# 2019-10-10 - BitBot v1.12.0-rc2
Added:
- Basic lock file mechanics (`src/LockFile.py`)
- Single-line normalisation of fediverse Notes by vaguely parsing HTML
- Single-line normalisation of RSS titles
- Single-line normalisation of tweets
Changed:
- `!editserver` should work for currently-disconnected servers
- Also count `"/"` as a word split for checking how different a `
` is from a URL (`title.py`)
- `INFO` logging should go to a file - stdout should only be `WARN`
Fixed:
- Wasn't catching `timers.add()` output as `timer` var in reconnection logic
- Multi-word markov seeds should have failed if no new data was found
- `masterlogin` should only allow you to bypass `permission` checks, not e.g. `require_access` or `require_mode`
# 2019-10-09 - BitBot v1.12.0-rc1
Added:
- `external_modules` - an arbitrary directory in which to look for modules
- `channel_blacklist.py` - rewrite `JOIN`s and send instant `PART`s to avoid the bot being in certain channels
- Ability to specify different `channel_op.py` `ban-mask` for users with accounts
- `!invite` in `channel_op.py`
- `check_certificate.py` - warn when a client certificate is close to expiration (or already expired)
- Support `$-` format for alias arg replacement - means "none or all args"
- Support `!config `, `!config <#channel>` and `!config *`
- Support dice roll modifiers (e.g. `!roll 2d20+1-2`) in `dice.py`
- Opt-out highlight prevention for `!friends`/`!enemies` in `ducks.py`
- Use a random delay after a duck is triggered before showing the duck (`ducks.py`)
- `!friends`/`!enemies` now defaults to the current channel (`ducks.py`)
- `!action` and `!msg` in `echo.py`
- `git-show-private` channel setting to enable showing private github/gitea webhooks
- `!ghcommit` and support `auto-github` for `@commit`
- `!which` - show what module provides a command
- `!apropos` - show commands that contain a given string
- `!tcpup` - check if a given `host:port` can receive a TCP connection
- `markov.py`
- `mumble.py` - show stats for a given mumble server
- `!grab` as an alias of `!quotegrab`
- `!crate` in `rust.py` - show information on a given crate name
- Support sed `&` syntax
- Support `": s/"` sed syntax (search only for messages by ``)
- `!silence` now takes an optional duration parameter
- `!unsilence`
- `!stats` not takes an optional network parameter - to show stats only for a given server
- `!channels` - list the bot's current channels on the current network
- `strip_otr.py` - remove trail whitespace used for automated OTR handshakes
- Support disabling `words.py` word tracking for a while channel
- `utils.deadline_process` - like `@utils.deadline` but uses a subprocess
Changed:
- REST API only listens on localhost now, for security reasons
- `!changenickname` -> `!nick`
- `!reconnect` can take an `` param to tell it which server to reconnect to
- `!disconnect` can now cancel reconnections
- `auto_mode.py` was replaced by `!flags` in `channel_op.py`
- `!mute` masks should also take in to consideration the configured `ban-mask`
- Obscure output of `!config server sasl`
- `channel.get_user_status()` -> `channel.get_user_modes()`
- `!gh`/`!ghissue`/`!ghpull` can now see private repos through API keys
- Allow preventing user-specified nameservers with `!dns`
- Update `ircv3_multiline.py` to `draft/multiline`
- Prevent invalid SASL mechanisms
- `sasl-hard-fail` now defaults to False
- Multi-word karma now needs parentheses, along with a few other tweaks to prevent false positives
- `channel.topic_setter` is now a `Hostmask` object
- Obscure output of `!config server nickserv-password`
- `!quotegrab` can take a number of lines to grab
- `relay-extras` defaults to `False`
- `rest_api` responses now use a `Response` object for complex data and headers
- `!apikey` now has the subcommands `list`, `add`, `remove` and `info`
- `eval_rust.py` -> `rust.py`
- `!silence` now affects command usage errors and command suggestions
- Only do `auto-title` if the `` and URL are significantly similar
- Use `"#"` to denote `!ud` definition index
- Don't use an API for `user_time.py` - use `pytz`
