1 03Jan99========================================================================
2 1. Upped the version no !!!!
3 2. made the DXProtocol routines much less sensitive to '~' characters (JE1SGH)
4 3. added '^' -> ':' conversions on ann, talk and dx commands
5 4. You can now send messages containing blank lines.
6 5. Fixed merge command problem reported by G0RDI
7 28Dec98========================================================================
8 1. Crossed fingers, got rid of the instabilities caused by execing programs
9 at vast speed (reduced it significantly anyway).
10 2. Personals will now move if homenode is known.
11 3. Added Local.pm for doing local specials
12 27Dec98========================================================================
13 1. Various detail changes to remove some more warning with -w on
14 2. Added DXCron handling - you can do crontabs now.
15 3. Added show/program command so you can see where it is loading your .pm files
17 4. Added pc26/27 replies to locally connected cluster's merge (pc25) requests
18 5. Added spotters DXCC and original cluster to Spot data files.
19 23Dec98========================================================================
20 1. Reindented various things
21 2. Added missing $main::mycall on the end of outgoing PC11s (!)
22 3. Check that PC16/17 node calls really are nodes (AFAIAC).
23 22Dec98========================================================================
24 1. Added brackets round callsign if not here for prompt
25 2. Added Iain's set/password routine
26 3. Fixed sh/dx problems (the xemacs indent region messed Spot.pm up!)
28 21Dec98============= late! ====================================================
29 1. fixed problem with missing DXDebug in DXProt.
30 2. Fixed DXDebug so that it actually works as advertised with and without
32 3. Added deduping of WWV spots as well (at for date,time,sfi,k and i) dups
33 4. Replaced the 0 in "02-Dec-1998" with ' ' so it reads " 2-Dec-1998", it seems
34 hard to credit it but some 'programs' out there that connect to clusters have
35 problems with the leading '0'!
36 5. In the same vain, included a strictly AK1A compatible sh/heading, apparently
37 this is necessary for the same reason as 4.
38 6. Started contrib tree stored the old show/heading in contrib/g0rdi/show.
39 7. Because I now correctly dedupe spots and wwv (there's a hostage to fortune..)
40 I have added a merge command.
41 21Dec98========================================================================
42 1. Added "issue" to the client program for 'login' connections
43 2. Added more docs for client program.
44 3. Fixed problem introduced in 1.12 where a connect locally with a callsign of
45 someone connected remotely would stop the cluster.
47 20Dec98========================================================================
48 1. Removed all the warnings I get with perl -w (at least for just starting the
49 cluster and running a few commands).
50 2. Added per node hop control.
51 3. Added some docs on how to use it and isolation
52 4. Made talk command more intelligent in that if the user isn't seen and the
53 user's last node is visible it tries the talk anyway.
54 19Dec98========================================================================
55 1. Fixed problems with sh/rcmd (talk/ann/log) with a callsign as argument and
56 also made what G0RDI wanted work as well!
57 2. Added isolate flag to allow isolation of different networks at a gateway.
58 3. Changed make Makefile.PL to perl Makefile.PL in instructions
59 4. Copied latest instructions to html directory
60 5. Had another attempt at making clients disconnect without hanging everytime.
61 6. Changed msg queuing semantics so that the system routes on exact callsign.
62 7. Changed the protocol version so that it increments with the DXSpider version.
63 14Dec98========================================================================
64 1. Made the telnet thing work a bit better. It still will not work reliably to
65 a real telnetd on port 23.
66 2. Allowed network logins on client by specifying login instead of call.
67 3. made msg handling more robust (PC30 with unknown streams cause PC42), queueing
68 is only done on channels that are in state 'normal'.
69 4. Added pc command which takes a callsign and some text and sends it without
70 mods to the callsign, useful for sending manual PC protocol to unstick things.
71 Also for sending anonymous messages to online users.
72 5. Stopped duplicate messages being stored (it receives them and then bins them)
73 6. Implemented PC49 delete/full from outside (kill full on the inside)
74 7. Implemented the client command in connect scripts so that you can have
75 different scripts for the same callsign.
76 8. Added sh/wwv command
77 13Dec98========================================================================
78 1. Fixed VS6 lat/long in prefix_data and wpxloc.raw
79 2. Sorted out last in times for remote users
80 3. editted and substitued G0RDI's version of the install instructions over
82 4. fixed telnet connections
83 5. added connect instructions to html tree.
84 6. Added some more help
86 12Dec98========================================================================
87 1. Incorporated sh/st, (un)set/lockout, forward/opername from Iain G0RDI
88 2. Added group handling with (un)set/group, show/group. This allows arbitrary
89 groups to be formed (for ann/<group> for example) and is also used to 'filter'
90 spots, announces, wwvs etc into groups of cluster nodes (useful for creating
91 disjoint cluster networks)
92 3. **** CHANGE mylongtitude to mylongitude in DXVars.pm ****
93 4. Altered QRA locator routines so they work correctly!
94 5. Fixed all commands that had the wrong mylat(itude) and mylong(itude) names
96 07Dec98========================================================================
97 1. Added set/name, set/qra, set/location, set/qth, set/homenode, set/bbs,
99 2. changed the Msg socket close to a shutdown (hopefully more reliable), this
100 should stop clients hanging on exit.
101 3. Added Alias support for help
102 4. Added lltos and stoll routines to DXBearing
103 5. Added auto prompting for name, qth, location and homenode if any of these
105 06Dec98========================================================================
106 1. Fixed DXBearing::is_qra so that it correctly detects full QRA locators
107 2. Added sh/qra for doing locator distances and bearings
108 3. Added some stuff to Notes.txt on hints for command writers
109 4. Changed help system to use just one file per language
110 5. Started adding more help
111 6. Fixed 24Mhz band limits
112 7. Added apropos command and lots of new help text
113 05Dec98========================================================================
114 1. Added sh/heading and QRA locator calculation stuff
115 04Dec98========================================================================
116 1. Started Changes file
117 2. Added load/cmd_cache.pl to clear cmd cache shortcuts (use this if cluster.pl
118 get confused about where it is getting its commands from eg if you have
119 removed a file from local_cmd 'cos you want to go back to standard one)
120 3. Fixed bull handling at least to the extent that it stores them and
121 doesn't mess up the normal directory handling.
122 4. Fixed the unset/debug command so that it actually does the job!
123 5. Removed the middle line 'written in perl for unix' from show/version.pl