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$Id: whats-new-2.0.txt 6 2005-09-10 01:02:21Z nenolod $
The following is a list of major changes between ircd-ratbox-1.x and
ircd-ratbox-2.0
Config File
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- name="foo"; is no longer supported in connect {}; operator {}; and
class {};. You must now use connect "irc.foo.com" { ... }; etc.
- operator {}; no longer contains a class
- kline_with_connection_closed is gone, replaced with
kline_reason = "Connection closed";
- logging {}; is gone, replaced with more advanced log system - see
example.conf log {}; for more info. Note, by default only very basic
information will be logged.
- support for a specific opers initial umodes on /oper, by umodes = ...;
in operator {};
- added stats_e_disabled = yes|no; to general {};, controlling whether stats
e (which can contain server ips) is never shown to anyone
- support for compressed|encrypted|topicburst|autoconn = yes|no; is gone,
replaced with flags = compressed, encrypted, topicburst, autoconn;
- support for individual auth flags "kline_exempt = yes"; etc removed, now
must use flags = ...; method
- support for individual oper flags "kline = yes;" etc removed, now must use
flags = ...; method.
- extended flags = ...; method to allow negation, so you may prefix a flag
with '~' to negate it. Default oper flags are operwall, remoteban and
encrypted (indicates password is encrypted with mkpasswd)
- 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.
- cluster {}; no longer allows a server to place klines etc locally, it
simply dictates who we send to.
- shared {}; is now ordered top-down and the first one that matches the
user@host and server will be used, and the flags taken from this. This
means if a remote oper matches a shared block without kline privs, even
though there is a shared {}; block they match under it with kline privs
they will not be able to place klines.
- added invite_ops_only to channel {}; which will restrict the use of INVITE
to chanops on that channel always, rather than just to +i chans.
Client
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- /help is now available for all users, as its now cached in memory.
removes config option use_help from general {};
- default CHANNELLEN for local clients is now 50
- AWAYLEN added to 005, default is 90
- kick/part/quit now use REASONLEN (120) rather than TOPICLEN
- umode +g now exempts users messaging themselves
Oper
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- kline/dline <nick> is no longer supported
- oper reasons are now more fully supported
- opers can now be hidden from stats p, by flag "invisible"
- XLINEs no longer contain a type field, theyll now all just silently reject
- xlines are now 'tracked' - stats X shows how many times each xline has
rejected a client
- temp xlines and resvs
- klines set against spoofed users will now take effect when the user
connects as well, if the user is not kline_exempt
- trace spy now contains target param if its against a single user
- the old "you need xline=yes;" notices have been replaced by ERR_NOPRIVS
(numeric 723)
- umode +C, machine parsable client connect/exit notices which includes the
two unused fields sent in the USER command
Channels
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- persistent channels have been removed
- quiet_on_ban now uses a cache, which should speed it up
Server <-> Server Protocol
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- support for bursting away messages on connect, controlled by
burst_away = yes|no; in general {};
- TS6, the new server <-> server protocol. As part of this you *must*
specify a "sid" in serverinfo {}; that is three alphanumeric characters,
and must start with a digit. use_ts6 = yes|no; in general controls
whether it is actually used or not. For more information, see:
http://www.ircd-ratbox.org/TS6.txt
- fakename in connect {}; is gone, you can no longer mask servers.
- support for encrypted links are gone
- global capabilities. The server will now inform the rest of the network
over ENCAP about the capabilities of other servers.
Misc
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- support for message translation has been removed. If you want these,
modify messages.tab and distribute that.
- most of server hiding is gone, only thing that is left is flattened links
- flattened links cache is now stored in memory instead of a file
- nick delay. any client which splits will have their nick 'locked', until
a remote client uses this nick, or until it expires after the time nick_delay
in general {}. This prevents the masses of kills from clients 'regaining'
nicknames on a short split.
- support for disabling bold chars etc in channel names for local users, to
prevent faking channels. disable_fake_channels = <yes|no>; in general {};
Code cleanups
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- remove mapped ipv4 in ipv6 sockets, the correct native socket will now be
used for each.
- module API has been rewritten, 1.x modules will no longer work.
- hook API has been rewritten
- proper handlers for ENCAP commands
- support for vms ast i/o
- connect {}; and operator {}; are now in their own structs, saving memory
in ConfItem
- shared/cluster now use the same struct and flags
- various other code cleanups thatd take all year to list ;)