Contents of /trunk/NEWS

Changes in version 2.0beta30 - 2002-08-15
        * Write NAME and ADDRESS to mix.cfg - mix cannot figure it out
          if detached.

Changes in version 2.0beta29 - 2002-08-14
        * 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	265	Changes in version 2.0beta30 - 2002-08-15
2	weasel	264	* Write NAME and ADDRESS to mix.cfg - mix cannot figure it out
3			if detached.
4
5	weasel	259	Changes in version 2.0beta29 - 2002-08-14
6	weasel	258	* Create .meta files with the expiry date of pages.
7			* Also put the expiry date in HTML meta headers.
8			* Make indexfilebasename a configure option.
9			* Code cleanup: renamed some functions.
10
11	weasel	257	Changes in version 2.0beta28 - 2002-08-13
12	weasel	256	* Write a standard mix.cfg configuration file for mixmaster.
13			It only sets PUBRING and TYPE2LIST. Needed for systems where
14			those values are overriden by systemwide defaults.
15
16	weasel	255	Changes in version 2.0beta27 - 2002-08-13
17	weasel	253	* Some small fixes to the Debian Package
18
19	weasel	248	Changes in version 2.0beta26 - 2002-08-12
20	weasel	232	* Fix a few typos in the echolot.html template.
21	weasel	234	* Added /etc/echolot/pingd.conf to the list of configfiles.
22	weasel	239	* Have a debian/ directory to build a Debian package.
23	weasel	240	* Config option mailindir was renamed to mailin. You now
24			can also point it to a mbox format mailbox.
25	weasel	245	* Have --quiet.
26	weasel	246	* Stricter permissions for most newly created directories (go-rwx).
27	weasel	232
28	weasel	230	Changes in version 2.0beta25 - 2002-08-10
29			* Produce echolot.html, an index file for echolot results.
30
31	weasel	227	Changes in version 2.0beta24 - 2002-08-10
32			* Remove »x« from end of pubring.mix summary lines.
33
34	weasel	225	Changes in version 2.0beta23 - 2002-08-07
35			* Unlinking Thesaurus files works now.
36			* Detach correctly now.
37
38	weasel	222	Changes in version 2.0beta22 - 2002-08-05
39			* Actually use the sane basedir. sigh
40
41	weasel	221	Changes in version 2.0beta21 - 2002-08-05
42			* Using a sane basedir by default. You no longer need to specify
43			it in pingd.conf.
44
45	weasel	220	Changes in version 2.0beta20 - 2002-08-02
46			* Added pingctl wrapper to tools.
47			* echolot --help now gives a brief list of commands.
48			* Added acknowledgements.
49
50	weasel	219	Changes in version 2.0beta19 - 2002-07-29
51	weasel	217	* Build keyrings in results.private too
52
53	weasel	216	Changes in version 2.0beta18 - 2002-07-23
54	weasel	215	* Allow for inclusion of broken chain reports and same operator/machine
55			lists in stats pages. Broken chain reports are not generated
56			automatically; this is planned for a later release. For now you need
57			to supply this information in the files broken1.txt, broken2.txt, and
58			sameop.txt.
59
60	weasel	216	Changes in version 2.0beta17 - 2002-07-22
61	weasel	212	* You no longer need an extra Mixmaster installation for your pinger.
62			Echolot can make use of any Mixmaster binary you alread have
63			installed.
64			* The config hash »Pinger::Mix« is obsolete now. Please set
65			»mixmaster« to the path of your mix executeable. Echolot now
66			uses its own mix directory below echolothome by default (config
67			option mixhome).
68			* The default gnupghome has changed from »gnupg« to »gnupghome«.
69			* New config option »gnupg«.
70	weasel	211	* Not the current time but the scheduled start time is used when
71			deciding which remailers to ping. This is nice if we get delayed for
72			whatever reason.
73	weasel	210	* Changed URL in templates to point to www.palfrader.org/echolot
74			instead of the savannah page.
75	weasel	212
76			How to upgrade (assuming you have a default configuration):
77			./pingd stop
78			mv gnupg gnupghome
79			vi pingd.conf (remove Pinger::Mix, set mixmaster;
80			cf. pingd.conf.sample )
81			./pingd [...] start
82	weasel	210
83	weasel	209	Changes in version 2.0beta16 - 2002-07-17
84	weasel	199	* Do not send all pings for the same remailer at the same time
85	weasel	202	* The cheap hashing function that was used for determining when to ping
86			was replaced by md5. The local secret also is an input to the
87			function so not all echolot pingers ping the same remailer at the
88			same time.
89	weasel	204	* In the distribution the pingd.conf file has been renamed to pingd.conf.
