Contents of /trunk/NEWS

Changes in version
        * Create .meta files with the expiry date of pages.
        * Also put the expiry date in HTML meta headers.
        * Make indexfilebasename a configure option.
        * Code cleanup: renamed some functions.

Changes in version 2.0beta28 - 2002-08-13
        * Write a standard mix.cfg configuration file for mixmaster.
          It only sets PUBRING and TYPE2LIST. Needed for systems where
          those values are overriden by systemwide defaults.

Changes in version 2.0beta27 - 2002-08-13
        * Some small fixes to the Debian Package

Changes in version 2.0beta26 - 2002-08-12
        * Fix a few typos in the echolot.html template.
        * Added /etc/echolot/pingd.conf to the list of configfiles.
        * Have a debian/ directory to build a Debian package.
        * Config option mailindir was renamed to mailin. You now
          can also point it to a mbox format mailbox.
        * Have --quiet.
        * Stricter permissions for most newly created directories (go-rwx).

Changes in version 2.0beta25 - 2002-08-10
        * Produce echolot.html, an index file for echolot results.
        
Changes in version 2.0beta24 - 2002-08-10
        * Remove »x« from end of pubring.mix summary lines.

Changes in version 2.0beta23 - 2002-08-07
        * Unlinking Thesaurus files works now.
        * Detach correctly now.

Changes in version 2.0beta22 - 2002-08-05
        * Actually use the sane basedir. *sigh*

Changes in version 2.0beta21 - 2002-08-05
        * Using a sane basedir by default. You no longer need to specify
          it in pingd.conf.

Changes in version 2.0beta20 - 2002-08-02
        * Added pingctl wrapper to tools.
        * echolot --help now gives a brief list of commands.
        * Added acknowledgements.

Changes in version 2.0beta19 - 2002-07-29
        * Build keyrings in results.private too

Changes in version 2.0beta18 - 2002-07-23
        * Allow for inclusion of broken chain reports and same operator/machine
          lists in stats pages. Broken chain reports are not generated
          automatically; this is planned for a later release.  For now you need
          to supply this information in the files broken1.txt, broken2.txt, and
          sameop.txt.

Changes in version 2.0beta17 - 2002-07-22
        * You no longer need an extra Mixmaster installation for your pinger.
          Echolot can make use of any Mixmaster binary you alread have
          installed.
        * The config hash »Pinger::Mix« is obsolete now. Please set
          »mixmaster« to the path of your mix executeable. Echolot now
          uses its own mix directory below echolothome by default (config
          option mixhome).
        * The default gnupghome has changed from »gnupg« to »gnupghome«.
        * New config option »gnupg«.
        * Not the current time but the scheduled start time is used when
          deciding which remailers to ping. This is nice if we get delayed for
          whatever reason.
        * Changed URL in templates to point to www.palfrader.org/echolot
          instead of the savannah page.
        
        How to upgrade (assuming you have a default configuration):
           ./pingd stop
           mv gnupg gnupghome
           vi pingd.conf (remove Pinger::Mix, set mixmaster;
                          cf. pingd.conf.sample )
          ./pingd [...] start

Changes in version 2.0beta16 - 2002-07-17
        * Do not send all pings for the same remailer at the same time
        * The cheap hashing function that was used for determining when to ping
          was replaced by md5. The local secret also is an input to the
          function so not all echolot pingers ping the same remailer at the
          same time.
        * In the distribution the pingd.conf file has been renamed to pingd.conf.
          So it should be possible to just untar the new tar.gz over the old
          installation (you have a backup anyway, don't you?).
        * The getkeyconf command takes optional addresses to request config
          data from.
        * The getkeyconf config option was replaced by getkeyconf_interval and
          getkeyconf_every_nth_time. Not all requests are sent at the same time
          any more.
        * Stats can be sorted by latency rather than nick. Set
          stats_sort_by_latency if you want that.

