Development Team

Welcome to the Development Team's home on the wiki. The purpose of this page is to provide you with information regarding the team and its projects. We can be reached via e-mail at dev@darenet.org or in #dev on the network, which is probably the easiest way to get in touch with us.

Current Members

Here is a list of our current team members.

Nickname	Projects
NiTeMaRe	ircd-darenet, services-darenet, website-darenet
SecretAgent	ircd-darenet, services-darenet, website-darenet, webchat-darenet

Projects

Project Name	Maintainer	Basis	Programming Language	Required Release
ircd-darenet	SecretAgent	ircu, Nefarious IRCu	C	1.5.1
services-darenet	SecretAgent	srvx, X3	C, Python	1.6.0
website-darenet	SecretAgent		PHP
webchat-darenet	SecretAgent	qwebirc	Python	v0.91+darenet

ircd-darenet

ircd-darenet is derivative of Nefarious IRCu, which in turn is derived from Undernet's ircu. We decided rather then continuously modifying the source each time a new version of Nefarious was released, to instead fork and maintain our own branch. In addition to these two ircd's, ircd-darenet also contains code from Quakenet's snircd.

Development has begun on ircd-darenet, which is a fork of Undernet's ircu 2.10.12 branch. The goal being to re-implement those features we have come to know and love in ircd-darenet 1.x on top of a more modern code base, while leaving behind a lot of stuff found in Nefarious IRCu that we do not utilize. The end result being a leaner, more efficient ircd.

Recent Commit Log

Commit by Jason Hill <secretagent@darenet.org> on default :: 664:7a9c287aa6dd / (ChangeLog ircd/ircd_dictionary.c): Correct typo introduced in changeset a0afb7a93684.
Commit by Jason Hill <secretagent@darenet.org> on default :: 663:a0afb7a93684 / (4 files in 3 dirs): Add abstract dictionary type. Ripped straight from services-darenet,with a few tweaks.
Commit by Jason Hill <secretagent@darenet.org> on default :: 662:ad95cd88f480 / (ChangeLog ircd/m_whois.c): Show name in reply, as well; missed in changeset f46ea4b9ff58.
Commit by Jason Hill <secretagent@darenet.org> on default :: 661:b50afe44a225 / (ChangeLog ircd/s_user.c): No longer display client cert notice on connect -- overly verbose.A user can simply whois themselves now if needed, or continue touse FINGERPRINT.

services-darenet

services-darenet is a derivative of X3, which in turn is derived from srvx, but also includes features unique to DareNET.

Recent Commit Log

Commit by Jason Hill <secretagent@darenet.org> on default :: 661:78841f8a59e9 / (ChangeLog src/nickserv.help): nickserv: Finish updating remaining help entries to conformto the new helpfile-writing style.
Commit by Jason Hill <secretagent@darenet.org> on default :: 658:1ea37d4417c8 / (ChangeLog src/nickserv.c): NickServ: Don't bake invalid cookies.
Commit by Jason Hill <secretagent@darenet.org> on default :: 657:19c3c42131c1 / (ChangeLog src/nickserv.c): NickServ: Fix possible memory leak in cookie generation.
Commit by Jason Hill <secretagent@darenet.org> on default :: 656:adcc9a1e6299 /tests/wundergroundtest.py: Add a test for new Weather Underground client library.

webchat-darenet

webchat-darenet is simply the code name we've given to our series of patches for the popular qwebirc client (some of which may be found here). Much thanks to Chris Porter (slug) for developing this great client, and freely releasing it.

website-darenet

The current site is built upon the Joomla framework, and boasts a wide variety of custom components, modules and applications. It is integrated with the IRC network, which presently allows individuals to register a NickServ (DareNET) account, which can then be used to build a user profile, post to the forums, create social groups, chat on IRC and more.

The site is programmed in PHP and Python, and uses MySQL as its database backend.

FAQ

Where can I download your projects?

While we do plan to eventually release our projects someday, your patience is required until it happens.

I found a bug, where can I report it?

Please send any bug reports to dev@darenet.org. Alternatively, if the project is public, you may submit it on the appropriate tracker here. Use your DareNET (NickServ) username to login.

What development environment does DareNET use?

Most of our projects are developed in the C programming language; however, other languages such as Python are used too. The source is targeted at most of the popular Unix platforms, and all releases are tested on Gentoo Linux, Debian/Ubuntu and FreeBSD.

Most developers run a Unix-like operating system and use an open source tool chain with GCC, GNU Make, GDB, Autoconf, and so on. If you have contributed to open source software before, you will probably be familiar with these tools.

The complete list of required software to build any project developed by DareNET can be found in their respective installation instructions.

How do I get involved with DareNET Development?

Individuals interested in contributing to one of DareNET's various development projects (e.g. ircd-darenet, services-darenet, webchat-darenet, website-darenet, etc.) should send an email to dev@darenet.org. If you are involved with other projects, please note this in your email and possibly provide links to their project pages.