bitbot-3.11-fork/CHANGELOG.md

TBD - BitBot v1.18.0

Added:

• Show transferred github issues by default (git_webhooks)
• hostmask-tracking.py - keep a history of what hostmasks each nickname has used
• Also watch NICK and QUIT lines to see when our nickname might be freee (nick_regain.py)

Changed:

• Removed --data-dir, --database and --log-dir, these options have been moved to bot.conf
• Reworded karma change output
• !grab not tries to attach quote to account, not just nickname (quotes.py)
• !wordiest not defaults to the current channel (words.py)

Fixed:

• cron would fail to initialise at 59 minutes past the hour (core_modules/cron.py)

2020-01-08 - BitBot v1.17.2

Fixed:

• Incorrect format for HTTP UserAgent (missing ")")

2019-12-13 - BitBot v1.17.1

Fixed:

• Crash caused by switching coins.py to using cron scheduling without removing timer-related code
• Typo in function call name in cron.py

2019-12-13 - BitBot v1.17.0

Added:

• Ability to .save() bot.conf - we now use only this for module whitelist/blacklist
• A cron system (src/core_modules/cron.py)
• healthcheck.py - ping a URL every 10 minutes (for uptime-tracking services)
• Support ++nickname style karma (karma.py)
• Bot-wide aliases (!balias in aliases.py)
• Support per-user (PM) command-method setting (commands)
• dnsbl module to loop up given IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in blacklists

Changed:

• "Core" modules (modules needed for base operation of bitbot) moved to src/core_modules and made blacklist-immune
• Better parsing error for !config u birthday (birthday.py)
• Show display name, not username, when available (fediverse.py)
• By default, show locked/unlocked github issue/PR events (git_webhooks)
• Switch back to full wolframalpha API but use it better than we used to (wolframalpha.py)
• Hostmasks are now precompiled to find users that match them (permissions)

Removed:

• -m/-M args to bitbotd - didn't work any more due to databse locking
• database_backup.py - this was always a weird hack. Added a note about backups in README.md

2019-12-01 - BitBot v1.16.1

Changed:

• Response to giving karma now makes sense

Fixed:

• Typo preventing users giving karma

2019-12-01 - BitBot v1.16.0

Added:

• Show target in formatted private NOTICE events (format_activity.py)
• Show first 100 chars of GitHub issue comments (git_webhooks)
• Show who opened a GitHub pull request when approperiate (git_webhooks)
• Timed user ignores (ignore.py)
• Support "$$" as "$" in command alias argument replacement (aliases.py)
• Show explicitly when only a title of an issue/PR was changed (git_webhooks)
• Show URLs in !wikipedia output (wikipedia.py)
• !raw and !perform now support "human" formats (e.g. /msg user message)
• Listing servers with !servers (stats.py)

Changed:

• Complete refactor of permissions module - now with hostmask support
• Big refactor of commands module
• Command aliases moved to their own module. Run migration/v01.16.00-aliases.py to migrate old aliases.
• Karma is now stored per-user and you can give yourself karma. Run migration/v01.16.00-karma to migrate old karma.
• Unique User-Agent (utils.http.USERAGENT)
• Nickname hashed colourisation now matches weechat's default (utils.irc)
• ./bitbotd -m permissions -M master-password moved to ./bitbotctl command master-password
• utils.http.Response.data is now always bytes - use .decode()/.json()/.soup()
• to.py -> tell.py; move !to to !tell but add !to as an alias
• Sed edits are now cumulative (sed.py)

2019-11-18 - BitBot v1.15.0

Added:

• Optionally colourise nicknames when printed to log (format_activity.py and print_activity.py)
• Show git branch in !version output (info.py)
• Stop/start REST API HTTPd when trying to reload all modules (ModuleManager and rest_api.py)
• Individual channels can opt out of printing to INFO log (!config c print off, print_activity.py)
• Opt-in shlex argument parsing for command callbacks (commands)
• Show when BitBot first saw you speak in !words output (words.py)

Changed:

• Logging moved to ~/.bitbot/logs/ by default
• Better eval API for eval_python.py (now py3 only)
• Better single-line normalisation for ActivityPub Activities (fediverse)
• Better error messages shown to user when a fediverse Actor can't be found (fediverse)
• Git hashes are now truncated to 7 chars, not 8 (git_webhooks)
• Split utils/__init__.py out in to more separate files
• Show channel mode status symbols when formatting NOTICEs (format_activity.py)
• Conbine YouTube API requests in to 1 request, rather than 3 (youtube.py)

