1 25Apr99=======================================================================
2 1. Fixed problem with filtered spots not coming out.
3 2. Added the possibility of filtering on channel callsign
4 15Mar99=======================================================================
5 1. added $actiondata to filter line to allow per action data such as no of hops
6 2. fixed a silly problem in talk for non-existant callsigns
8 02Mar99========================================================================
9 1. Changed DXUser so that it uses a homemade import/export hash routine
10 2. DXUser now uses a DB_BTREE file
11 3. Added export_users.pl, import_users.pl and convert_users.pl
12 25Feb99========================================================================
13 1. added NL language stuff.
15 21Feb99========================================================================
16 1. Allowed multiple 'on <freq>' for show/dx
17 2. Made sure the 'on 20m/ssb' thing worked (also 'on hf/cw').
18 3. first cut of the Filtering code, no user commands yet but the file
19 format is defined and manually added filters should work for spots
20 17Feb99========================================================================
21 1. added export_user.pl to export user files (for interest and safety)
22 2. changed DXUser::init to allow O_RDONLY access which may limit the number
23 of coredumps G0RDI seems to get.
24 15Feb99========================================================================
25 1. Added msg forwarding code which uses $main::root/msg/forward.pl.
26 14Feb99========================================================================
27 1. Changed A & K in WWV to be the other way around (I am told by G3IOR that
28 this will mean that we won't have pole to pole aurora nor all the power lines
29 overloading everywhere as well as a result of having values of K > 10).
30 2. allow the '~' character in message bodies.
31 3. Moved $main::data/badmsg.pl to $main::root/msg/badmsg.pl.
32 11Feb99========================================================================
33 1. Fixed a problem with isolated nodes' configurations being sent on sending
34 local configs to new connections.
35 08Feb99========================================================================
36 1. added a $SIG{ALRM} in the client to actually catch the alarm when it goes
37 off which means that the netrom/ax25 call programs terminate properly (and not
38 loop as fast as their little legs can paddle, soaking up CPU time).
39 2. Implemented read receipts as an especial request from G4PDQ.
40 3. Fiddled with DXUser a bit to see whether I can stop it core dumping on new
41 users in PC16s on G0RDI's machine.
42 4. Added E4 (Palestine) to Prefix data.
43 30Jan99========================================================================
44 1. Some of the dates we get can cause crashes, tried to make it more robust (oh
46 2. PC16 seem to come in with missing callsigns from somewhere
47 3. added $main::data/baddx.pl which prevents callsigns that are in the list being
48 a) forwarded b) stored and c) (except for the originator, if local) being
50 4. added $main::data/badmsg.pl which deletes any messages whose TO address is
51 in this list (this is largely for european sensibilities).
52 18Jan99========================================================================
53 1. added present(),presentish() and disconnect() to DXCron so that you can see
54 (easily) if a station is on the cluster anywhere and also disconnect them
56 2. added rcmd() to DXCron so you can send an rcmd to someone else from crontab.
57 3. <embarrassment>Fixed create_sysop.pl so that longitude is spelt correctly
58 there as well</embarrassment> made the update work properly. NOTE create_sysop
59 will only do what you expect if all cluster.pl and client.pl programs are
61 4. DXCron wasn't reading in reliably on startup, this is now (hopefully) fixed.
62 the -M semantics are rather strange!
63 5. The -w switch is now standard on cluster.pl
64 6. Added last_connect() which gives the last connect time of a user (or now
66 7. Added present_on(call, node) and presentish_on(ditto) which returns true if
67 the call is connected to the node.
68 8. incoming messages for users will now send a 'new message' message (instead
69 of merely generating the message)[who wrote this rubbish?].
70 9. Hooked $SIG{__WARN__} and $SIG{__DIE__} so we store these nasty error
72 10. Print the no of users on restricted protocol links if we have had PC50
73 11. Had a go at making the sh/cl stats more accurate.
