+23Feb03=======================================================================
+1. Added show/wm7d command (a US only callbook server) [by K1XX].
+2. Added a prototype show/db0sdx command (w.i.p).
+22Feb03=======================================================================
+1. changed qrz.com address
+2. added Charlie's [K1XX] new wpxloc.raw data stuff to get WA1, KC3 type
+callsigns to work better.
+3. added in set/usstate command which prints any US state information
+available on both the spotted (LHS of time) and spotter (RHS of time).
+[Translators: I have added usstates and usstateu to Messages].
+4. Merged in the new (faster) DXUser.pm.
+
+[NOTE] this version will require Storable to be installed. On the
+other hand the code may work without, in a compatible way. This bit hasn't
+been very well tested (the 'no Storable' condition that is).
+
+[*** NOTE ***] make sure that you do an 'export_user' BEFORE restarting
+you node. (Yes I know this is like a shrinkwrap licence, but I can't
+help it).
+
+It will take several minutes for the node to restart when it does the
+conversion from .v2 to .v3 user file. Please go and have a good strong cup
+of tea whilst this is happening.
+
+If it fails then you will need to edit your latest user_asc file on (or about)
+line 25 it says: $ref = decode($f[1]); you will need to change that to
+$ref = asc_decode($f[1]); and then do: perl user_asc
+
+DO MAKE SURE THAT you include subdirectories in your CVS update
+
+21Feb03=======================================================================
+1. moved the export of the users file to Wednesday night (GMT) to avoid
+possible crashes and/or delays during a contest weekend.
+14Feb03=======================================================================
+1. some major changes to the structure of the manual documentation. To bring
+the manuals into line, they now have the language tag (like
+installation_en.html). Hopefully someone will translate the manuals
+eventually :-) I have left the old files in CVS for now to allow
+everyone to change any symlinks etc to the new filenames. I will remove the
+old files shortly, please update your links! (g0vgs)
+2. docs makefile updated and commands2sgml.pl added from M0AZM. This script
+inserts the helpfiles automagically from Commands_en.hlp into the relevant
+manuals. (g0vgs)
+3. Commands_en.hlp adjusted slightly to ensure at least one space before
+examples for the purposes of the above script. (g0vgs)
+4. Amend index.html to the right document names. (g0vgs)
+09Feb03=======================================================================
+1. Correct some typos in the manuals and update perl modules etc. Also
+amend some help files to show correct syntax, around the 'clear' commands
+swapping [input] and <callsign> in each case, translators please take note.
+Thanks to Dave N3RD for info. (g0vgs)
+2. update the addendum for latest build and include information on additional
+modules required. (g0vgs)
+20Jan03=======================================================================
+1. changed sh/c so that, by default, it only shows the caller's country nodes
+sh/c all will show the old style full list. "sh/c sk gb" will show the config
+of all the GB and SK nodes.
+2. changed sh/stat and sh/route for nodes
+19Jan03=======================================================================
+1. I have made a fundemental change to the way PC19s are dealt with as a
+result of the discussions on the mailing list. From now on, only nodes that
+issue PC16s will have PC19s propagated. If they *ever* issue a PC16 then from
+then on they are considered as being 'connected' and thus routable. No PC16
+and you have no route. This should stop all passive links being routed. For
+the few cases where you know that that is a very small node and it rarely has
+users, then you can do a set/routepc19 <node> to enable PC19 propagation. In
+the even more rare case of you wanting to prevent PC19s being routed thru
+your node, you can use unset/routepc19. THIS IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR ROUTE
+FILTERING!!!!! [translators: I have added wpc16s, wpc16u, wpc19s, wpc19u]
+
+BTW the first time you connect again you will notice a separate PC19 go out
+for each 'new' PC16 that the node sees. This is normal and will go away the
+second time the system needs to issue a PC19.
+2. Alter the export_user command to remove users that have no useful info
+and have not been seen for more than (default) 1 year.
+3. fix the problem of users on more than one node not being propagated
+4. remove spaces and all non-US ascii characters from PC41 for the dup check.
+5. put in check to see if the parent of a newly allowed PC19 is still there
+(this needs further investigation).