Fixed:

• Multiple channel keys should be expressed as comma-separated (channel_keys.py)
• !duckstats <nickname> was meant to show stats for another user (ducks.py)
• Fix almost completely broken 908 (RPL_SASLMECHS) handling
• Background colour formatting was being lost (utils.irc)

Removed:

• tfl.py moved to bitbot-modules

2019-11-04 - BitBot v1.14.0

Added:

• Add Travis config to run mypy
• !cmute/!cunmute to mute/unmute a channel (+m) (admin.py)
• Support GitLab notes and confidential issues (git_webhooks)
• Strip "'<>() from words in titles when checking difference between a <title> and URL (title.py)
• Show when a youtube video was uploaded (youtube.py)
• 15 second SASL handshake timeout (ircv3_sasl)
• Ability to disable command suggestions (command_suggestions.py)
• Format/print/log CHGHOST events
• Show when a !config option has remained unchanged (config.py)
• Show GMT offset in !time output (user_time.py)

Changed:

• /me lines are no longer added to markov chains
• !seen last action (seen-info) is now per-channel, not per-network (seen.py)

Fixed:

• Rectified src/utils/ circular dependency mess
• Decode fediverse data as utf8
• A bunch of typehinting errors across src/
• Switch to lxml for fediverse note parsing. html.parser was buggy and unpredictable (fediverse)

Removed:

• !timezone

2019-10-25 - BitBot v1.13.0

Added:

• setup.py
• bitbotctl - daemon control system through unix domain sockets
• Basic GitLab webhook support in git_webhooks
• Catch m.youtube.com URLs in auto-youtube
• Support UTF8 domains by punycode (idna) encoding
• ! param in !fedi to denote "show content-warned content"
• Opt-in URL shortening for Gitea and GitLab
• ?channels= GET param for git_webhooks to denote what channels should show activity
• votes-cast-restricted to restrict voting to voiced-or-above users

Changed:

• start.py -> bitbotd
• Database and config are now expected in ~/.bitbot/ (unless --database and --config are specified)
• Database backup files are now in bot.db.{time}.back format
• Don't say a users vote was changed when it wasn't (vote.py)
• Bot will not die when there's no connected servers
• Command output will be truncated/cut at "word bounaries" (currently only space)
• !reloadallmodules and SIGUSR1 will not try to reload but rollback to currently-loaded on error
• IRCBot.panic() now just calls sys.exit(20) instead of trying to kill event loop

Fixed:

• Any user was able to add an API KEY (missing permission kwarg)
• Be able to !disconnect reconnection attempts (regression, admin.py)
• Strip only unknown tags from fedi Note activities - not the tag content too
• Don't allow users to !bef/!trap a triggered duck before it has quacked
• Don't set location to just a string when we decide a !weather arg is not a nickname
• We were not pulling out account ID from WHOX (just account name)
• Outdated tornado version in requirements.txt

Removed:

• cve.py
• EVENTS.md

2019-10-10 - BitBot v1.12.0

Added:

• Basic lock file mechanics (src/LockFile.py)
• external_modules - an arbitrary directory in which to look for modules
• channel_blacklist.py - rewrite JOINs and send instant PARTs 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 <nickname>, !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 "<nickname>: s/" sed syntax (search only for messages by <nickname>)
• !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
• Single-line normalisation of fediverse Notes by vaguely parsing HTML
• Single-line normalisation of RSS titles
• Single-line normalisation of tweets

Changed:

• REST API only listens on localhost now, for security reasons
• !changenickname -> !nick
• !reconnect can take an <alias> 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 <title> and URL are significantly similar
• Use "#<number>" 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
• !editserver should work for currently-disconnected servers
• INFO logging should go to a file - stdout should only be WARN

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
• masterlogin should only allow you to bypass permission checks, not e.g. require_access or require_mode

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 <alias>
• !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 DELing 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"')
• connected-since on stats endpoint
• IRCv3: draft/event-playback
• auto-github-cooldown to prevent duplicate auto-githubs 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 -<cap>
• 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