74 12. PC11 was trying to call Local::spot1 instead of Local::spot, no warning
76 13. Added a simple lockfile to prevent more than one cluster running at a time
77 17Jan99========================================================================
78 1. fixed some permission problems on DXLog.
79 2. There is a circumstance in DXMsg which caused the cluster to stop on an
80 null ref pointer which I can't get to the bottom of but have bandaided out
82 3. Started filter and Database code.
83 4. Upper cased all the TO callsigns for sending to more than one station in
85 07Jan99========================================================================
86 1. Fixed Geomag after emacs reformatted it wrong so sh/wwv works again.
87 2. Added more range checking in WWV spots (they really are a heap of ...)
88 3. Changed create_sysop.pl so that you can update as well as create the user
90 4. Remove spotter's SSID from WWV spots
91 06Jan99========================================================================
92 1. Do some range checking for spots and WWV in the future (got a WWV for Oct
93 2034 whhich caused a bit of confusion!)
94 2. Make WWV spots broadcast them to the users! (as opposed to merely storing
95 them)(thank you G0RDI).
96 3. Allow users to do show/announce (thank you JE1SGH).
97 4. Delay broadcasts to users if they are not in a 'prompt' state (means you can
98 add messages and see what you are doing on a busy system)
99 5. Made set/unset dx,ann,wx,talk,wwv do what is expected
100 6. added set/sys_location and set/set_qra to set the cluster lat/long and qra
101 7. New messages will now be announced on logon (if there are any)
102 03Jan99========================================================================
103 1. Upped the version no !!!!
104 2. made the DXProtocol routines much less sensitive to '~' characters (JE1SGH)
105 3. added '^' -> ':' conversions on ann, talk and dx commands
106 4. You can now send messages containing blank lines.
107 5. Fixed merge command problem reported by G0RDI
108 28Dec98========================================================================
109 1. Crossed fingers, got rid of the instabilities caused by execing programs
110 at vast speed (reduced it significantly anyway).
111 2. Personals will now move if homenode is known.
112 3. Added Local.pm for doing local specials
113 27Dec98========================================================================
114 1. Various detail changes to remove some more warning with -w on
115 2. Added DXCron handling - you can do crontabs now.
116 3. Added show/program command so you can see where it is loading your .pm files
118 4. Added pc26/27 replies to locally connected cluster's merge (pc25) requests
119 5. Added spotters DXCC and original cluster to Spot data files.
120 23Dec98========================================================================
121 1. Reindented various things
122 2. Added missing $main::mycall on the end of outgoing PC11s (!)
123 3. Check that PC16/17 node calls really are nodes (AFAIAC).
124 22Dec98========================================================================
125 1. Added brackets round callsign if not here for prompt
126 2. Added Iain's set/password routine
127 3. Fixed sh/dx problems (the xemacs indent region messed Spot.pm up!)
129 21Dec98============= late! ====================================================
130 1. fixed problem with missing DXDebug in DXProt.
131 2. Fixed DXDebug so that it actually works as advertised with and without
133 3. Added deduping of WWV spots as well (at for date,time,sfi,k and i) dups
134 4. Replaced the 0 in "02-Dec-1998" with ' ' so it reads " 2-Dec-1998", it seems
135 hard to credit it but some 'programs' out there that connect to clusters have
136 problems with the leading '0'!
137 5. In the same vain, included a strictly AK1A compatible sh/heading, apparently
138 this is necessary for the same reason as 4.
139 6. Started contrib tree stored the old show/heading in contrib/g0rdi/show.
140 7. Because I now correctly dedupe spots and wwv (there's a hostage to fortune..)
141 I have added a merge command.
142 21Dec98========================================================================
143 1. Added "issue" to the client program for 'login' connections
144 2. Added more docs for client program.
145 3. Fixed problem introduced in 1.12 where a connect locally with a callsign of
146 someone connected remotely would stop the cluster.
147 4. issue release 1.13
148 20Dec98========================================================================
149 1. Removed all the warnings I get with perl -w (at least for just starting the
150 cluster and running a few commands).