- Support showing `!time` and `!weather` for a location, not just a user
- `Cache.py` is now more of a `key:value` store
- Temporarily cache IRCChannel settings in memory
- `utils.http.request()` now supports a complex request object
- `utils.http.request()` now uses more factors to detect a HTML page's encoding
- `utils.http.is_localhost()` -> `utils.http.host_permitted()` and reject more IP ranges
Fixed:
- `badges.py` now forces UTC
- `!op`/`!voice` in `channel_op.py` tried to use `send_mode()` without array arguments
- `!cignore` was not working for non-bot-admin users
- `!tw` should be asking for `tweet_mode="extended"`
- Fix `server.send_invite()` arg order
Removed:
- `books.py`
- `botsnack.py`
- `check_urls.py`
- `mixed_unicode.py`
- `!qget` - functionality moved to `!quote`
- `shakespeare.py`
- `slowvoice.py`
- `strax.py`
- `timer.py`
# 2019-08-30 - BitBot v1.11.1
Added:
- `utils.IntRangeSetting`
- `realname` was missing from `!editserver`
Changed:
- Added `"- "` to start of formatted kick lines
- Use `"+0000"` instead of `"Z"` for UTC timezone
Fixed:
- Put a deadline on sed matches to prevent DoS
- Duplicate `def op` in `channel_op.py` (due to copypaste)
- `git-prevent-highlight` was failing to unhighlight organisations
# 2019-08-15 - BitBot v1.11.0
Added:
- `rss.py`
- Show `weather.py` windspeed in MPh too
- `git_webhooks/gitea.py`
- `acronym.py`
- `!editserver` in `admin.py`
- `channel_keys.py` to centrally track/use channel keys
- `!mute` and `!unmute` in `channel_op.py`
- `command_suggestions.py`
- appendable command prefixes
- `@utils.kwarg`
- `fediverse.py`
- gitea webhooks (`git_webhooks/gitea.py`)
- Show available `!hash` algorithms
- per-channel-per-user ignores (`ignore.py`, `!cignore`)
- `ircv3.py` - to show ircv3 support stats
- `isup.py`
- `kick_rejoin.py`
- Handle `ERR_UNAVAILRESOURCE`
- `onionoo.py` (thanks @irl)
- `ops.py` to highlight ops (opt-in)
- Per-channel `perform.py` (`!cperform`)
- `proxy.py`
- Configurable URL shorteners (`shorturl.py`)
- `!unshorten` (`shorturl.py`)
- `slowvoice.py`
- `throttle.py`
- `!timezone` (`user_time.py`)
- Show `!weather` target nickname in command prefix
- Parse youtube playlists (`youtube.py`)
- `utils.http.url_sanitise()`
- `utils.http.request_many()`
- `./start.py --startup-disconnects`
- `./start.py --remove-server `
- `!remindme` as an alias of `!in` (`in.py`)
- `!source` and `!version` (`info.py`)
- Show TTL for DNS records (`ip_addresses.py`)
- `!addpoint`/`!rmpoint` as more explicit `++`/`--` for karma (`karma.py`)
Changed:
- Move `_check()` call to event loop func
- Split out github webhook functionality to `git_webhooks/github.py`
- Refactored @utils.export settings to be object-oriented
- Warn when channel-only/private-only is not met
- `8ball.py` -> `eightball.py` (can't import things that start with a digit)
- `github.py` -> `git_webhooks`
- revamp `!dns` to take optional nameserver and record typ
- `!quotedel` without quote removes most recent
- Relays moved to relay "groups" that channels can "join" and "leave"
- Rewrote `EventManager` for efficiency and simplicity
- Moved timers/cache/etc from read loop to event loop
- Better and more exhaustive channel move tracking
- Don't silently truncate `ParsedLine` at newline
- `@utils.hook`/`@utils.export` now use a single object that handles parsing
- `!ban`/`!kickban`/`!mute` duration syntax changed (`channel_op.py`)
- Highlight spam protection logic moved to own module (`highlight_spam.py`)
- `IRCBuffer.find()` returns the matched string
- Positive and negative karma throttled seperately (`karma.py`)
- REST API now listens in IPv6 (`rest_api.py`)
Fixed:
- Catch and rethrow not-found definitions in `define.py`
- `ircv3_botignore.py` event priority
- `CAP DEL` crash when `DEL`ing something that was not advertised
- `ParsedLine.format()` didn't prefix `source` with `":"`
- `_write_buffer` locking to avoid race condition
- `Capability().copy().depends_on` was mutable to the original copy
# 2019-06-23 - BitBot v1.10.0
Added:
- Outbound message filtering (`message_filter.py`)
- Mid-callback command permission checks ('event["check_assert"](utils.Check(...))')
