines/glines better, stop treating it
  as a protocol violation
- fix a core with kline
- fix +eI lists being sent to non-ops when dealing with TS6
- you can now /etrace <nick> and get just that targets output. works remotely 
  with other ratbox-2.0.7 servers
- do not show the extended connect info of spoofed users, mirc can often
  put its local ip in there.
- updated 005 to be more consistent with the current i-d
- extend TS6 to also apply to INVITEs
- fix operator {}; to work on spoofed opers whos spoof is an IP
- fix a memory leak with channel memberships

-- ircd-ratbox-2.0.6
- tack the kline/gline/xline a user matches onto the end of the exempt
  notice
- fix misleading xline documentation on spaces
- fix the +k-k bug in channels
- added new operator {}; flag, "remoteban", controls whether oper can
  issue remote klines etc
- added the negation of flags, via ~flag.  Default oper flags modified to be
  operwall and remoteban.
- propagate upto MAXMODEPARAMSSERV (10) modes in one go, rather than
  splitting it up into 4,4,2
- rework buffer length tracking when building outbound mode buffers.
- added 'Z' to umodes in 002
- tack our SID onto the end of RPL_VERSION
- remove encrypted=yes|no; from auth {}; and operator {};, its now in flags
  in both.  Defaults to off for auth {}, on for operator {} which requires
  the negation of ~encrypted to disable it.
- properly close opers helpfile dir
- add unreject, to remove one ip from the reject cache
- fix klines/glines against user@1.2.3.* etc.
- properly substitute logdir into the Makefile so its created on make
  install
- speed up unkline for perm klines, its still slow as hell, but less so
- dont change the ts of a client whos nick flooding, or one changing case of
  nick
- added "Failed to deliver: [%.20s]" to the ERR_NOSUCHNICK we send out
  when relaying a PRIVMSG to a UID
- fix ungline
- keep the two fields sent in USER
- added etrace -v4, etrace -v6 and etrace -full.  First two list ipv4/ipv6,
  latter gives the two fields sent in USER, via numeric 708 (RPL_ETRACEFULL)
- Expire temp r/x lines around every 60 seconds instead of every 5 minutes

-- ircd-ratbox-2.0.5
- reenable oneshot, really fix the IO errors.

-- ircd-ratbox-2.0.4
- fix a core when an oper did /quote uid
- revert kqueue code to that from 1.x 
- allow remote xlines that match existing xlines to propagate
- fix an adns compile error
- allow local opers to squit local servers
- new config option in general {}; default_invisible = yes|no; default no.
  controls whether users are made +i by default on connect
- move stats A to RPL_STATSDEBUG, removing RPL_STATSALINE
- fix a memory leak in the auth code
- disable oneshot with kqueue, it appears to fix the IO errors

-- ircd-ratbox-2.0.3
- disable '"' as a valid char in xline/resv reasons 
- disable "\"," in an xline - it makes it unparsable
- add translation of \s in an xline to a space
- invite_ops_only = yes|no; default yes
  controls whether unopped users may issue invites to a -i channel
- default reject cache to on
- various unkline related cleanups
- tweak memory allocation sizes for large networks, this increases
  startup memory by quite a bit, so unless you are on a 5000+ user
  network pass --enable-small-net
- merge upstream version of adns
- fix another possible double exit of clients
- new format of RPL_LOCALUSERS and RPL_GLOBALUSERS (265/266) which makes
  them parsable, in coordination with ircnet:
  :%s 265 %s %d %d :Current local users %d, max %d
 