151 2. Added per node hop control.
152 3. Added some docs on how to use it and isolation
153 4. Made talk command more intelligent in that if the user isn't seen and the
154 user's last node is visible it tries the talk anyway.
155 19Dec98========================================================================
156 1. Fixed problems with sh/rcmd (talk/ann/log) with a callsign as argument and
157 also made what G0RDI wanted work as well!
158 2. Added isolate flag to allow isolation of different networks at a gateway.
159 3. Changed make Makefile.PL to perl Makefile.PL in instructions
160 4. Copied latest instructions to html directory
161 5. Had another attempt at making clients disconnect without hanging everytime.
162 6. Changed msg queuing semantics so that the system routes on exact callsign.
163 7. Changed the protocol version so that it increments with the DXSpider version.
164 14Dec98========================================================================
165 1. Made the telnet thing work a bit better. It still will not work reliably to
166 a real telnetd on port 23.
167 2. Allowed network logins on client by specifying login instead of call.
168 3. made msg handling more robust (PC30 with unknown streams cause PC42), queueing
169 is only done on channels that are in state 'normal'.
170 4. Added pc command which takes a callsign and some text and sends it without
171 mods to the callsign, useful for sending manual PC protocol to unstick things.
172 Also for sending anonymous messages to online users.
173 5. Stopped duplicate messages being stored (it receives them and then bins them)
174 6. Implemented PC49 delete/full from outside (kill full on the inside)
175 7. Implemented the client command in connect scripts so that you can have
176 different scripts for the same callsign.
177 8. Added sh/wwv command
178 13Dec98========================================================================
179 1. Fixed VS6 lat/long in prefix_data and wpxloc.raw
180 2. Sorted out last in times for remote users
181 3. editted and substitued G0RDI's version of the install instructions over
183 4. fixed telnet connections
184 5. added connect instructions to html tree.
185 6. Added some more help
187 12Dec98========================================================================
188 1. Incorporated sh/st, (un)set/lockout, forward/opername from Iain G0RDI
189 2. Added group handling with (un)set/group, show/group. This allows arbitrary
190 groups to be formed (for ann/<group> for example) and is also used to 'filter'
191 spots, announces, wwvs etc into groups of cluster nodes (useful for creating
192 disjoint cluster networks)
193 3. **** CHANGE mylongtitude to mylongitude in DXVars.pm ****
194 4. Altered QRA locator routines so they work correctly!
195 5. Fixed all commands that had the wrong mylat(itude) and mylong(itude) names
197 07Dec98========================================================================
198 1. Added set/name, set/qra, set/location, set/qth, set/homenode, set/bbs,
200 2. changed the Msg socket close to a shutdown (hopefully more reliable), this
201 should stop clients hanging on exit.
202 3. Added Alias support for help
203 4. Added lltos and stoll routines to DXBearing
204 5. Added auto prompting for name, qth, location and homenode if any of these
206 06Dec98========================================================================
207 1. Fixed DXBearing::is_qra so that it correctly detects full QRA locators
208 2. Added sh/qra for doing locator distances and bearings
209 3. Added some stuff to Notes.txt on hints for command writers
210 4. Changed help system to use just one file per language
211 5. Started adding more help
212 6. Fixed 24Mhz band limits
213 7. Added apropos command and lots of new help text
214 05Dec98========================================================================
215 1. Added sh/heading and QRA locator calculation stuff
216 04Dec98========================================================================
217 1. Started Changes file
218 2. Added load/cmd_cache.pl to clear cmd cache shortcuts (use this if cluster.pl
219 get confused about where it is getting its commands from eg if you have
220 removed a file from local_cmd 'cos you want to go back to standard one)
221 3. Fixed bull handling at least to the extent that it stores them and
222 doesn't mess up the normal directory handling.
223 4. Fixed the unset/debug command so that it actually does the job!
224 5. Removed the middle line 'written in perl for unix' from show/version.pl