Anope 2.1.18 Release
Anope 2.1.18 has been released. This is a development release.
The most notable changes are:
- Added a check that a non-deprecated database module is loaded.
- Added support for flexible and monospace layouts to make text easier to read on clients that use a variable-width font.
- Added support for logging about deprecated modules on boot.
- Added support for per-IRCd hints when a link fails.
- Added support for self-service validation of vhosts using DNS TXT records.
- Added support for separate bad password limits for pre-connection SASL authentication.
- Added support for SRV and TXT records to the dns module.
- Added the –nodb option to disable database and encrytption module checks.
- Added the hostserv/validate command.
- Added the nickname registration date to the nickserv/glist output.
- Added the nickserv/saset/layout command.
- Added the nickserv/set/layout command.
- Added the ns_sasl_anonymous module.
- Added the ns_sasl_external module.
- Added the ns_sasl_plain module.
- Added the ns_set_layout module.
- Added the ns_set_op module.
- Added {hs_request}:validationcooldown (defaults to 5 minutes).
- Added {hs_request}:validationrecord (defaults to “anope-dns-validation”).
- Added {ns_sasl}:badpasslimit (defaults to options:badpasslimit).
- Added {ns_sasl}:badpasstimeout (defaults to options:badpasstimeout).
- Changed db_flatfile to be import-only (migrate to db_json).
- Changed the default registration confirmation type to code validation.
- Changed the fantasy !help command to not require the FANTASY privilege by default.
- Changed various length measurement code to be UTF-8 aware.
- Disabled the nickname registration delay by default.
- Fixed reporting the MySQL version that the mysql module was built against.
- Improved the layout of the nickserv/info command.
- Modularised the ns_sasl module to make it easier to pick SASL mechanisms.
- Moved duration rounding logic from Anope::Expires to Anope::Duration.
- Moved nickserv/set/autoop and nickserv/saset/autoop to the ns_set_op module.
- Moved nickserv/set/display and nickserv/saset/display to the ns_set_group module.
- Moved nickserv/set/neverop and nickserv/saset/neverop to the ns_set_op module.
- Removed support for importing old databases from 1.8.
- Removed support for verifying “old MD5” passwords from 1.7.
- Removed the db_old module.
- Removed the enc_old module.
- Removed {db_flatfile}:fork (module is now import-only).
- Removed {db_flatfile}:keepbackups (module is now import-only).
- Removed {db_flatfile}:nobackupokay (module is now import-only).
- Reworked how memory is allocated when formatting messages.
The full change log can be found on GitHub.
Users who want to test out new features are encouraged to upgrade. Before upgrading you may wish to take a backup of your databases and read the upgrading guide. If you encounter any incompatibilities that aren’t mentioned on this page then please open an issue.
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