-- ircd-ratbox-2.0.2
- fix a possible overflow with SJOIN when converting nicks -> ids
- new flags in shared {};, tkline, txline and tresv, allowing temp only of
  kline, xline and resv respectively.
- new flags in cluster {}; tkline, txline and tresv which will cluster
  only the temp of each type.  kline, xline and resv will now *only*
  cluster the permanent ones of each type.
- enforce top-down ordering of shared {}; blocks.  The first one that
  matches on server and user@host will be used.  The users access will then
  depend on that shared blocks privs and we will NOT fallback to another
  that matches and has the right privs.
- cluster {}; no longer allows remote opers to apply remote klines etc, it
  simply dictates who we send our bans to.  To allow remote servers to
  cluster to a server it must have its own shared {}; block.
- fix possible server exists issue whilst waiting for connect callback
- exempt users messaging themselves from +g
- fix a core with removing accepts
- fix connect {}; to refcount classes properly
- memleak fixes with operator {}; passwords, conf parser and dns code
- fix some padding issues with ipv6
- added umode +C, an extended version of +c thats machine parsable and gives
  the two other fields given in the USER command
- add some debugging code to help track down a problem with the abort_list
- fix a problem with --with-nicklen in configure

-- ircd-ratbox-2.0.1
- fix sending UIDs out on modes for voiced users
- fix a core with the patricia and ipv4 builds
- memory cleanups
  - dynamically allocate channel name
  - dynamically allocate channel bans
  - cleanups to struct LocalUser
  - stuff moved from struct Client -> struct LocalUser
  - build defaulted to ipv4, ip storage cleanups

-- ircd-ratbox-2.0.0
- fix another memleak with capab
- fix a core when exiting an unknown client and generating an io error
- check for auth {}; not having any valid user@host's, so we dont add an
  empty ConfItem to lists
- make servermodes come from actual server, not local server
- new conf option to general {};, disable_fake_channels which disallows
  creation/joining of channels with bold, underline, reverse, mirc colour
  and hard space.  Note, this may impact some non-english charsets.
- fix location of pid path back to etc/
- fix autoconf msg result on --enable-profile

-- ircd-ratbox-2.0rc9
- fixed default module dirs being removed on rehash
- fix spy notices for info/links/motd
- fix '@' and '#' in resvs
- fix reject cache expiration
- fix a memory leak with stacked user@hosts in oper {};
- fix a minor buffer overflow with oper privs
- fix bitlens in reject cache
- fix rejected clients possibly being exited twice
- MyFree() no longer resets what its free()'ing to NULL, fixed associated 
  dependencies
- fix memleak with capab

-- ircd-ratbox-2.0rc8
- fix silly autoconf issues
- fix an old reject cache bug
- fix a getopt bug

-- ircd-ratbox-2.0rc7
- try to autoconnect on startup
- nick resvs now allow @ and # like xlines do
- refix poll() brokeness
- fix redundant dline checking
- fix fuserlog and failed connection notices to show where a user is identd
  or not
- rename invisible to hidden_oper for 1.x compatability
- remove restricted flag from auth {};
- add support for make DESTDIR and configure allowing more configurable 
  paths for modules, helpfiles, etc..
- fix resource exhaustion issue with unregistered clients
- fix stats Z counter rollerover issue, report kB instead of bytes


-- ircd-ratbox-2.0rc6
- we werent opening logfiles properly on boot
- stats T shows how many clients are in delayed exit
- fix a core with logging glines from hyb6 servers
- add a "client_auth" hook so people can hook into clients connecting
- add back io send debug hooks
- nick delay length is now in stats z
- kills are now in their own logfile, fname_killlog and formatted nicer
- kline log has been rewritten to be machine parsable
  see doc/logfiles.txt
- unresv over encap had wrong parc count
- add operspy/hidden_oper to shown operprivs
- fix for poll() issues with cpu
- contrib/m_olist.c now has operspy logging
- cleaned up how we test and mark clients as dead to (hopefully) fix a core

-- ircd-ratbox-2.0rc5
- fix rejected clients sometimes also ending up on the abort_list
- append reason to joining juped channel notice
- dont replace a clients ident when theyre unidented, if its supposed
  to be spoofed

