2.7-New


 * WHOREPLY and NAMREPLY become numberics instead of strings.

* msa's patches to kick/mode to attempt to follow nick name changes

* spike's patches to get SUMMON to find last idle tty

* melazy's various DNS improvements.

* pjg's saber C check

* prefix changed for all server->client messages in which the origin of the sender is a client to appear as follows: nick!user@host

* TRACE output changed.

* # channel topics broadcast

* +-numeric channels removed from server

* numerics for TRACE output 201-209

* new switches for STATS: i,k,q,y

* numerics for stats output 211-219

* MODE changed to also operate on users

* deoper added as both mode and direct command. deoper sends out ":user OPER -" to other servers. (from Kaizzu)

* XTRA/VOICE/GRAPH removed.

* MODE +a scrapped.

* added custom ANSI-compatible ctype macros to ensure speed

* user modes i,w,s,o implemented as follows: i - invisible. over rides any channel mode for those external to your channel. you are invisible.

w - receive wallops

s - receive local service notices (errors, etc)

o - operator flag. (can not be set currently except using the		   OPER command).

* MODE +b added to ban a user from a channel using "nick!user@host" as the mask to match to the user. If the user matches the ban mask they are not allowed in. MODE +b with no parameters returns the list of ban masks currently in place. MODE +b and MODE -b add/delete a ban mask respectively. Thanks to HulkHogan (andy@lingua.cltr.uq.oz.au) for defining what we needed here and the 'BlackBall' approach.

* Operator passwords may now be stored in the ircd.conf file as the encrypted plaintext. Crypt(3) is used to generate the matching plaintext from the OPER command. Thanks to the following people for help with this: Sean Batt (sean@coombs.anu.edu.au), Andy. M. Jones (andy@lingua.cltr.uq.oz.au), Nelson Minar (minar@reed.edu).

* Server now creates "ircd.pid" file when booted. Holds the current pid of the server.

* Each O and I line in the ircd.conf file may be linked only a number of times equal to or the max. links value for the class they belong to.

* Server stores results of any successful DNS lookups for servers so that future lookups are not needed. A rehash will wipe all previous lookup results and cause the server to start over. The server will attempt to lookup each hostname in a C/N line on booting. This may cause a delay during starting the server.

* All functions should be of the form "function_name", macros of the form "MacroName" and constants as CONSTANT.

* Services are now treated with some respect. A service is associated with an S-line in the ircd.conf. A service must send a NICK/SERVICE pair on connecting to achieve service status.

* JOIN/PART now accept a list of channels in the first parameter with each separated by a ",". eg "JOIN #foo,#bar,#foobar"

* A hopcount for the distance to nicknames and servers has been introduced (for better or worse). It is passed as the second parameter to both NICK and SERVER. WHO and LINKS both report the hopcount in the info field.

* Default for WALL and WALLOPS set "off"

* rearranged config.h

* ISON now returns nicknames with the actual case, i.e.         ISON wiz will answer WiZ

New into 2.7.1

* STATS u, r, z		u - uptime r - CPU useage stats z - counts and shows current memory useage r & z are only available if DEBUGMODE is defined in config.h

* GETHOST which forces all reverse lookups of ip#'s to also match when doing a forward lookup of the hostname returned.

* SENDQ_ALWAYS buffering policy for sending data over links. (Server tries to buffer as much data as possible before attempting	  a write).

New into 2.7.2

* NOTE (once again appears and in much better state)

* WHOWAS gives a list of known users of the nick in question rather than just the most recent.

* Server can accept both server and client connections via a unix domain socket. This provides greater security and reliability for connections between the host and itself. (#define UNIXPORT)

* STATS C reports L-lines: New Numeric 241

* #define for showing all users the invisible count from LUSERS