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diff --git a/doc/CHANGES b/doc/CHANGES index cd100741..05ae81f6 100644 --- a/doc/CHANGES +++ b/doc/CHANGES @@ -1,4 +1,23 @@ Version x.x: +- Added ForkDaemon mode next to the existing Daemon- and inetd modes. With + ForkDaemon you can run BitlBee as a stand-alone daemon and every connection + will run in its own process. No more need to configure inetd, and still you + don't get the stability problems BitlBee unfortunately still has in ordinary + (one-process) daemon mode. +- Added inter-process/connection communication. This made it possible to + implement some IRC operator features like WALLOPs, KILL, DIE, REHASH and + more. +- Added hooks for using libevent instead of GLib for event handling. This + should improve scalability, although this won't really be useful yet because + the one-process daemon mode is not reliable enough. +- BitlBee now makes the buddy quits when doing "account off" look like a + netsplit. Modern IRC clients show this in a different, more compact way. +- GLib 1.x compatibility was dropped. BitlBee now requires GLib 2.6 (FIXME) + or newer. This allows us to use more GLib features. By now GLib 1.x is so + old that supporting it isn't really necessary anymore. +- Many, many, MANY little changes, improvements, fixes. Using non-blocking + I/O as much as possible, fixed lots of little bugs (including bugs that + affected daemon mode stability). See the bzr logs for more information. - Most important change: New file format for user data (accounts, nicks and settings). Migration to the new format should happen transparently, BitlBee will read the old files and once you quit/save it will save in the |