-- ircd-ratbox-2.0rc4
- fix expiry of temp xlines/resvs
- split stats q/Q and x/X to show temp/perm
- fix problem with ::1 as a host
- fix select() support
- fix operspy logging on /who !*mask*
- add ELIST 005 numeric
- allow servers to issue version requests, for compatibility
- /quote set maxclients is now an alias for /quote set max
- update of manpage via Jeremy
- raise default split_delay to 60s
- add rehash TXLINES/TRESVS
- fix reject cache free()'ing a dlink_node it doesnt allocate
- all /quote set options now use n!u@h{oper} instead of nick
- fix a couple of tests for deadness after parsing data
- fix coming out of splitmode when we use split_delay and we arent
  out of split anymore when the delay ends
- fix a possible double exit of aborted clients
- prefix the exempt notice for Y: properly

-- ircd-ratbox-2.0rc3
- dont allow external messages to a +m channel
- fix an IO error with rejected clients
- match() speedup for special case of "*"
- remove some debug asserts that are quite evil
- fix propagation of TS6 JOIN on +k channels
- DEFAULT_SENDQ is now 20mb
- default sendq_eob is now 0 rather than DEFAULT_SENDQ, so itll just fall
  back to class sendq if its not set.
- EOB command is gone, now always emulated over PING/PONG, fixing a
  bug with sendq_eob
- fix SID leak in PONG
- fix invalid error string in "Error connecting to.." notice on timeout
- fix a memory leak with local clients
- add sendq_eob to stats Y
- fix the reject cache list ordering
- quick and simple channel list searches on min/max users: LIST <n,>m
- misplaced ':' in stats T
- remove bogus assert in free_conf()

-- ircd-ratbox-2.0rc2
- only attempt to propagate modes if we actually need to
- updated convertilines to take account of new conf format
- ilog() now properly handles an error during writing
- rehash/SIGHUP now close/reopen logfiles
- reject list is now ordered by time, for efficiency
- fix the time_t formatting stuff, now always uses %ld, casted to (long)
- fix remote klines that werent accepted causing a rehash
- fix no libz and compression check in parser
- we were (wrongly) showing 'E' in stats C if a servers password is
  crypt()ed
- added an (unused) type field to xlines over ENCAP, for compatibility with
  other ircds which have it.  Temporary xlines, or xlines sent over a hyb6
  hub will NOT work between between 2.0rc2 and earlier versions anymore.
- implemented operspy stuff, same as 1.x
- added m_testmask.c, given a user@host mask, gives anonymous stats on how
  many local/remote clients match the mask:
  <- :stable.lan 724 anfl *@*.goat 1 0 :Local/remote clients match
- fixed problems when removing modes due to an SJOIN/JOIN if MAXMODEPARAMS
  wasnt 4
- fix a buffer overflow when removing bans
- ignore ERR_NOSUCHSERVER directed at us, happens naturally now.
- removed warning when clock runs backwards, happens naturally from ntp
- first param of RPL_STATSXLINE is now the amount of times that xline has
  been used to reject a client
- "SAFELIST" added to 005
- rewrote testline to be somewhat more useful
- added testgecos to test a gecos against xlines
- fix a core on an external privmsg to a -n channel
- check for empty sjoins more thoroughly

-- ircd-ratbox-2.0rc1
- fix servlink errors with high fds
- fix typo in conf parser, "autocon" instead of "autoconn"
- add a quick netwide EOB via PING/PONG
- add challenge.pl, for irssi
- fixed LOCOPS to go over ENCAP when no CAP_CLUSTER is available
- fix core on passworded auth when user doesnt send a password
- added hash statistics via stats B
- fixed the server ip hiding mess.  HIDE_SERVERS_IPS now either hides to
  everyone or noone.
- fix core in CIDR channel bans
- make channel hash bigger for better results
- fixed dead clients ending up on abort list
- operspy log [and others] had a double \n
- fix core in AWAY
- gline/klinelog were inverted
- fix possible core in rejectcache when walking the patricia
- ClearOper() was setting clients to have local handlers
- fix a buffer overflow in MODE
- fix a nick delay core
- unglines are now logged in a consistent format with glines
- balloc now memset()'s on alloc
- locops propagation was missing a ':'
- convertconf is gone
- default compression_level is now 4
- fixed remote ban logic, which caused a desync
- always use "0::1" etc instead of "::1" in sockhost, as it breaks TS6.

