v1.20.0

Added:

• ban-enforce.py to kick people that match a new ban mask
• MLOCK-like functionality in channel_op.py
• Channels can be opted out of inactivity pruning
• Optional to disable youtubeifying !np output
• Allow RSS requests to bind to specific source addresses
• !words in PM
• yourls.py for yourl url shortners
• handle RPL_VISIBLEHOST

Changed:

• ERR_LINKCHANNEL (470) now removes the initial channel from autojoin
• (IRCv3) +draft/typing was ratified
• We're no longer supporting a specific broken charybdis install, for line length calculations
• Much better line truncation
• Handle HTTP redirects ourselves, to avoid redirects on to forbidden hosts

Fixed:

• All bot.conf paths should have ~/{DATA} expanded
• host-meta URL for fediverse accounts should be optional - fallback to default webfinger
• Message filter m/ criterias should operate on formatting-stripped lines
• Quote !grabs were wiping the user's category
• Quote !quotedels were looking at the wrong categories
• !words was squashing results in to a dict, losing days
• INVEX and EXCEPT lists were looking at the wrong index for masks

v1.19.0

Added:

• Commands Specs. expression language for defining format of command args
• .bitbot/mod-data/ for addition data files for modules
• Concept of core vs additional modules. Core modules can be reloaded but not unloaded
• channel_access groups: low/high/admin
• Proof of concept reminders on a cron schedule (cron_reminders.py)
• Show how many seconds by which you missed a duck (ducks.py)
• Show gitlab wiki events (git_webhooks)
• Opt-in prune inactive channels after 2 weeks (inactive_channels.py)
• Ability to export decorated functions with @utils.export
• Configrable chance of randomly triggered markovs (markov.py)
• Ability to rewrite messages as well as block them (message_filters.py)
• Ability to search through recent messages (messages.py)
• rainbow.py because rainbow text is fun
• Track time/commit of load and events handled per module and show it through !modinfo (modules.py)
• Support ranges in stepped cron schedules (cron.py)
• Format ACCOUNT events (format_activity.py)
• Track channel list modes like ban, quiet, invex, ban exceptions (mode_lists.py)
• Support WATCH when available for nick_regain.py

Changed:

• IRCv3's labeled-response was ratified
• IRCv3's setname was ratified
• channel_log now logs to .bitbot/mod-data/channel_log/
• channel_log can now RSA+AES(CBC) encrypt log files
• Word tracking is now done per day. use migration/v01.19.0-words.py to migrate old data
• Totally rewrote badges.py command interface
• Huge refactor and rework of channel_op.py - most commands can take duration and globs now
• Improve factoids.py (including nested factoids)
• Split out src/utils/datetime.py
• Show github webhook issue/PR titles in more places (git_webhooks)
• Show google result descriptions instead of title when available (google.py)
• Minimal formatted lines should be relayed (relay.py)
• Totally rewrote todo.py command interface
• IRCBuffer now holds 1024 lines of history (was 64; 1024 might be overkill...)
• Reloaded modules will always be rolled back to previous loaded module if reload fails
• Generate usage from command spec stings when present (help.py)
• Much cleaner support for handling server NOTICEs (line_handler)
• to_pretty_time can now do relative time (e.g. including years and months)
• Souped HTTP responses changed from lxml parsing to html5lib by default
• Bool config options now accept 0 and 1

Fixed:

• Readded lost support for SASL USERPASS pseudo algo (ircv3_sasl)
• Minor typo in healthchecks.py
• Minor typo in votes.py
• Crash caused by division by zero in title.py difference checking
• internal.identified command was being fired for every message with an @account tag (permissions)

v1.18.2

Changed:

• Colourise server address in server-notice formatting (format_activity.py)

Fixed:

• user variable doesn't exist in INVITE formatting code (format_activity.py)
• utils.datetime.find()'s not_pattern arg should be optional
• utils.datetime.iso8601_parse no longer has a microseconds arg (youtube.py)

v1.18.1

Fixed:

• Formatting variable typo for handling TOPIC (format_activity.py)

v1.18.0

Added:

• New dependency in requirements.txt: dateutils
• Show transferred github issues by default (git_webhooks)
• hostmask-tracking.py - keep a history of what hostmasks each nickname has used
• Also watch NICK and QUIT lines to see when our nickname might be freee (nick_regain.py)
• IRCv3 draft/delete implementation (ircv3_editmsg.py)
• Show account and realname in JOIN formattin when available (format_activity.py)

Changed:

