InspIRCd Official beta finally released!!!

braindigitalis · Idler Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 443 Location: IRC

After two years of work, code built from scratch, we are pleased to announce the release of InspIRCd-1.0 Beta1 for download.

I'll be honest, two years ago, i thought this project would never really get off the ground, let alone hit a beta release.. Thanks to the dedication and hard work of everyone involved (http://www.inspircd.org/wiki/index.php/Credits), this new milestone in InspIRCd history has been reached. Below is the changelog between alpha12 and Beta1, to see the entire history of InspIRCd, Click Here: http://www.inspircd.org/wiki/ChangeLog.

FrostyCoolSlug · none Joined: 03 Jul 2004 Posts: 29

As a note..

ed · Posted: Apr 09, 2005 10:18am Post subject:

I've been using InspIRCd for a while now, and I am duly impressed by it. The powerful module capability makes InspIRCd worthwhile for any network that wants to customize their network. I use InspIRCd for a project I am starting, and I needed an IRCd that gave me very specific control on what could be done on the system. Support is also great with InspIRCd. Besides their great web site/wiki, their IRC channel is helpful, and most of the people that are there (not just the main developers) are willing to assist you. I had a specific feature that I needed for my setup, and within an hour they had created the module and posted it on the site. I was very impressed. For being a rather new project, these guys know what they are doing, and have development under control.

Two other features that I'd like to point out, which I found were interesting:
- 'Hot swapping' of modules. No need to restart the server when you want to add/remove a module.
- Mesh linking. Although I really have no use for this in my specific setup, this is a new idea that really Just Works. It makes sense, and ensures the stability of your network.

All-in-all, I give InspIRCd high marks, and would be the first to recommend it. (And I wasn't paid/forced/asked to write this, I really do believe in InspIRCd)

Loser04 · Posted: Apr 09, 2005 4:36pm Post subject:

Damn you people! RTFM! I hate reading manuals, i think you should explain step by step what to do right here lmfao

braindigitalis · Idler Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 443 Location: IRC

braindigitalis · Idler Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 443 Location: IRC

Just a quick point Loser found the first bug of the beta, a pretty obvious one at that :p

If you grabbed the tarball before 10th apr. 2005 (GMT), quickest solution is to grab the tar again, its just an error on one line of a simple perl script nothing big Smile

Thanks,
Brain

PingBad · Posted: Apr 10, 2005 2:23am Post subject:

Congrats on your first release guys -- *rolls in the kegs and barrows in the bubbly* Very Happy

Keep up the work and if you ever decide you are going down the Win32 road, gimme a bell (since I use WinXP and would very interested to see a Win32 version released, altho I am saving up to build a *nix box so I can explore a bright new horizon)

TheWingedOne · Newbie Joined: 03 Apr 2005 Posts: 71 Location: The Void...

Well, I believe one of the people on the fringe of the project is currently interested in the Cygwin idea. So "watch this space".

PingBad · Posted: Apr 10, 2005 4:42am Post subject:

Cygwin? YUCK *throws up*

braindigitalis · Idler Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 443 Location: IRC

Just added some new stuff to the CVS which is now beta 2:

http://www.inspircd.org/wiki/Oper_Override_Module

Basically the new oper-override module lets you pick exactly what you want each oper to override, for example:

<type name="NetAdmin" classes="OperChat BanControl HostCloak Shutdown ServerLink Services HostChange Modular"
host="netadmin.some.net"
override="INVITE KEY LIMIT BANWALK KICK MODEOP MODEDEOP MODEVOICE MODEDEVOICE MODEHALFOP MODEDEHALFOP OTHERMODE">

You may have as many override tokens in the override variable as you wish, each of which allows the oper to override a specific IRCd setting as shown in the table below:

* INVITE - Allows an oper to override a +i mode set on any channel
* KEY - Allows an oper to override a +k mode set on any channel
* LIMIT - Allows an oper to override a +l mode set on any channel
* BANWALK - Allows an oper to override bans (of any type) mode set on any channel, basically any JOIN prohibition not covered by INVITE, KEY or LIMIT
* KICK - Allows an oper to KICK even without channel (half)operator status
* MODEOP - Allows an oper to op himself or others without channel operator status
* MODEDEOP - Allows an oper to deop himself or others without channel operator status
* MODEVOICE - Allows an oper to voice himself or others without channel (half)operator status
* MODEDEVOICE - Allows an oper to devoice himself or others without channel (half)operator status
* MODEHALFOP - Allows an oper to halfop himself or others without channel operator status
* MODEDEHALFOP - Allows an oper to dehalfop himself or others without channel operator status
* OTHERMODE - Allows an oper to set any channel mode not directly covered by MODEOP, MODEDEOP, MODEVOICE, MODEDEVOICE, MODEHALFOP or MODEDEHALFOP, without the neccessary channel (half)operator status.

FrostyCoolSlug · none Joined: 03 Jul 2004 Posts: 29

I've had no real sucess with cygwin, although the core compiles (grudgingly), when it comes to the modules, thats a completly different story.. We'll look into it in the near future Smile

Robert-E-Lee · Idler Joined: 22 Nov 2004 Posts: 314 Location: IRC

i'd expect you'll have the same issue as with running neostats in cygwin, modules are always an issue, static code is no issue to compile in cygwin, but it rather dislikes dynamic stuff :/ good luck though.

DeadNotBuried · none Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 43

thats why NeoStats went with native windows support, cygwin just couldn't handle modules unless they were compiled statically, which defeats the purpose of having modules. i've read somewhere before thats why Unreal did the same as well.

FrostyCoolSlug · none Joined: 03 Jul 2004 Posts: 29

I almost got it working with a version of MinGW i found (A repackaged one), except for the fact it will compile everything, but not link the binary.. Which was a shame. It just kinda blows up :p

No luck with the official mingw though.

braindigitalis · Idler Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 443 Location: IRC

ANOPE SUPPORT IS HERE!

We have created a module for the new anope (1.7.9 branch) which allows it to interface with InspIRCd. You can obtain it in 1.7.9 when it comes out, or from our CVS here: http://devel.inspircd.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/anope-module/

Please note this will only work with 1.7.9 and above and it is currently in BRANCH not TRUNK. Its best to wait the release of 1.7.9 from anope.org.

You will also need the latest CVS of InspIRCd from http://devel.inspircd.org