InspIRCd Spanning Tree Protocol — Change Log

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Change Log

1206 (v4)

Channel and user mode r (c_registered, u_registered) have been made optional and may no longer exist.

- CABAB CHANMODES :simple:c_registered=r
- CABAB USERMODES :simple:u_registered=r

Membership metadata can now be synchronised between servers using the METADATA message.

+ :36D METADATA @ 36DAAAAAA #channel 1234567890 2345678901 wibble :wobblw

Module link data in CAPAB MODULES and CAPAB MODSUPPORT is now sent as a series of key-value pairs with the same syntax as an URI query string (i.e. key=1value1&key2;key3=value3;key4).

- CAPAB MODULES :m_foo.so m_bar.so=wibble
+ CAPAB MODULES :foo bar=key1=value1&key2;key3=value%203

Module names in CAPAB MODULES and CAPAB MODSUPPORT no longer include the m_ prefix or .so file extension.

- CAPAB MODULES :m_foo.so m_bar.so m_baz.so
+ CAPAB MODULES :foo bar baz

Modules which were split, merged, or renamed in v4 will be reported in CAPAB MODULES using their new names.
- m_cloaking.so => cloak
- m_gecosban.so => realnameban
- m_services_account.so => account and services.
- m_svshold.so => services.
- m_topiclock.so => services.

- CAPAB MODULES :m_cloaking.so m_gecosban.so m_services_account.so
+ CAPAB MODULES :account cloak realnameban services

Server queries (SQUERY) are now sent as unicast messages to their target user instead of being encapsulated in a PRIVMSG.

- :36DAAAAAA PRIVMSG NickServ :IDENTIFY hunter2
+ :36DAAAAAA SQUERY NickServ :IDENTIFY hunter2

The accountnicks metadata key may now be sent to inform the server of valid nicknames for a user's account. This replaces user mode r (u_registered).

- :36C MODE 36DAAAAAA +r
+ :36C METADATA 36DAAAAAA accountnicks :Sadie Eidas

The CHANMAX, IDENTMAX, and NICKMAX keys in CAPAB CAPABILITIES have been renamed to MAXCHANNEL, MAXUSER, and MAXNICK respectively for consistency.

- CAPAB CAPABILITIES :CHANMAX=60 IDENTMAX=10 NICKMAX=30
+ CAPAB CAPABILITIES :MAXCHANNEL=60 MAXUSER=60 MAXNICK=30

The EXTBANS key in CAPAB CAPABILITIES has been replaced with the CAPAB EXTBANS message.

- CAPAB CAPABILITIES :EXTBANS=ABCdef
+ CAPAB EXTBANS :acting:mute=m matching:unauthed=U matching:account=R

The FHOST message now takes a second parameter which, if not a *, signifies a change of the real hostname of a user .

- :36DAAAAAA FHOST fake.host.name
+ :36DAAAAAA FHOST fake.host.name real.host.name
+ :36DAAAAAA FHOST * real.host.name
+ :36DAAAAAA FHOST fake.host.name *

The FIDENT message now takes a second parameter which, if not a *, signifies a change of the real username of a user .

- :36DAAAAAA FHOST fake.user.name
+ :36DAAAAAA FHOST fake.user.name real.user.name
+ :36DAAAAAA FHOST * real.user.name
+ :36DAAAAAA FHOST fake.user.name *

The GLOBOPS key in CAPAB CAPABILITIES has been removed. Instead, the globops module can be detected by its presence in CAPAB MODSUPPORT.

- CAPAB CAPABILITIES :GLOBOPS=0
+ CAPAB MODSUPPORT :globops

The SERVER message for directly-linked servers no longer contains the hopcount field.

- :36D SERVER irc2.example.com password 0 36D :Example Server
+ :36D SERVER irc2.example.com password 36D :Example Server

The UID message now has an extra field for the real username of the user which is being introduced.

- :36D UID 36DAAAAAA 1234567890 Sadie localhost sadie.moe sadie 127.0.0.1 1234567890 +i :Sadie
+ :36D UID 36DAAAAAA 1234567890 Sadie localhost sadie.moe sp91 sadie 127.0.0.1 1234567890 +i :Sadie

The LMODE message was added to synchronise the contents of a mode list including the setter and set time.

