+03Jan22=======================================================================
+1. Allow overrides (on modern versions of perl) with things in DXVars.pm, such
+ $clusterport. This is really only of use for people trying to run more than
+ one instance of DXSpider on the same machine.
+02Jan22=======================================================================
+1. Fix dx bug introduced to handle dx by ip <ipaddr> for webclusters.
+2. Remove _add_thingy dbg message from general view.
+3. Increase sh/ann cache to 130 to cope with some client programs' profligate
+ need to fill their users' screens with needless erm... data.
+01Jan22=======================================================================
+1. Fixed missing ';' in spoof
+30Dec21=======================================================================
+1. Try to fix (nuke) tabs in comment field.
+28Dec21=======================================================================
+1. Fix issues with wwv & wcy updates into the cache.
+2. Add a simple sh/announce cache to stop spawning when used (especially) in
+ a script.
+27Dec21=======================================================================
+1. Fix "kwalitee control" issue in /spider/cmd/dx.pl.
+2. Make sh/wcy and sh/wwv cacheble for simple queries.
+3. Fix set/nodxxxxxx etc.
+22Dec21=======================================================================
+1. Add the possibility to do "sender verify" that spots (and later on, other
+ things like announce etc) are coming from spotters that exist on the node
+ that the PC11/61 says it does. At the moment, this is advisory as many
+ users seem to be on web clusters and many of them do not send PC61 and also
+ don't update the node's routing tables that normal node usage would do.
+2. Prioritise PC61 spots over PC11 spots wherever possible. Also promote PC11
+ spots to PC61 where the spotter's IP is known.
+3. Add a shell script "perlbrew-dxspider" that can be used for starting the
+ node when using perlbrew (i.e. more modern perls) on older distros such
+ as Centos 7/8.
+4. Allow to "dx by <spotter> ip <ip address> <qrg> <spot call> <comment>.
+ This is added as a convenience measure for webcluster authors while waiting
+ for the internal websocket interface (or because they cannot use that).
+ This can only be used by suitably privileged users.
+ This likely to be a temporary measure and will be immediately withdrawn if
+ there is any sign of abuse.
+11Dec21=======================================================================
+1. Removed dependency on perl Git package.
+2. Force code to change directory to $DXSPIDER_ROOT || '/spider'. Also force
+ git -C $root describe.
+3. Change git commands AGAIN to work on old perls (which mojo won't work on,
+ but it makes my life easier).
+4. Change version strings to include the perl version in use.
+10Dec21=======================================================================
+1. Fix the output of set/dxgrid, set/usstate and set/dxcq or set/dxitu to how
+ it was always supposed to be since 2003.
+09Dec21=======================================================================
+1. Moved isregistered to DXChannel for safety...
+08Dec21=======================================================================
+1. Get to the bottom of why ssid'd calls were using the base call's
+ credentials. This should now work as expected.
+06Dec21=======================================================================
+1. Improve console.pl scrolling. Split long lines (eg on announcements.
+04Dec21=======================================================================
+1. Fix illogicalities in USDB creations and make sure that O_CREAT on tie does
+ NOT encounter an existing file to barf about. Even though it shouldn't.
+ Thanks Howard WB3FFV.
+2. Fixed a typo in show/registered that prevents a list of callsigns being
+ searched for. Got rid of some over complex code. Thanks Fabrizio iZ0UIN.
+3. Fix long line wrapping in console.pl
+03Dec21=======================================================================
+1. Move motd and issue files to local_data if not already there.
+30Nov21=======================================================================
+1. Fix sh/dx with callsigns that have /p or VE/G1TLH in them.
+2. Add unset/ak1a, unset/arcluster aliases and some minimal help for UNSET/
+ SPIDER, NODE, ARCLUSTER, AKIA and also SET/USER.
+26Nov21=======================================================================
+1. *Really* change spot display format and sh/dx format "back the way they
+ were. But They won't stay that way for long!!!! There are four (yes, count
+ them) completely unused spaces at the end of the line!!!!
+25Nov21=======================================================================
+1. Restored spot format back to the way it was.
