Contents of /trunk/NEWS

Changes in version 2.0beta33 - 2002-08-23
        * Scheduler fixes (inserted jobs for one time processing got requeued
          over and over again according to their interval).

Changes in version 2.0beta32 - 2002-08-23
        * Fix a major bug introduced in 2.0beta31 that resulted in no
          remailer-xxx queries beeing sent out.

Changes in version 2.0beta31 - 2002-08-21
        * Have a consistent name for the ~/echolot directory in README.
        * If you request keyconf from only a few remailers, more requests could
          have been sent. Fixed that.
        * Write REMAIL n to mix.cfg - apparently it defaults to yes, which
          means Mixmaster will want to create keys.
        * Fix random typos.
        * Fix pingctl script.

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	280	Changes in version 2.0beta33 - 2002-08-23
2			* Scheduler fixes (inserted jobs for one time processing got requeued
3			over and over again according to their interval).
4
5	weasel	277	Changes in version 2.0beta32 - 2002-08-23
6			* Fix a major bug introduced in 2.0beta31 that resulted in no
7			remailer-xxx queries beeing sent out.
8	weasel	276
9	weasel	275	Changes in version 2.0beta31 - 2002-08-21
10	weasel	266	* Have a consistent name for the ~/echolot directory in README.
11	weasel	270	* If you request keyconf from only a few remailers, more requests could
12	weasel	267	have been sent. Fixed that.
13	weasel	269	* Write REMAIL n to mix.cfg - apparently it defaults to yes, which
14			means Mixmaster will want to create keys.
15	weasel	271	* Fix random typos.
16	weasel	274	* Fix pingctl script.
17	weasel	266
18	weasel	265	Changes in version 2.0beta30 - 2002-08-15
19	weasel	264	* Write NAME and ADDRESS to mix.cfg - mix cannot figure it out
20			if detached.
21
22	weasel	259	Changes in version 2.0beta29 - 2002-08-14
23	weasel	258	* Create .meta files with the expiry date of pages.
24			* Also put the expiry date in HTML meta headers.
25			* Make indexfilebasename a configure option.
26			* Code cleanup: renamed some functions.
27
28	weasel	257	Changes in version 2.0beta28 - 2002-08-13
29	weasel	256	* Write a standard mix.cfg configuration file for mixmaster.
30			It only sets PUBRING and TYPE2LIST. Needed for systems where
31			those values are overriden by systemwide defaults.
32
33	weasel	255	Changes in version 2.0beta27 - 2002-08-13
34	weasel	253	* Some small fixes to the Debian Package
35
36	weasel	248	Changes in version 2.0beta26 - 2002-08-12
37	weasel	232	* Fix a few typos in the echolot.html template.
38	weasel	234	* Added /etc/echolot/pingd.conf to the list of configfiles.
39	weasel	239	* Have a debian/ directory to build a Debian package.
40	weasel	240	* Config option mailindir was renamed to mailin. You now
41			can also point it to a mbox format mailbox.
42	weasel	245	* Have --quiet.
43	weasel	246	* Stricter permissions for most newly created directories (go-rwx).
44	weasel	232
45	weasel	230	Changes in version 2.0beta25 - 2002-08-10
46			* Produce echolot.html, an index file for echolot results.
47
48	weasel	227	Changes in version 2.0beta24 - 2002-08-10
49			* Remove �x� from end of pubring.mix summary lines.
50
51	weasel	225	Changes in version 2.0beta23 - 2002-08-07
52			* Unlinking Thesaurus files works now.
53			* Detach correctly now.
54
55	weasel	222	Changes in version 2.0beta22 - 2002-08-05
56			* Actually use the sane basedir. sigh
57
58	weasel	221	Changes in version 2.0beta21 - 2002-08-05
59			* Using a sane basedir by default. You no longer need to specify
60			it in pingd.conf.
61
62	weasel	220	Changes in version 2.0beta20 - 2002-08-02
63			* Added pingctl wrapper to tools.
64			* echolot --help now gives a brief list of commands.
65			* Added acknowledgements.
66
67	weasel	219	Changes in version 2.0beta19 - 2002-07-29
68	weasel	217	* Build keyrings in results.private too
69
70	weasel	216	Changes in version 2.0beta18 - 2002-07-23
71	weasel	215	* Allow for inclusion of broken chain reports and same operator/machine
72			lists in stats pages. Broken chain reports are not generated
73			automatically; this is planned for a later release. For now you need
74			to supply this information in the files broken1.txt, broken2.txt, and
75			sameop.txt.
76
77	weasel	216	Changes in version 2.0beta17 - 2002-07-22
78	weasel	212	* You no longer need an extra Mixmaster installation for your pinger.
79			Echolot can make use of any Mixmaster binary you alread have
80			installed.
81			* The config hash �Pinger::Mix� is obsolete now. Please set
82			�mixmaster� to the path of your mix executeable. Echolot now
83			uses its own mix directory below echolothome by default (config
84			option mixhome).
85			* The default gnupghome has changed from �gnupg� to �gnupghome�.
86			* New config option �gnupg�.
87	weasel	211	* Not the current time but the scheduled start time is used when
88			deciding which remailers to ping. This is nice if we get delayed for
89			whatever reason.
90	weasel	210	* Changed URL in templates to point to www.palfrader.org/echolot
91			instead of the savannah page.
92	weasel	212