+17Jan03=======================================================================
+1. Fix problem with lines being left in the main input queue for a
+disconnected/ing node.
+14Jan03=======================================================================
+1. Tidy up AUTOLOAD functions
+2. Make sure that empty PC16s are not sent on startup to a node.
+12Jan03=======================================================================
+1. add Czech language courtesy of Milan OK1XH
+06Jan03=======================================================================
+1. add the latest changes to the spider-web java interface from Rene, OZ1LQH.
+Please note that there is a change to the spider.cgi file this time so that
+the client show 'Connected to Node_Call' instead of the hostname. You will
+need to update your cgi file when you update the changes. Please make sure
+that you back up your old files first! (g0vgs)
+2. yet more changes to the java client from Rene :-) Also added a makefile
+and a Changes file for the client in the spider-web directory.
+05Jan03=======================================================================
+1. fix some irritating messages caused by protocol loops in sh/c
+2. update copyright
+3. move GN from GJ to GI
+31Dec02=======================================================================
+1. Update files in the java client with fixes and additions from Rene, OZ1LQH
+05Dec02=======================================================================
+1. Fix SSID issues with AGWMsg.
+2. updated show/hftable, vhftable, hfstats, vhfstats and dxstats after K1XX
+sent in some sample code indicated new functionality he requires. Translators
+please note that the stat* messages have been changed and e33 added. I have
+also added quite a bit of extra examples and things to the relevant HELP
+texts. It is now possible to search from any date for up to 365 days of data.
+You can get the information by prefix or by callsign or for ALL spots.
+04Dec02=======================================================================
+1. updated sh/log to allow searching for more arbitrary strings such as IP
+addresses
+08Nov02=======================================================================
+1. update Keps.pm to reflect which satellites now come round in the weekly
+updates. I suggest that you copy this file to /spider/local and do a load/kep
+and you should lose all the 'old' satellites (eg MIR).
+08Nov02=======================================================================
+1. made some small mods to grepdbg and spot2csv.pl
+2. fix a possible DOS in dx command
+07Nov02=======================================================================
+1. allow three digit longitudes
+2. make a small change to see if messages now stay in place.
+3. make keep actually stick over a reboot and take it fully into account for
+deletions (translators: I added m18).
+4. try not to delete new messages (even if this is an update that reads 'old'
+messages with missing fields).
+29Oct02=======================================================================
+1. make sh/log et al a bit more efficient.
+2. fix dupe message in dx.
+3. update cty.dat to the latest, add k8T, K8O to KH8 and TX5BTY to FO/A
+4. clear cache on reload of prefixes
+25Oct02=======================================================================
+1. remove the dupefile automatically if it becomes corrupted
+2. instrument the startup slightly more
+21Oct02=======================================================================
+1. Fix msg aging.
+2. make the default pinginterval and obscount variable (set/var
+$DXProt::pingint and $DXProt::obscount)
+20Oct02=======================================================================
+1. remove dupe check on local sysop announces
+2. fix format errors on sh/muf for 5.8.0
+3. add new version of the administration manual that includes WinCVS with
+thanks to K1XX (g0vgs).
+17Oct02=======================================================================
+1. added new Spanish files for help and Messages from Angel, EA7WA.
+16Oct02=======================================================================
+1. decrease the default max length of PC16/19 to around 180 characters to be
+slightly friendlier to ARC, which seems to have a difficulty reconstructing
+lines from multiple packets. Also make the value settable via set/var.
+2. strip off blank spaces from the ends of lines of command output.
+15Oct02=======================================================================
+1. made some detail changes to the raw USDB data and the routines that
+generate and operate on them. There were some bugs involving a few 'missing'
+callsigns which been fixed. Also there were some, for our purposes, invalid
+callsigns in the database which have been removed (down to about 820,000
+entries now). You should really update your database.
+
+The latest code now (conditionally; ie if you have it loaded it will use it)
+support Compress::Zlib on both *nux and Windows. The suggested procedure
+is this:-
+
+1. Download the corrected database from
+ http://www.dxcluster.org/download/usdbraw.gz to somewhere like /tmp.
+2. update from CVS.
+3. Restart (on linux, just stop the node and *don't* restart on Windows).