+2. Added CTY-3127 prefixes
+24Nov21=======================================================================
+1. Make /spider/perl/create_sysop.pl work on a base git cloned tree.
+2. Add /spider/local /spider/local_cmd /spider/local_data to git.
+3. Make user supplied console width (set/width) sticky.
+19Nov21=======================================================================
+1. Add the ability of console.pl to resize and have dx spots also resize so
+ that the comment field's size will increase accordingly. Sh/dx amd sh/mydx
+ also work similarly. If you make the console width smaller or wider then
+ spots already on the screen will not resize.
+2. For client programs that parse the output (why? use set/ve7cc to get more
+ easily machine parsed output), a new command "set/width <width>" is
+ available.
+18Nov21=======================================================================
+1. Add a dx spot cache which will store 2 days worth (configurable) of spots.
+ This is then used by the vast majority of simple sh/dx queries without
+ using a sub process. A simple sh/dx is any sh/dx that does not have an
+ "expression" such as "sh/dx g1tlh". So "sh/dx", "sh/dx 200", "sh/mydx" will
+ always run in the main program via the cache. Certain client programs (no
+ names, no pack drill) will notice the difference immediately. It's also a
+ bit snappier.
+2. set/badspotter or set/badnode will work for RBN input.
+3. RBN input with invalid QRGs will be dropped with a nice friendly message
+ rather than a scary exception message about multiplication thrown by one
+ of the libraries that I use.
+4. Added CTY-3126 prefixes.
+5. Silently ignore self spotting below 1240000Khz (change
+ $Spot::minselfspot to 0 to disable or some other freq in Khz). NOTE this
+ will appear as a spot to the spotter's feed, but will not be passed on.
+15Jul21=======================================================================
+1. Fix long standing bug in crontabs that commands with " rather than ' around
+ strings could cause those commands not to work.
+2. Add CTY 3117 prefixes.
+15Mar21=======================================================================
+1. Fix DXUtil::localdata so that it does actually prefer the latest version
+ of a file regardless of whether it is in /spider/data or /spider/localdata.
+2. Add CTY-3105 prefixes.
+05Mar21=======================================================================
+1. Fix DXCron::spawn_cmd so that more than one spawn_cmd can be active at a
+ time. This affects many nodes where lots of regular spawn_cmds happen at
+ a time and this prevented crucial things like 'start_connect' from working!
+2. Sort user lockout issues to cope with all likely scenarios - including
+ "phantom" SSID working.
+3. Fix "close_gracefully" error messages which are useless, but benign. These
+ happen (mainly) when outgoing connects timeout.
+24Feb21=======================================================================
+1. modify RBN timing arrangements
+
+ There are two new twiddle pots:
+
+ $limbotime (default 5*60 secs) which allows potential spots to
+ hang around longer to allow $minqual *different* skimmers to spot
+ them. At which point they are emitted. This is to catch the "slow
+ burning" spots where a call is spotted by different skimmers but
+ separated in time by more than $dwelltime - in fact maybe by
+ minutes.
+
+ $maxqual (default 9 skimmers) which short circuits the normal
+ hard maximum $quality (9 skimmer spots) and $dwelltime (10secs)
+ to allow a spot that has $maxqual *different* skimmers (usually
+ as the result of a burst from the RBN) to defeat $dwelltime and
+ be emitted the moment that condition is satisfied. There maybe
+ a better name for this.
+21Feb21=======================================================================
+1. add data section on 160m in bands.pl.
+07Sep20=======================================================================
+1, Change interface to watchdbg & grepdbg slightly so that multiple search
+ regexes are ANDed rather than ORed together. ORing is easily achieved
+ already by the usual regex pattern 'PATT..|PATT..|..' whereas ANDing could
+ not be done as easily without resorting lots of 'PATT.*PATH' things which
+ would not necessarily get what was wanted.
+2. Make sure that the pc92 C record only contains nodes and users and not
+ other extranoeus things like skimmers...
+15Aug20=======================================================================
+1. Simplify the skimmer scoring mechanism.