93			How to upgrade (assuming you have a default configuration):
94			./pingd stop
95			mv gnupg gnupghome
96			vi pingd.conf (remove Pinger::Mix, set mixmaster;
97			cf. pingd.conf.sample )
98			./pingd [...] start
99	weasel	210
100	weasel	209	Changes in version 2.0beta16 - 2002-07-17
101	weasel	199	* Do not send all pings for the same remailer at the same time
102	weasel	202	* The cheap hashing function that was used for determining when to ping
103			was replaced by md5. The local secret also is an input to the
104			function so not all echolot pingers ping the same remailer at the
105			same time.
106	weasel	204	* In the distribution the pingd.conf file has been renamed to pingd.conf.
107			So it should be possible to just untar the new tar.gz over the old
108			installation (you have a backup anyway, don't you?).
109	weasel	206	* The getkeyconf command takes optional addresses to request config
110			data from.
111			* The getkeyconf config option was replaced by getkeyconf_interval and
112			getkeyconf_every_nth_time. Not all requests are sent at the same time
113			any more.
114	weasel	207	* Stats can be sorted by latency rather than nick. Set
115			stats_sort_by_latency if you want that.
116	weasel	199
117	weasel	195	Changes in version 2.0beta15 - 2002-07-16
118	weasel	187	* Have echolot version in stats HTML pages
119	weasel	190	* Random documentation fixes
120	weasel	198	* Make it runs with older perls (5.005_03 is tested)
121	weasel	194	- always pass two arguments to mkdir()
122			- import SEEK_ constants from POSIX rather than Fcntl
123			- do not use warnings
124	weasel	187
125	weasel	184	Changes in version 2.0beta14 - 2002-07-16
126	weasel	172	* Added commands buildstats buildkeys and buildthesaurus
127	weasel	176	* Added legend to templates (Orange)
128	weasel	177	* Thesaurus building failed when an id did not return a
129	weasel	187	valid remailer. A check was there bug it was wrong
130			* Have pingd.conf.5 manpage documenting all options
131	weasel	172
132	weasel	173	Changes in version 2.0beta13 - 2002-07-13
133	weasel	162	* Have correct title tags and some layout changes in the HTML templates
134	weasel	171	* Encode HTML Entities in HTML Stats
135			* Only show valid remailers in Thesaurus
136			* Support �not a remailer� reply to remailer-xxx
137			* Make sure only the right keys are exported to the pgp keyrings
138			* Do not skip key if GnuPG returns something in stderr with
139			remailer-key replies
140	weasel	162
141	weasel	161	Changes in version 2.0beta12 - 2002-07-11
142			* Cut strings when they do not fit in the table formats
143			* Sort type2.list/pubring.mix
144
145	weasel	158	Changes in version 2.0beta11 - 2002-07-11
146			* Don't run in Taint mode anymore per default.
147			If you still want it, trimm your PATH to something acceptable
148			for perl and add �-T� to the first line of pingd.
149
150	weasel	157	Changes in version 2.0beta10 - 2002-07-11
151			* Don't reset PATH to /usr/bin:/bin any more (Yes, again)
152			* Documentation updates
153
154	weasel	153	Changes in version 2.0beta9 - 2002-07-11
155	weasel	150	* Don't reset PATH to /usr/bin:/bin any more
156	weasel	153	* Use confess or cluck instead of croak in some places.
157	weasel	150
158	weasel	153	Changes in version 2.0beta8 - 2002-07-10
159	weasel	148	* Fix public clist.
160
161	weasel	153	Changes in version 2.0beta7 - 2002-07-10
162	weasel	143	* fixed a stupid syntax bug.
163
164	weasel	153	Changes in version 2.0beta6 - 2002-07-10
165	weasel	141	* Did away with Mail::Internet. Using local sendmail binary only.
166			This also means the smarthost config option is obsolete and there
167			is a sendmail config option now.
168
169	weasel	140	Changes in version 2.0beta5 - 2002-07-10
170	weasel	137	* Thesaurus filenames changed from nn-foo to nn.foo.
171			Use the change-thesaurus-filenames script in the tools
172			directory to convert your current thesaurus if you wish
173			to keep the data.
174	weasel	138	* Seperate rlists for rsa, dsa and plaintext pings are
175			supported now. Enable seperate_rlists in pingd.conf.
176	weasel	139	* Have a combined list. Enable with combined_list in pingd.conf.
177	weasel	137
178	weasel	140	Changes in version 2.0beta4 - 2002-07-10
179	weasel	134	* Minor documentation fixes
180			* Added --process switch
181			* Die if metadata or conf data cannot be parsed
182			* Build manpage into extra file
183
184	weasel	140	Changes in version 2.0beta3 - 2002-07-10
185	weasel	124	* Fixed a small bug with writing the metadata so that it could not be
186			parsed again
187
188	weasel	140	Changes in version 2.0beta2 - 2002-07-10
189	weasel	123	* Moved from XML to Data::Dumper
190			Use convert-xml-to-datadumper in the tools directory to
191			convert your setup:
192			pingd stop
193			mv pingd.conf pingd.conf.old
194			mv data/metadata data/metadata.old
195			convert-xml-to-datadumper CONFIG < pingd.conf.old > pingd.conf
196			convert-xml-to-datadumper METADATA < data/metadata.old > data/metadata
197			pingd start
198
199	weasel	140	Changes in version 2.0beta1 - 2002-07-07
200	weasel	123	* Initial public beta test