+4. remove /spider/data/usdb.v1
+5. cd /spider/perl
+6. (perl) create_usdb.pl /tmp/usdbraw.gz (or wherever you put it)
+6a. If you don't have Compress::Zlib loaded then you will need to gunzip
+ it manually and do: create_usdb.pl /tmp/usdbraw (not Windows :-)
+7. on linux, in a console window do: load/usdb, on windows: restart the node.
+--
+2. Added set/usdb command to add adding or changing of a callsign in the USDB
+3. Stop dupe spots from the same spotter (with or without comment corruption)
+14Oct02=======================================================================
+1. added show/usdb command as a simple, direct interface to the information
+available in the USDB stuff.
+13Oct02=======================================================================
+1. A large change has occurred. There is now some (optional) US state recog-
+nition. This is in its early stages but appears to work for me. You will need
+to :-
+
+1. download the database at http://www.dxcluster.org/download/usdbraw.gz
+2. save it somewhere (/tmp, anywhere).
+3. Decompress it using your favorite program (gunzip / winzip) [call it
+ usdbraw if winzip]{BE WARNED, some browsers may decompress it on the
+ fly for you, you can tell; if it is 5Mb it is compressed - 16Mb not}.
+4. remove any /spider/data/user.v1 files lying around (at least for this
+ first time.
+5. cd /spider/perl
+6. perl create_usdb.pl /tmp/usdbraw (ie the UNCOMPRESSED file)
+7. Wait, I suggest some cups of tea are in order.
+8. Wait a bit more.
+
+You don't need Compress::Zlib anymore, I assumed it was universal.
+
+You will be able do this while the node is running somewhen. There is a
+planned method of keeping the US DB up to date with smaller (ie < 15Mb) patch
+files once a week but you will have to wait a bit for the code to bed down
+first. You can filter on routes, spots and announces using 'call_state' or
+'by_state' and a comma separated list of state codes. The HELP has been
+updated (which may help...).
+
+Once you have run the create_usdb.pl you will need to restart.
+
+If you don't need this, then don't run create_usdb.pl it will simply be
+a waste of time. The run-time version is 30Mb and has 840,000 odd entries
+in it. This does not replace or supplant sh/qrz (sorry Charlie [who put me
+up to this]).
+
+2. There are a number of other niff-naff changes which I hope will improve
+rather than hinder your user experience (including check forward as well as
+back for those speedy clocked dupes mentioned below).
+12Oct02=======================================================================
+1. attempt to improve the "check back for 5 minutes to see if this spot is
+the same as a previous one but for the time spotted" dupe check.
+2. improve the sh/vhftable and sh/hftable commands to allow you to enquire
+by dxcc country (using the relevant prefixes or dxcc country numbers).
+[note to translators, I have changed the help text and Messages tags for
+stat*].
+07Oct02=======================================================================
+1. fix problem with (invalid) callsigns starting with '0' (zero) eg 0f6ira.
+03Oct02=======================================================================
+1. only sysop (priv=5+) can now send to distro SYSOP, ordinary users will have
+their message routed to the $main::myalias callsign as a private message.
+29Sep02=======================================================================
+1. Added LRU caching to DXUsers and Prefix.
+2. make Timer::handler only search its chain once a second seeing as that
+is the minimum granularity available.
+3. add some separation between cfg file making, data generation and mrtg
+running. See /spider/cmd/mrtg.pl for some instructions...
+4. Added data in and out to the MRTG stats, you need to do an indexmaker
+to get them onto the index page, I have also added some colour to the
+legend to make what is being displayed a bit more obvious.
+
+See http://gb7djk.dxcluster.org/mrtg/stats.html for an example of the
+default screen.
+
+28Sep02=======================================================================
+1. Put some transparent caching into Prefix.pm to see if this has a
+performance impact.
+2. Fix doing a new log open for every log file write.
+26Sep02=======================================================================
+1. added WWV and WCY to the Mrtg stats. Don't forget to do an indexmaker!