90			So it should be possible to just untar the new tar.gz over the old
91			installation (you have a backup anyway, don't you?).
92	weasel	206	* The getkeyconf command takes optional addresses to request config
93			data from.
94			* The getkeyconf config option was replaced by getkeyconf_interval and
95			getkeyconf_every_nth_time. Not all requests are sent at the same time
96			any more.
97	weasel	207	* Stats can be sorted by latency rather than nick. Set
98			stats_sort_by_latency if you want that.
99	weasel	199
100	weasel	195	Changes in version 2.0beta15 - 2002-07-16
101	weasel	187	* Have echolot version in stats HTML pages
102	weasel	190	* Random documentation fixes
103	weasel	198	* Make it runs with older perls (5.005_03 is tested)
104	weasel	194	- always pass two arguments to mkdir()
105			- import SEEK_ constants from POSIX rather than Fcntl
106			- do not use warnings
107	weasel	187
108	weasel	184	Changes in version 2.0beta14 - 2002-07-16
109	weasel	172	* Added commands buildstats buildkeys and buildthesaurus
110	weasel	176	* Added legend to templates (Orange)
111	weasel	177	* Thesaurus building failed when an id did not return a
112	weasel	187	valid remailer. A check was there bug it was wrong
113			* Have pingd.conf.5 manpage documenting all options
114	weasel	172
115	weasel	173	Changes in version 2.0beta13 - 2002-07-13
116	weasel	162	* Have correct title tags and some layout changes in the HTML templates
117	weasel	171	* Encode HTML Entities in HTML Stats
118			* Only show valid remailers in Thesaurus
119			* Support »not a remailer« reply to remailer-xxx
120			* Make sure only the right keys are exported to the pgp keyrings
121			* Do not skip key if GnuPG returns something in stderr with
122			remailer-key replies
123	weasel	162
124	weasel	161	Changes in version 2.0beta12 - 2002-07-11
125			* Cut strings when they do not fit in the table formats
126			* Sort type2.list/pubring.mix
127
128	weasel	158	Changes in version 2.0beta11 - 2002-07-11
129			* Don't run in Taint mode anymore per default.
130			If you still want it, trimm your PATH to something acceptable
131			for perl and add »-T« to the first line of pingd.
132
133	weasel	157	Changes in version 2.0beta10 - 2002-07-11
134			* Don't reset PATH to /usr/bin:/bin any more (Yes, again)
135			* Documentation updates
136
137	weasel	153	Changes in version 2.0beta9 - 2002-07-11
138	weasel	150	* Don't reset PATH to /usr/bin:/bin any more
139	weasel	153	* Use confess or cluck instead of croak in some places.
140	weasel	150
141	weasel	153	Changes in version 2.0beta8 - 2002-07-10
142	weasel	148	* Fix public clist.
143
144	weasel	153	Changes in version 2.0beta7 - 2002-07-10
145	weasel	143	* fixed a stupid syntax bug.
146
147	weasel	153	Changes in version 2.0beta6 - 2002-07-10
148	weasel	141	* Did away with Mail::Internet. Using local sendmail binary only.
149			This also means the smarthost config option is obsolete and there
150			is a sendmail config option now.
151
152	weasel	140	Changes in version 2.0beta5 - 2002-07-10
153	weasel	137	* Thesaurus filenames changed from nn-foo to nn.foo.
154			Use the change-thesaurus-filenames script in the tools
155			directory to convert your current thesaurus if you wish
156			to keep the data.
157	weasel	138	* Seperate rlists for rsa, dsa and plaintext pings are
158			supported now. Enable seperate_rlists in pingd.conf.
159	weasel	139	* Have a combined list. Enable with combined_list in pingd.conf.
160	weasel	137
161	weasel	140	Changes in version 2.0beta4 - 2002-07-10
162	weasel	134	* Minor documentation fixes
163			* Added --process switch
164			* Die if metadata or conf data cannot be parsed
165			* Build manpage into extra file
166
167	weasel	140	Changes in version 2.0beta3 - 2002-07-10
168	weasel	124	* Fixed a small bug with writing the metadata so that it could not be
169			parsed again
170
171	weasel	140	Changes in version 2.0beta2 - 2002-07-10
172	weasel	123	* Moved from XML to Data::Dumper
173			Use convert-xml-to-datadumper in the tools directory to
174			convert your setup:
175			pingd stop
176			mv pingd.conf pingd.conf.old
177			mv data/metadata data/metadata.old
178			convert-xml-to-datadumper CONFIG < pingd.conf.old > pingd.conf
179			convert-xml-to-datadumper METADATA < data/metadata.old > data/metadata
180			pingd start
181
182	weasel	140	Changes in version 2.0beta1 - 2002-07-07
183	weasel	123	* Initial public beta test