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@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@ + irker history + +2.19: 2020-06-29 + Codebase is now fully forward-poerted to Python 3. + +2.18: 2016-06-02 + Add the ability to set the notification-message template (Debian bug #824512) + +2.17: 2016-03-14 + Add a reconnect delay (Debian bug #749650). + Add proxy support (requres setting some variables in the source file). + Use git abbreviated hash to address Debian complaints. + +2.16: 2016-02-18 + Code now runs under either Python 2 or Python 3 + +2.15: 2016-01-12 + Emergency backout of getaddrinfo, it randomly hangs. + +2.14: 2016-01-12 + Lookup with getaddrinfo allows use with IPv6. + Documentation improvements. + +2.13: 2015-06-14 + SSL validation fix. + Hardening against Unicode decode errors. + irk becomes a library so it can be re-used. + +2.12: 2014-10-22 + Catch erroneous UTF-8 or non-UTF-8 from servers. + Also autodetect the right logging device under FreeBSD: /var/run/syslog + +2.11: 2014-06-20 + With -i, message string argument now optional, stdin is read if it is absent. + Auto-adapt to BSD & OS X log device as well as Linux's. + +2.10: 2014-06-19 + irk no longer fails on ircs channel URLs. + +2.9: 2014-06-01 + If irkerd is running in background, log to /dev/syslog (facility daemon). + New -H option to set host listening address. + Add support for using CertFP to auth to the IRC server, and document it. + +2.8: 2014-05-30 + Various minor improvements to irk. + Cope better with branch names containing slashes. + +2.7: 2014-03-15 + Add support for ircs:// and SSL/TLS connections to IRC servers. + Add support for per-URL usernames and passwords. + +2.6: 2014-02-04 + Fix for an infinite loop on failing to connect to IRC + +2.5: 2013-12-24 + Bug fix - remove a deadlock we inherited from irclib. + +2.4: 2013-12-03 + Bug fix release - some users reported failure to connect with 2.3. + Also prevent a crash if Unicode shows up in the wrong place. + +2.3: 2013-11-30 + -i option enables immediate sending of one line in foreground. + +2.2: 2013-11-29 + Fixed Unicode processing - got busted in 2.0 when irclib was removed. + Show Python traceback on higher debug levels. + +2.1: 2013-11-26 + A performance improvement in the git repository hook. + Documentation polishing. + +2.0: 2013-11-16 + The dependency on irclib is gone. + An email delivery method, suitable for use on SourceForge. + irkerhook can now be used as a hg changegroup hook. + Prevent misbehavior on UTF-8 in commit metadata. + Fix a crash bug on invalid hostnames. + +1.20: 2013-05-17 + Compatibility back to Python 2.4 (provided simplejson is present). + Increased anti-flood delay to avoid trouble with freenode. + +1.19: 2013-05-06 + Fixed a minor bug in argument processing + +1.18: 2013-04-16 + Added -l option; irker can now be used as a channel monitor. + Added -n and -p option: the nick can be forced and authenticated. + +1.17: 2013-02-03 + Various minor fixes and bulletproofing. + +1.16: 2013-01-24 + Deal gracefully with non-ASCII author names and '|' in the command line. + +1.15: 2012-12-08 + Don't append an extra newline in the Subversion hook. + +1.14: 2012-11-26 + irclib 5.0 and urlparse compatibility fixes. + +1.13: 2012-11-06 + Fix for a very rare thread race found by AI0867. + Work around a midesign in the IRC library. + +1.12: 2012-10-11 + Emergency workaround for a Unicode-handling error buried deep in irclib. + The IRC library at version 3.2 or later is required for this version! + Only ship to freenode #commits by default. + +1.11: 2012-10-10 + Code is now fully Unicode-safe. + A 'cialike' option emulates the file-summary behavior on the old CIA service. + +1.10: 2012-10-09 + Expire disconnected connections if they aren't needed or can't reconnect. + Eventlet support removed - didn't play well with the library mutex. + +1.9: 2012-10-08 + Proper mutex locks prevent an occasional thread crash on session timeout. + There's now systemd installation support for irkerd. + +1.8: 2012-10-06 + It's now possible to send to nick URLs. + Cope gracefully if an IRC server dies or hangs during the nick handshake. + +1.7: 2012-10-05 + Optional metadata filtering with a user-specified command. + irkerd code is now armored against IRC library errors in the delivery threads. + +1.6: 2012-10-04 + In 1.5 trying to appease pylint broke the Mercurial hook. + Added credits for contributors in hacking.txt. + Fix the aging out of connections when we hit a resource limit. + +1.5: 2012-10-03 + Mercurial support. + Shorten nick negotiation by choosing a random nick base from a large range. + Make irkerd exit cleanly on control-C. + +1.4: 2012-10-02 + Graceful handling of server disconnects and kicks. + Distribution now inclues an installable irkerd plist for Mac OS/X. + The color variable is no longer boolean; may be miRC or ANSI. + The installation instructions for irkerhook.py have changed! + +1.3: 2012-10-01 + Support for an irker.conf file to set irkerhook variables under Subversion. + Color highlighting of notification fields can be enabled. + irkerhook.py now has its own manual page. + Added channelmax variable for rate-limiting. + irkerd now uses green threads, with much lower overhead. + Fix a bug in handling of channel names with no prefix. + +1.2: 2012-09-30 + All segments of a message with embedded newlines are now transmitted. + Message reduction - irkerhook drops the filelist on excessively long ones. + Shell quote hardening in irkerhook.py and some anti-DoS logic. + +1.1: 2012-09-28 + Add a delay to avoid threads spinning on the empty-queue-check, eating CPU. + Fix a bug in reporting of multi-file commits. + +1.0: 2012-09-27 + First production version, somewhat rushed by the sudden death of cia.vc + on 24 September. + + + + + + + + + + + + + |