+25Sep02=======================================================================
+1. added mrtg stuff to the system as a template. In order to use this you
+must install mrtg onto your system and copy all the mrtg files (or at least
+all the images) to new directory /spider/html/mrtg. The system generates the
+config file for you as part of its workings. To get it to update add a line
+to your spider crontab like:
+
+00,05,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * run_cmd('mrtg all')
+
+You will also need to do an indexmaker once in the html directory. I put the
+index page into /spider/html/mrtg/stats.html YMMV. I do:
+
+indexmaker --output stats.html --columns=1 --title "MRTG statistics for
+GB7DJK" ../../mrtg/mrtg.cfg
+
+But all on one line.
+2. I have made a technical change to the way ax25 connects outward on unix
+boxes are done. I currently have no way of testing this. I think it still
+works.
+22Sep02=======================================================================
+1. Add changes to the installation manual for Windows users from K1XX
+21Sep02=======================================================================
+1. make some detail changes for connects out in Msg.pm
+17Sep02=======================================================================
+1. Added shu command for Charlie's (K1XX) benefit (together with the rest of
+our butterfingered sysops) who miss the '/' out of sh/u frequently enough
+to curse. 'shu' simply types out a message saying 'type SHUT' to shutdown the
+node. Added 'shu' to /spider/perl/Messages. No need to restart, just
+load/mess and load/alias after doing a CVS.
+21Aug02=======================================================================
+1. added 'warc' and 'contesthf' to the regions in bands.pl (K1XX).
+20Aug02=======================================================================
+1. fix lines containing just the character '0' in messages (and console.pl)
+(K1XX).
+2. remove all newline characters from AGW data, thus treating it like a
+'normal' ax25 connection where the 'newline' convention is just carriage
+return (K1XX)
+06Aug02=======================================================================
+1. added 5.5Mhz band as '60m'.
+29Jul02=======================================================================
+1. Changed max R value in wcy to 500 from 300.
+2. Got rid of warnings on startup using 5.8.0
+28Jul02=======================================================================
+1. stick the invalid key deletes in an eval loop in export_user
+18Jul02=======================================================================
+1. Make additions and changes to manuals. (g0vgs)
+16Jul02=======================================================================
+1. Add changes to the spider-web java web client. Thanks to Rene, OZ1LQH. It
+should now be easier to install and run for all systems. (g0vgs)
+11Jul02=======================================================================
+1. NP work has now started in ernest ([ed]who he?). You will need to download
+Digest::SHA1 and any dependant packages to run this release. HOWEVER tempted
+you are, please don't set/newprotocol on any nodes. It won't work.
+http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Digest/Digest-SHA1-2.01.tar.gz
+2. Make the cluster node registered on from startup (from Mark HB9DBM).
+3. Make the 'export_users' process *MUCH* more robust. It should now accept
+funny characters and not rely on an absolutely 'perfect' user file to work.
+Errors are displayed (and logged if done from the cluster) and then ignored.
+Invalid callsigns are removed.
+09Jul02=======================================================================
+1. make the is_qra more accurate (from Mark HB9DBM).
+04Jul02=======================================================================
+1. added another fix to Prefix.pm so that it resolves Japan callsigns again
+also you can 'set/debug prefix' to see what it is trying to do.
+03Jul02=======================================================================
+1. Added the DEMONSTRATE command which allows a sysop to demonstrate a
+command to a user (from a request by Charlie K1XX).
+2. added message e31 (xxxx is not a user)
+02Jul02=======================================================================
+1. Fixed the problem with badspotter or badnode being set to baddx if either
+of the data files are missing.
+25Jun02=======================================================================
+1. as predicted there was an error in the Prefix routine, I have improved it.
+24Jun02=======================================================================
+1. make set/badspotter non SSID sensitive. Set/badnode is left to be SSID
+sensitive.
+2. added 3XA(=3X) and K1B(=KH1) also changed the logic of sh/prefix. This
+may break things, please test it.
+19Jun02=======================================================================
+1. make set/badspotter and set/badnode apply to announces and talks as well
+as spots.
+12Jun02=======================================================================
+1. fixed (un)set/wwv and (un)set/wcy so they don't issue spurious messages.