- :36D FMODE #channel 1234567890 +bb *!*@example.com *!*@example.org
+ :36D LMODE #channel 1234567890 b *!*@example.com 1234567890 Sadie *!*@example.org 2345678901 Adam

The version and fullversion keys in SINFO were deprecated and replaced with customversion and rawbranch. If sent the deprecated keys will be parsed to attempt to extract the latter values from them.

- :36D SINFO fullversion :InspIRCd-4.0.0-a10. sadie.testnet.inspircd.org :[597] Test
- :36D SINFO version :InspIRCd-4. testnet.inspircd.org :Test
+ :36D SINFO customversion :Test
+ :36D SINFO rawbranch :InspIRCd-4

The ~context=<chan> tag can now be sent to make a user-targeted PRIVMSG, NOTICE, or TAGMSG appear to be sent to a channel.

- :36DAAAAAA NOTICE 36EAAAAAA :[#channel] Welcome to #channel. Make sure to introduce yourself.
+ @~context=#channel :36DAAAAAA NOTICE 36EAAAAAA :Welcome to #channel. Make sure to introduce yourself.

1205 (v3)

IRCv3 message tags are now supported.

- :36D FOO bar baz
+ @foo=bar;baz :36D FOO bar baz

The BURST message is no longer sent for indirectly-linked servers.

- :36D BURST 3133641600

The CAPAB CHANMODES and CAPAB USERMODES messages have been extended to include the type of mode and mode rank (if applicable). The new format is <type>[:<rank>]:<name>=[<prefix>]<letter>.

- CAPAB CHANMODES :ban=b key=k limit=l op=@o moderated=m
+ CABAB CHANMODES :list:ban=b param:key=k param-set:limit=l prefix:30000:op=@o simple:moderated=n

The CHANMODES token in the CAPAB CAPABILITIES message was removed. This is now provided in CAPAB CHANMODES instead.

- CAPAB CAPABILITIES :FOO=123 CHANMODES=b,k,l,imnpstr BAR=456
+ CAPAB CAPABILITIES :FOO=123 BAR=456

The ELINE, GLINE, KLINE, QLINE, and ZLINE messages have been removed. You should use ADDLINE and DELLINE instead.

- :36D ELINE *@example.com 60 :Example
- :36D ELINE *@example.com
+ :36D ADDLINE E *@example.com Sadie 420 60 :Example
+ :36D DELLINE E *@example.com

The FJOIN message now includes unique membership identifiers for members.

- :36D FJOIN #chan 3133641600 +l 69 :o,36DAAAAAA v,36DAAAAAA
+ :36D FJOIN #chan 3133641600 +l 69 :o,36DAAAAAA:420 o,36DAAAAAB:69

The FMODE message no longer supports changing user modes. You should use MODE instead.

- :36DAAAAAA FMODE 36DAAAAAA 69 +os Aa
+ :36DAAAAAA MODE 36DAAAAAA +os Aa

The FTOPIC message now has the channel creation time as the second parameter.

- :36D FTOPIC #chan 69 Sadie :Welcome to the cool zone!
+ :36D FTOPIC #chan 420 69 Sadie :Welcome to the cool zone!

The IJOIN message has been added for joins to an existing channel.

- :36D FJOIN #chan 69 + :o,36DAAAAAA
+ :36DAAAAAA IJOIN #chan 420 69 o

The INVITE message now has the channel creation time as the third parameter.

- :20D INVITE 36DAAAAAA #chan
+ :20D INVITE 36DAAAAAA #chan 69

The JOIN message has been removed. You should send FJOIN instead.

- :36DAAAAAA JOIN #chan
+ :36D FJOIN #chan 69 + :,36DAAAAAA

The KICK message now has a membership identifier as the third parameter.

- :36DAAAAAA KICK #chan 36DAAAAAB :Begone vile troll!
+ :36DAAAAAA KICK #chan 36DAAAAAB 69 :Begone vile troll!

The MAXGECOS token in the CAPAB CAPABILITIES message was renamed to MAXREAL.

- CAPAB CAPABILITIES :FOO=123 MAXGECOS=100 BAR=456
+ CAPAB CAPABILITIES :FOO=123 MAXREAL=100 BAR=456

The METADATA message when sent with a channel target now has the channel creation time as the second parameter.