Changes in version 2.0beta15 - 2002-07-16
        * Have echolot version in stats HTML pages
        * Random documentation fixes
        * Make it runs with older perls (5.005_03 is tested)
          - always pass two arguments to mkdir()
          - import SEEK_ constants from POSIX rather than Fcntl
          - do not use warnings

Changes in version 2.0beta14 - 2002-07-16
        * Added commands buildstats buildkeys and buildthesaurus
        * Added legend to templates (Orange)
        * Thesaurus building failed when an id did not return a
          valid remailer. A check was there bug it was wrong
        * Have pingd.conf.5 manpage documenting all options

Changes in version 2.0beta13 - 2002-07-13
        * Have correct title tags and some layout changes in the HTML templates
        * Encode HTML Entities in HTML Stats
        * Only show valid remailers in Thesaurus
        * Support »not a remailer« reply to remailer-xxx
        * Make sure only the right keys are exported to the pgp keyrings
        * Do not skip key if GnuPG returns something in stderr with
          remailer-key replies

Changes in version 2.0beta12 - 2002-07-11
        * Cut strings when they do not fit in the table formats
        * Sort type2.list/pubring.mix

Changes in version 2.0beta11 - 2002-07-11
        * Don't run in Taint mode anymore per default.
          If you still want it, trimm your PATH to something acceptable
          for perl and add »-T« to the first line of pingd.

Changes in version 2.0beta10 - 2002-07-11
        * Don't reset PATH to /usr/bin:/bin any more (Yes, again)
        * Documentation updates

Changes in version 2.0beta9 - 2002-07-11
        * Don't reset PATH to /usr/bin:/bin any more
        * Use confess or cluck instead of croak in some places.

Changes in version 2.0beta8 - 2002-07-10
        * Fix public clist.

Changes in version 2.0beta7 - 2002-07-10
        * fixed a stupid syntax bug.

Changes in version 2.0beta6 - 2002-07-10
        * Did away with Mail::Internet. Using local sendmail binary only.
          This also means the smarthost config option is obsolete and there
          is a sendmail config option now.

Changes in version 2.0beta5 - 2002-07-10
        * Thesaurus filenames changed from nn-foo to nn.foo.
          Use the change-thesaurus-filenames script in the tools
          directory to convert your current thesaurus if you wish
          to keep the data.
        * Seperate rlists for rsa, dsa and plaintext pings are
          supported now. Enable seperate_rlists in pingd.conf.
        * Have a combined list. Enable with combined_list in pingd.conf.

Changes in version 2.0beta4 - 2002-07-10
        * Minor documentation fixes
        * Added --process switch
        * Die if metadata or conf data cannot be parsed
        * Build manpage into extra file

Changes in version 2.0beta3 - 2002-07-10
        * Fixed a small bug with writing the metadata so that it could not be
          parsed again

Changes in version 2.0beta2 - 2002-07-10
        * Moved from XML to Data::Dumper
          Use convert-xml-to-datadumper in the tools directory to
          convert your setup:
            pingd stop
            mv pingd.conf pingd.conf.old
            mv data/metadata data/metadata.old
            convert-xml-to-datadumper CONFIG < pingd.conf.old > pingd.conf
            convert-xml-to-datadumper METADATA < data/metadata.old > data/metadata
            pingd start