-- ircd-ratbox-2.0b5
- AWAYLEN added to 005, shows maximum length of an away message.  Default is
  now 90, not TOPICLEN
- kick/part/quit now use REASONLEN (120) rather than TOPICLEN
- challenge.irc update
- fix a core when using rsa keys in operator {};
- fix challenge not working for the first user=""; line in operator {};
- log for outbound connect is now "*[name] @host" over "*[host] @host"
- updated example_module.c documenting new API [via koitsu]
- {compressed|encrypted|topicburst|autoconn} = {yes|no} is gone in connect
  {}; - replaced with flags = compressed, encrypted, topicburst, autoconn;
  for consistency
- fixed problem with long passwords
- fixed strdup() check
- fix servlink overstepping bounds of array
- fixed global capabs to not lose capabilities we dont ourselves support
- fixed ERR_NOSUCHNICK/ERR_NOSUCHSERVER to not leak UIDs
- disallow servernames beginning with a digit, as they break TS6
- fix errors when attempting to send to clients we just had a read error for
- allow blank gecos fields
- fixed modules not removing hooks properly on unload

-- ircd-ratbox-2.0b4
- fixed stats L
- fixed hunt_server() breaking parv[]
- fix the configure tests for darwin
- fix the hostname hash
- fix PING/PONG
- HTM is gone - it didnt work properly
- TRACE no longer lists unknowns to remote opers
- fixed kline checking on spoofs, need to test bitmask rather than
  aconf->name
- fixed a core when a user on a TS6 server joined a +lk channel
- m_join.c is now a core module
- fixed a core in /info
- fixed /who leaking hopcount during flatten_links
- fixed serverhiding leaks
- fixed dns/host issue with ::1
- fixed local +beI to collapse ** into *

-- ircd-ratbox-2.0b3
- fix ipv6 on openbsd
- fix a possible core when parsing auth {};
- spoofs are now checked against klines
- speedups to kline finding
- fixed up contrib/
- ltrace/omode in contrib are gone
- added LOC_CHANNELLEN, max length of a channel local user may join,
  currently 50
- fix the user exit log
- trace spy now contains target param if its a single user
- fixed KILL logic for TS6
- fixed error logging in init_netio()
- fixed PRIVMSG/NOTICE to not bounce back to source on fake direction

-- ircd-ratbox-2.0b2
- new hash function which should ease collisions on UIDs
- fix to remove local clients from &me.serv->clients, which broke map count
- broken writev() support removed
- fixed problem with kill reasons
- fixed trace
- removed support for sigio
- support for global capabilities
- support for propagating temp xlines/resvs, note these can only be done to
  2.x servers
- remote servers can now introduce nicks beginning with a digit
- fix a core with invalid nicks
- added SIDs to /map
- support for remote commands (kline, unkline etc) over ENCAP
- proper encap handlers in struct Message.  This breaks any modules designed
  for 2.0b1 -- to fix add "mg_ignore," after the server handler.
- fix various problems with connect blocks that are marked for removal being
  used/shown
- UIDs from a remote server are now validated

-- ircd-ratbox-2.0b1
No release notes, please see whats-new.txt

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BUGS: Major bugs in this release are listed in BUGS

BUG REPORTS: If you run this code and encounter problems, you must report
the bug by EMAIL to ircd-ratbox@lists.ratbox.org

Please include a gdb backtrace and keep the core file, binaries and 
modules in case the developers need them.

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Other files recommended for reading: BUGS, README.FIRST, INSTALL

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