+Thanks Rene (oz1lqh)
+07Jun02=======================================================================
+1. fix messages in DXDb.pm to point to the correct ones. Thanks Rene (oz1lqh)
+2. add missing wcys and wcyu messages to Messages. Thanks Rene (again)
+3. upissue version number to 1.50 (finally)
+16Apr02=======================================================================
+1. allow the rest of PC19 to continue if it contains a reference to a locally
+connected node. Thank you Tommy SM3OSM.
+19Mar02=======================================================================
+1. fix problems with ephemeral dup checking on PC16,17,19,21
+2. perturb the problem with national character sets.
+15Mar02=======================================================================
+1. add help for 'accept' and 'reject'. (g0vgs)
+2. adjustments to the manuals (g0vgs)
+3. make changes to reflect the correct output of sh/sun and sh/moon based
+on information from Steve, K9AN. (g0vgs)
+23Feb02=======================================================================
+1. remove old satellites from keps.
+2. Add information on setting up the ax25 utils to the installation manual
+(g0vgs)
+19Feb02=======================================================================
+1. move the PC11 dup check after the input filter
+06Feb02=======================================================================
+1. changes to manuals to (hopefully) improve documentation and alter my email
+address (g0vgs)
+02Feb02=======================================================================
+1. changed sh/qrz to the latest incarnation of the command at qrz.com.
+29Jan02=======================================================================
+1. add VP8GEO to South Georgia
+27Jan02=======================================================================
+1. make save work in cron context
+2. try to get the C client to handle closes on its standard input better
+3. put some validation in cluster.pl to check that people have set it up
+handled.
+4. fix the long callsign checking
+22Jan02=======================================================================
+1. limit spot dupe checking to first 12 characters
+13Jan02=======================================================================
+1. changed the backstop termination alarm routing in the C client so that
+it flushes the input and output buffer and then commits suicide.
+12Jan02=======================================================================
+1. put setsockopts into eval block to allow some of them to fail
+11Jan02=======================================================================
+1. Make M$ TCP connx blocking again, sigh...
+2. backed out ALL the M$ speedup and make nicer changes :-(
+3. cope with data coming in during the disconnection process. Don't worry
+Earth people, this will take no longer than 15 of your Earth seconds...
+10Jan02=======================================================================
+1. set SO_LINGER = 0 to try to prevent the system sending data on a closing
+socket. This MAY help some of the hanging problems (but I am now beginning
+to doubt this).
+2. do the same on the C client (which means DON'T FORGET to make it).
+3. set no nagling on the output from the node.
+4. set KEEPALIVE on TCP connections for both the node and C Client (you will
+have to make the C client again) and you will need to restart.
+5. It appears that it IS possible to set non blocking on M$ you just need to
+know how.
+6. Fix problem with load/cmd_cache core dumping the system
+08Jan02=======================================================================
+1. altered sh/qrz to point to the new server
+2. alter the character set handling a bit to make it better for spanish
+06Jan02=======================================================================
+1. fix leading space removal from messages input from the keyboard
+2. make some mods to allow perl 5.7.2 to run
+3. create $DXProt::eph_restime to allow variable slugging of ephemeral dups
+4. create $DXProt::eph_info_restime to allow a long dupe time for these
+5. create $DXProt::eph_pc34 to allow a short anti dupe slug for rcmd loops
+6. Add a new sysop cmd 'save' which will save the output of any command (or
+list of commands in "<cmd>") to a file.
+7. Add a new command "echo" which echos its argument to the screen (useful
+for titling in the save command above.
+8. Increase interval between logins causing for/opernam to 60 days (from 30)
++ a random factor between 0 and 9.
+9. Added Italian translation of Messages from Luca IT9ROT (thank you
+very much).
+10. Added the /<cmd> feature (as in talk) to execute a cmd whilst typing a
+message, then enhanced it so that if you do //sh/dx (for instance) it will
+put the result into the message (as well as show it to you).
+11. Added the // feature to talk as well.
+02Jan02=======================================================================
+1. updated the copyright dates
+2. modernised and extended the Windows instructions a bit.
+3. added a TODO file which is the list of things that I need to do. Please
+badger me to put YOUR enhancement on this list. It will then get done.
+31Dec01=======================================================================
+1. Make a couple of changes to the Installation Manual and add a FAQ on msg
+deletion. (g0vgs)
+2. Fix unset/register so it works (g0vgs)