Changes in version 2.0beta1 - 2002-07-07
        * Initial public beta test
1	weasel	258	Changes in version
2			* Create .meta files with the expiry date of pages.
3			* Also put the expiry date in HTML meta headers.
4			* Make indexfilebasename a configure option.
5			* Code cleanup: renamed some functions.
6
7	weasel	257	Changes in version 2.0beta28 - 2002-08-13
8	weasel	256	* Write a standard mix.cfg configuration file for mixmaster.
9			It only sets PUBRING and TYPE2LIST. Needed for systems where
10			those values are overriden by systemwide defaults.
11
12	weasel	255	Changes in version 2.0beta27 - 2002-08-13
13	weasel	253	* Some small fixes to the Debian Package
14
15	weasel	248	Changes in version 2.0beta26 - 2002-08-12
16	weasel	232	* Fix a few typos in the echolot.html template.
17	weasel	234	* Added /etc/echolot/pingd.conf to the list of configfiles.
18	weasel	239	* Have a debian/ directory to build a Debian package.
19	weasel	240	* Config option mailindir was renamed to mailin. You now
20			can also point it to a mbox format mailbox.
21	weasel	245	* Have --quiet.
22	weasel	246	* Stricter permissions for most newly created directories (go-rwx).
23	weasel	232
24	weasel	230	Changes in version 2.0beta25 - 2002-08-10
25			* Produce echolot.html, an index file for echolot results.
26
27	weasel	227	Changes in version 2.0beta24 - 2002-08-10
28			* Remove »x« from end of pubring.mix summary lines.
29
30	weasel	225	Changes in version 2.0beta23 - 2002-08-07
31			* Unlinking Thesaurus files works now.
32			* Detach correctly now.
33
34	weasel	222	Changes in version 2.0beta22 - 2002-08-05
35			* Actually use the sane basedir. sigh
36
37	weasel	221	Changes in version 2.0beta21 - 2002-08-05
38			* Using a sane basedir by default. You no longer need to specify
39			it in pingd.conf.
40
41	weasel	220	Changes in version 2.0beta20 - 2002-08-02
42			* Added pingctl wrapper to tools.
43			* echolot --help now gives a brief list of commands.
44			* Added acknowledgements.
45
46	weasel	219	Changes in version 2.0beta19 - 2002-07-29
47	weasel	217	* Build keyrings in results.private too
48
49	weasel	216	Changes in version 2.0beta18 - 2002-07-23
50	weasel	215	* Allow for inclusion of broken chain reports and same operator/machine
51			lists in stats pages. Broken chain reports are not generated
52			automatically; this is planned for a later release. For now you need
53			to supply this information in the files broken1.txt, broken2.txt, and
54			sameop.txt.
55
56	weasel	216	Changes in version 2.0beta17 - 2002-07-22
57	weasel	212	* You no longer need an extra Mixmaster installation for your pinger.
58			Echolot can make use of any Mixmaster binary you alread have
59			installed.
60			* The config hash »Pinger::Mix« is obsolete now. Please set
61			»mixmaster« to the path of your mix executeable. Echolot now
62			uses its own mix directory below echolothome by default (config
63			option mixhome).
64			* The default gnupghome has changed from »gnupg« to »gnupghome«.
65			* New config option »gnupg«.
66	weasel	211	* Not the current time but the scheduled start time is used when
67			deciding which remailers to ping. This is nice if we get delayed for
68			whatever reason.
69	weasel	210	* Changed URL in templates to point to www.palfrader.org/echolot
70			instead of the savannah page.
71	weasel	212
72			How to upgrade (assuming you have a default configuration):
73			./pingd stop
74			mv gnupg gnupghome
75			vi pingd.conf (remove Pinger::Mix, set mixmaster;
76			cf. pingd.conf.sample )
77			./pingd [...] start
78	weasel	210
79	weasel	209	Changes in version 2.0beta16 - 2002-07-17
80	weasel	199	* Do not send all pings for the same remailer at the same time
81	weasel	202	* The cheap hashing function that was used for determining when to ping
82			was replaced by md5. The local secret also is an input to the
83			function so not all echolot pingers ping the same remailer at the
84			same time.
85	weasel	204	* In the distribution the pingd.conf file has been renamed to pingd.conf.
86			So it should be possible to just untar the new tar.gz over the old
87			installation (you have a backup anyway, don't you?).
88	weasel	206	* The getkeyconf command takes optional addresses to request config