• Removed --data-dir, --database and --log-dir, these options have been moved to bot.conf
• Reworded karma change output
• !grab not tries to attach quote to account, not just nickname (quotes.py)
• !wordiest not defaults to the current channel (words.py)
• !part now works for +o users or users with channel_access part (admin.py)

Fixed:

• cron would fail to initialise at 59 minutes past the hour (core_modules/cron.py)
• Don't send typing notications by default for pattern-based commands
• Regex error when replacement starts with a number (sed.py)
• Reimplement lost IRCv3 account-tag functionality (permissions)
• Show username when fediverse displayname is "" (fediverse)
• ++asd++ used to give karma to both asd++ and ++asd (karma.py)

v1.17.1

Fixed:

• Crash caused by switching coins.py to using cron scheduling without removing timer-related code
• Typo in function call name in cron.py

v1.17.0

Added:

• Ability to .save() bot.conf - we now use only this for module whitelist/blacklist
• A cron system (src/core_modules/cron.py)
• healthcheck.py - ping a URL every 10 minutes (for uptime-tracking services)
• Support ++nickname style karma (karma.py)
• Bot-wide aliases (!balias in aliases.py)
• Support per-user (PM) command-method setting (commands)
• dnsbl module to loop up given IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in blacklists

Changed:

• "Core" modules (modules needed for base operation of bitbot) moved to src/core_modules and made blacklist-immune
• Better parsing error for !config u birthday (birthday.py)
• Show display name, not username, when available (fediverse.py)
• By default, show locked/unlocked github issue/PR events (git_webhooks)
• Switch back to full wolframalpha API but use it better than we used to (wolframalpha.py)
• Hostmasks are now precompiled to find users that match them (permissions)

Removed:

• -m/-M args to bitbotd - didn't work any more due to databse locking
• database_backup.py - this was always a weird hack. Added a note about backups in README.md

v1.16.1

Changed:

• Response to giving karma now makes sense

Fixed:

• Typo preventing users giving karma

v1.16.0

Added:

• Show target in formatted private NOTICE events (format_activity.py)
• Show first 100 chars of GitHub issue comments (git_webhooks)
• Show who opened a GitHub pull request when approperiate (git_webhooks)
• Timed user ignores (ignore.py)
• Support "$$" as "$" in command alias argument replacement (aliases.py)
• Show explicitly when only a title of an issue/PR was changed (git_webhooks)
• Show URLs in !wikipedia output (wikipedia.py)
• !raw and !perform now support "human" formats (e.g. /msg user message)
• Listing servers with !servers (stats.py)

Changed:

• Complete refactor of permissions module - now with hostmask support
• Big refactor of commands module
• Command aliases moved to their own module. Run migration/v01.16.00-aliases.py to migrate old aliases.
• Karma is now stored per-user and you can give yourself karma. Run migration/v01.16.00-karma to migrate old karma.
• Unique User-Agent (utils.http.USERAGENT)
• Nickname hashed colourisation now matches weechat's default (utils.irc)
• ./bitbotd -m permissions -M master-password moved to ./bitbotctl command master-password
• utils.http.Response.data is now always bytes - use .decode()/.json()/.soup()
• to.py -> tell.py; move !to to !tell but add !to as an alias
• Sed edits are now cumulative (sed.py)

v1.15.0

Added:

• Optionally colourise nicknames when printed to log (format_activity.py and print_activity.py)
• Show git branch in !version output (info.py)
• Stop/start REST API HTTPd when trying to reload all modules (ModuleManager and rest_api.py)
• Individual channels can opt out of printing to INFO log (!config c print off, print_activity.py)
• Opt-in shlex argument parsing for command callbacks (commands)
• Show when BitBot first saw you speak in !words output (words.py)

Changed:

• Logging moved to ~/.bitbot/logs/ by default
• Better eval API for eval_python.py (now py3 only)
• Better single-line normalisation for ActivityPub Activities (fediverse)
• Better error messages shown to user when a fediverse Actor can't be found (fediverse)
• Git hashes are now truncated to 7 chars, not 8 (git_webhooks)
• Split utils/__init__.py out in to more separate files
• Show channel mode status symbols when formatting NOTICEs (format_activity.py)
• Conbine YouTube API requests in to 1 request, rather than 3 (youtube.py)

Fixed:

• Multiple channel keys should be expressed as comma-separated (channel_keys.py)
• !duckstats <nickname> was meant to show stats for another user (ducks.py)
• Fix almost completely broken 908 (RPL_SASLMECHS) handling
• Background colour formatting was being lost (utils.irc)

Removed:

• tfl.py moved to bitbot-modules