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This is the most current changes file for PennMUSH. Please look it |
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over; each version contains new things which might significantly affect |
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the function of your server. Changes are reported in reverse |
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chronological order (most recent first) |
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[TAP] is T. Alexander Popiel, a PennMUSH developer (aka Talek) |
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[SW] is Shawn Wagner, a PennMUSH developer (aka Raevnos) |
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[EEH] is Ervin Hearn III, a PennMUSH developer (aka Noltar) |
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[GM] is Greg Millam, a PennMUSH developer (aka Walker) |
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[3] refers to code by (or inspired by) TinyMUSH 3.0 |
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[MUX] refers to code by (or inspired by) TinyMUX 2.x |
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[Rhost] refers to code by (or inspired by) RhostMUSH |
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Version 1.8.3 patchlevel 2 May ??, 2007 |
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Major changes: |
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* configuration is now done by autoconf. ./Configure is |
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now ./configure and its options have changed. See |
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INSTALL and ./configure --help [SW] |
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* Support for the postgresql SQL server. Javelin. |
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* Support for sqlite3 SQL databases. [SW] |
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Minor changes: |
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* You can no longer run a mush as root. [SW] |
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* @cemit/noisy. Suggested by Kimiko. [SW] |
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* @function sorts the list of user-defined functions |
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by object and then name. Suggested by Trinsec. [SW] |
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* Better logging of the register login screen command |
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for systems without a sendmail program. [SW] |
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* Assorted refactoring of source code. [SW] |
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Functions: |
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* isobjid(). By Balerion. |
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* player() returns the dbref of the player connected to a given |
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port. By Nathan Baum. |
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* root(X,3) uses the C cbrt() function if available. [SW] |
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* New formats for align() that allow flowing text. Javelin. |
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* isdbref() understands objids. By Balerion. |
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Fixes: |
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* regmatch() broken with %q-registers. Javelin. |
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* Better checking of dbref config options to make sure they're |
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valid objects. Suggested by Talvo. [SW] |
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* Fixed assorted cases of accidently modifying const objects. |
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Thanks to Jake. [SW] |
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* Fixed a crash bug in strmatch(). [GM] |
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* wrap() of Pueblo tags didn't work very well. Fixed by |
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Sketch. |
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* @wipe's count is accurate when attribute trees are being |
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deleted. Reported by Talvo. |
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Version 1.8.3 patchlevel 1 March 11, 2007 |
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Minor changes: |
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* page command now processes page output through PAGEFORMAT |
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attribute, allowing user-set page messages. [GM] |
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* sql_host configuration option now permits alternate tcp port. |
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Suggested by Mercutio. Patch by Javelin. |
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* Refactoring of fun_stringsecs to help function etime_to_secs. |
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Patch by Javelin. |
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* %1 in @aconnect works like in @adisconnect. Patch by Javelin. |
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Fixes: |
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* restart script once again includes DATEMSK export for |
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extended convtime support. Reported by KimikoMuffin. |
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* Memory leak in 1.8.3p0 regedit fixed. |
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* Fixes included from 1.8.2p3. |
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* Document change in @chan/title behavior with commas. |
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Version 1.8.3 patchlevel 0 January 27, 2007 |
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Major changes: |
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* Rewrite of color handling. [GM] |
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Minor changes: |
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* Cleaned up the internals of @wipe. [SW] |
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* strmatch() now takes a third argument, to store wildcard captures. [GM] |
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* Termination of OS/2 support. [SW] |
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Fixes: |
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* Fixes included from versions up to 1.8.2p2. |
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