- :36D METADATA #channel wibble :wobble
+ :36D METADATA #channel 69 wibble :wobble

The MODENOTICE message was moved to a module. You should send it with ENCAP to avoid causing a netsplit.

- :36DAAAAAA MODENOTICE o :Greetings fellow opers!
+ :36DAAAAAA ENCAP * MODENOTICE o :Greetings fellow opers!

The OPERQUIT message has been replaced with the operquit user metadata.

- :36DAAAAAA OPERQUIT :Spammer
+ :36D METADATA 36DAAAAAA operquit :Spammer

The OPERTYPE message can now handle sending a server operator type that contains spaces.

- :36DAAAAAA OPERTYPE Network_Administrator
+ :36DAAAAAA OPERTYPE :Network Administrator

The PING message no longer has the source server identifier as the first parameter.

- :36D PING 36D 36E
+ :36D PING 36E

The PING message now requires that the target is a server identifier instead of a server name.

- :36D PING irc2.example.com
+ :36D PING 36E

The PREFIX token in the CAPAB CAPABILITIES message was removed. This is now provided in CAPAB CHANMODES instead.

- CAPAB CAPABILITIES :FOO=123 PREFIX=(ov)@+ BAR=456
+ CAPAB CAPABILITIES :FOO=123 BAR=456

The PROTOCOL token in the CAPAB CAPABILITIES message was removed. This is now provided as as a parameter to CAPAB START instead.

- CAPAB CAPABILITIES :FOO=123 PROTOCOL=1202 BAR=456
+ CAPAB START 1205

The PUSH message has been removed. You should use NUM for sending numerics instead.

- :36D PUSH 36EAAAAAA ::irc2.example.com 375 Sadie :irc2.example.com message of the day
+ :36D NUM 36D 36EAAAAAA 375 :irc2.example.com message of the day

The RESYNC message has been added to resynchronise the state of a channel if an IJOIN is sent for an unknown channel.

+ :36D RESYNC #chan

The RULES message has been removed with no replacement.

- :36DAAAAAA RULES *.example.com

The SERVER message for indirectly-linked servers can now contain data about the server and no longer includes a dummy password and hop count.

- 36D SERVER irc2.example.com 36E * 0 :Server no. 2
+ 36D SERVER irc2.example.com 36E burst=69 hidden=yes :Server no. 2

The SINFO fullversion message was added to allow opers to see the full version in /VERSION.

+ :36D SINFO fullversion :InspIRCd-3.2.1. irc2.example.com :[36D]

The SINFO rawversion message was added to allow opers to see the full version in /MAP.

+ :36D SINFO rawversion :InspIRCd-3.2.1

The SVSMODE message was renamed to MODE.

- :36DAAAAAA SVSMODE 36EAAAAAA +o
+ :36DAAAAAA MODE 36EAAAAAA +o

The SVSSILENCE message has been replaced with the silence-list user metadata.

- :36D SVSSILENCE 36EAAAAAA +foo@bar@baz cnpt
+ :36D METADATA 36EAAAAAA silence-list :foo!bar@baz NnPp

The SVSWATCH message has been removed with no replacement.

- :36DAAAAAA SVSWATCH 36EAAAAAA +Sadie

The TOPIC message has been removed. You should use FTOPIC instead.

- :36D TOPIC #chan Sadie :Welcome to the cool zone!
+ :36D FTOPIC #chan 420 69 Sadie :Welcome to the cool zone!

The USERMODES token in the CAPAB CAPABILITIES message was removed. This is now provided in CAPAB USERMODES instead.

- CAPAB CAPABILITIES :FOO=123 USERMODES=,,s,iow BAR=456
+ CAPAB CAPABILITIES :FOO=123 BAR=456

The VERSION message has been removed. You should send SINFO version instead.

- :36D VERSION :InspIRCd-3.2. irc2.example.com :
+ :36D SINFO version :InspIRCd-3.2. irc2.example.com :

The length of messages post-authentication is no longer limited.

- :36D FJOIN #chan 3133641600 +l 69 :o,36DAAAAAA:420
- :36D FJOIN #chan 3133641600 +l 69 :o,36DAAAAAB:69
+ :36D FJOIN #chan 3133641600 +l 69 :o,36DAAAAAA:420 o,36DAAAAAB:69

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