89			data from.
90			* The getkeyconf config option was replaced by getkeyconf_interval and
91			getkeyconf_every_nth_time. Not all requests are sent at the same time
92			any more.
93	weasel	207	* Stats can be sorted by latency rather than nick. Set
94			stats_sort_by_latency if you want that.
95	weasel	199
96	weasel	195	Changes in version 2.0beta15 - 2002-07-16
97	weasel	187	* Have echolot version in stats HTML pages
98	weasel	190	* Random documentation fixes
99	weasel	198	* Make it runs with older perls (5.005_03 is tested)
100	weasel	194	- always pass two arguments to mkdir()
101			- import SEEK_ constants from POSIX rather than Fcntl
102			- do not use warnings
103	weasel	187
104	weasel	184	Changes in version 2.0beta14 - 2002-07-16
105	weasel	172	* Added commands buildstats buildkeys and buildthesaurus
106	weasel	176	* Added legend to templates (Orange)
107	weasel	177	* Thesaurus building failed when an id did not return a
108	weasel	187	valid remailer. A check was there bug it was wrong
109			* Have pingd.conf.5 manpage documenting all options
110	weasel	172
111	weasel	173	Changes in version 2.0beta13 - 2002-07-13
112	weasel	162	* Have correct title tags and some layout changes in the HTML templates
113	weasel	171	* Encode HTML Entities in HTML Stats
114			* Only show valid remailers in Thesaurus
115			* Support »not a remailer« reply to remailer-xxx
116			* Make sure only the right keys are exported to the pgp keyrings
117			* Do not skip key if GnuPG returns something in stderr with
118			remailer-key replies
119	weasel	162
120	weasel	161	Changes in version 2.0beta12 - 2002-07-11
121			* Cut strings when they do not fit in the table formats
122			* Sort type2.list/pubring.mix
123
124	weasel	158	Changes in version 2.0beta11 - 2002-07-11
125			* Don't run in Taint mode anymore per default.
126			If you still want it, trimm your PATH to something acceptable
127			for perl and add »-T« to the first line of pingd.
128
129	weasel	157	Changes in version 2.0beta10 - 2002-07-11
130			* Don't reset PATH to /usr/bin:/bin any more (Yes, again)
131			* Documentation updates
132
133	weasel	153	Changes in version 2.0beta9 - 2002-07-11
134	weasel	150	* Don't reset PATH to /usr/bin:/bin any more
135	weasel	153	* Use confess or cluck instead of croak in some places.
136	weasel	150
137	weasel	153	Changes in version 2.0beta8 - 2002-07-10
138	weasel	148	* Fix public clist.
139
140	weasel	153	Changes in version 2.0beta7 - 2002-07-10
141	weasel	143	* fixed a stupid syntax bug.
142
143	weasel	153	Changes in version 2.0beta6 - 2002-07-10
144	weasel	141	* Did away with Mail::Internet. Using local sendmail binary only.
145			This also means the smarthost config option is obsolete and there
146			is a sendmail config option now.
147
148	weasel	140	Changes in version 2.0beta5 - 2002-07-10
149	weasel	137	* Thesaurus filenames changed from nn-foo to nn.foo.
150			Use the change-thesaurus-filenames script in the tools
151			directory to convert your current thesaurus if you wish
152			to keep the data.
153	weasel	138	* Seperate rlists for rsa, dsa and plaintext pings are
154			supported now. Enable seperate_rlists in pingd.conf.
155	weasel	139	* Have a combined list. Enable with combined_list in pingd.conf.
156	weasel	137
157	weasel	140	Changes in version 2.0beta4 - 2002-07-10
158	weasel	134	* Minor documentation fixes
159			* Added --process switch
160			* Die if metadata or conf data cannot be parsed
161			* Build manpage into extra file
162
163	weasel	140	Changes in version 2.0beta3 - 2002-07-10
164	weasel	124	* Fixed a small bug with writing the metadata so that it could not be
165			parsed again
166
167	weasel	140	Changes in version 2.0beta2 - 2002-07-10
168	weasel	123	* Moved from XML to Data::Dumper
169			Use convert-xml-to-datadumper in the tools directory to
170			convert your setup:
171			pingd stop
172			mv pingd.conf pingd.conf.old
173			mv data/metadata data/metadata.old
174			convert-xml-to-datadumper CONFIG < pingd.conf.old > pingd.conf
175			convert-xml-to-datadumper METADATA < data/metadata.old > data/metadata
176			pingd start
177
178	weasel	140	Changes in version 2.0beta1 - 2002-07-07
179	weasel	123	* Initial public beta test