- `connected-since` on stats endpoint
- IRCv3: draft/event-playback
- `auto-github-cooldown` to prevent duplicate `auto-github`s in quick succession
- `vote.py`
- IRCv3: `ircv3_botignore.py` to ignore users with `inspircd.org/bot`
- Catch and humanify `!loadmodule` "not found" exception
- cross-channel/network relay (`relay.py`)
- Option to allow anyone to `!startvote`
- IRCv3: CAP dependency system
- IRCv3: labeled-response + echo-message to correlate echos to sends
- `deferred_read.py`
Changed:
- Only strip 2 characters (`++` or `--`) from the end of karma
- Track CHANMODE type B, C and D (not just type D)
- 'x saved a duck' -> 'x befriended a duck'
- IRCv3: CAP REQ streamline for modules
- IRCv3: SASL failure defaults to being "hard" (disconnect/crash)
- `auto-title`, `auto-youtube`, `auto-imgur` etc now work in `/me`
- Move truncation logic from `SentLine` to `ParsedLine`
- Move `!help` logic to it's own file and rework it to be more user friendly
- Get `"city, state, country"` from geocoding in `location.py`, use in `weather.py`
- Convert IRC glob to regex, instead of using fnmatch
- `EventManager` calls can only come from the main thread
- IRCv3: `labeled-response` now depends on `batch`
- `format_activity.py` now only shows highest channel access symbol
Fixed:
- `KeyError` when sts `port` key not present
- lxml wasn't in requirements.txt but it should have been
- Any CRITICAL in read/write thread now kills the main thread too
- `Database.ChannelSettings.find` invalid SQL
- `birthday.py`'s year no longer .lstrip("0")ed
- IRCv3: pay attention to our own msgids (`ircv3_msgid.py`)
- catch and WARN when trying to remove a self-mode we didn't know we had
- `until_read_timeout` -> `until_read_timeout()`
- `PROTOCTL NAMESX` should have been send_raw() not send()
- IRCv3: handle `CAP ACK -`
- IRCv3: handle `CAP ACK` in response to `CAP REQ` that came from outside `ircv3.py`
Removed:
- `!set`/`!channelset`/`!serverset`/`!botset` (replaced with `!config`)
- `bytes-read-per-second` and `bytes-written-per-second` from stats endpoint
- `upc.py`
# 2019-06-09 - BitBot v1.9.2
Added:
- Show seconds it took to !bef/!trap
Changed:
- IRCv3: `draft/resume-0.4` -> `draft/resume-0.5`
Fixed:
- Fix scenario in which some-but-not-all threads die
- Daemonify tweet thread
- Don't add TAGMSGs to IRCBuffer objects
# 2019-06-08 - BitBot v1.9.1
Fixed:
- Fix ERROR on `CAP NEW` caused by STS typo
- Fix hanging on `CAP NEW` due to duplicate `REQ`
- STATUSMSG stripping should only be STATUSMSG symbols, not all PREFIX symbols
# 2019-06-07 - BitBot v1.9.0
Added:
- IRCv3: Also look at CTCP events for msgids
- Sub-event system within all SentLines
- Show last action in `!seen` (e.g. 'seen 1m ago ( hi)')
- WARN when labels are not responded to in a timely fashion
- IRCv3: send `+draft/typing` while processing commands
- Display github `ready_for_review` better
- Parse 221 (RPL_UMODEIS) numerics
Changed:
- `!np` against a known nickname will attempt to resolve to lastfm username
- `PING` and `PONG` now avoid write throttling
- `!bang` -> `!trap`, 'shot' -> 'trapped' for ducks
- Socket reads and socket writes have been moved on to seperate threads
- Use Deques for chat history (more performant!)
Fixed:
- Differentiate between send and received CTCP events
- `IRCSocket._send` will now only return lines that definitely hit the wire
- GitHub `commit_comment` event formatting exception
- Strip xref tags from `!define` output
- `check_purge()` after removing contextual hooks from an EventHook
- IRCv3: Escape message tag values
# 2019-06-03 - BitBot v1.8.0
Added:
- Module dependency system
- Enable TCP keepalives
- IRCv3: `draft/label` tracking on every sent line when CAPs permit
- Enforce Python version 3.6.0 or later
- 'module-whitelist'/'module-blacklist' in `bot.conf`
Changed:
- IRCv3: Use last `server-time` for `RESUME` - not last .recv() time
- IRCv3: `draft/labeled-response` -> `draft/labeled-response-0.2`
- IRCv3: Prune already-seen messages in `chathistory` batches
- Consolidate `PRIVMSG`, `NOTICE` and `TAGMSG` handlers in to one
Fixed
- GitHub highlight prevention - don't detect highlights mid-word
- Pass already-decoded data in to BeautifulSoup
- !enablemodule actually removes module from blacklist setting
- Only enact write throttling when immediate-write-buffer is empty
- Non-throttled lines no longer delay throttled lines
# 2019-05-24 - BitBot v1.7.1
Fixed:
- Fix crash caused by CAP NEW
# 2019-05-23 - BitBot v1.7.0
Added:
- Add !addserver
- Add !masterpassword
- Add auto-tweet setting
- Support triggering commands by regex
Changed:
- Show usage examples for user/channel/server/bot settings
- Strip common command prefixes from PM commands so "!help" works
- Change auto-github to work for github urls too
- IRCv3: draft/resume-0.3 -> draft/resume-0.4
- Remove `ipv4` server attribute - figure it out automatically
Fixed:
- Typos/bugs in BATCH and FAIL
- Fix crash caused by BitBot messaging himself