+13Aug20=======================================================================
+1. Improve the (displayed) RBN frequency weighting the skimmers' frequencies
+ w.r.t majority view on each spot. Any skimmer that disagrees with a
+ gets docked a 'point' from their 'good' score (if any) and have a 'point'
+ added to their 'bad' score. This score is then taked into account during
+ the 'choosing the real frequency' process. If a skimmer agrees with the
+ majority the process is reversed. To see this in action: set/deb rbnskim
+06Aug20=======================================================================
+1, Add CTY-3013 Prefixes
+2. Make RBN more efficient. Start the process of skimmer node performance
+ caching. Add minimum quality allowed (at 2), which will be overrideable.
+ The format of the rbn_cache has changed and so a full restart will occur.
+3. Collect channel input/output stats. New command: show/data_stats to show
+ them.
+4. Add local::lib qw{/spider/perl5lib} to store cpanm loaded modules just for
+ DXSpider. This is done so that updates needed by future changes can be done
+ as the sysop user and doesn't have to be done as root. This paves the way
+ for UPDATE.pl which will pull down new modules that it needs automatically.
+ When it's written, which will be soon.
+29Jul20=======================================================================
+1. Add show/rbn command that allows one to see who is online and configured
+ for RBN. See help sh/rbn for details.
+2. Fixed issue with set/ve7cc mode adding unwanted newlines to output.
+3. Attempted to make the QRG normalisation more "intelligent". This would be
+ sooooooooo much easier if skimmers were calibrated more accurately.
+4. Added CTY-3012 prefixes.
+23Jul20=======================================================================
+1. fix Filtering so that it does less of what it was doing badly, thus
+ the perl interpreter to do more of the work. Which means you *should* be
+ able to define more or less any allowable operation for that type of
+ filter. Which is a complicated way of saying: you can now use brackets.
+2. Regex expressions now appear as readable text in sh/filter.
+3. Make the RBN status file JSON, rather than DD format. In future versions
+ it will also be VERSIONed to enable more features to be added
+ transparently.
+4. Add show/rbn command to allow sysops to see who is using rbn.
+11Jul20=======================================================================
+1. Fix (embarrassing) gratuitous '#'s in bands.pl
+2. IMPORTANT: certain PC92 strings can crash DXSpider if the nologchan debug
+ category is set (which reduces debug files to sizes that non-developers can
+ reasonably store (especially during big contests)),
+10Jul20=======================================================================
+1. Fix console.pl permissions problem when running as another user not in
+ debug mode. Console.pl WILL NOT WORK in debug mode unless it is running
+ as the sysop user.
+08Jul20=======================================================================
+1. "Finish" the RBN system :-)
+2. This includes enabling the coarse selection of spot modes using set/wantrbn
+ with arguments like 'set/wantrbn cw beacon'. This limits your output to
+ just CW, BCN and DXF modes.
+3. The RBN spot is now cached. With a following wind, this means that even a
+ node restart, done in a timely fashion (within a few minutes) will not
+ cause a "cache warmup" delay for users on a restart.
+4. Added the "full fat" set/wantrbn command and aliased it to 'set/skimmer'.
+ I use both terms (whenever I remembered) in the help text.
+5. Help text has been written.
+6. The UPGRADE.mojo file has been tweeked to point out the users file format
+ change.
+7. Merge in users.v3j to the mojo branch.
+8. Add CTY-3011 prefixes.
+07Jul20=======================================================================
+1. Fix show/node command.
+2. Fix show/cluster command to take into account the presence of skimmer nodes
+ which are a new category of thing which is neither a node nor a user.
+06Jul20=======================================================================
+1. Add RBN.mojo with information of the RBN capabilities of DXSpider.
+05Jul20=======================================================================
+1. Fix show/dxcc.
+2. Add HAPROXY "real ip" type 1 handling for incoming connections.
+04Jul20=======================================================================
+1. Give console.pl (or dx) a good going over with a bog brush to *finally*
+ (cough) make it work correctly with a full 80 column window (and not just
+ to a width of 79 really). Also fix scrolling.
+28Jun20=======================================================================
+1. Merge mojo with users.v3j to remove all vestages of Storable from DXSpider
+ in an effort to make the whole storage thing more reliable (and also a
+ bit faster). The user file will be auto-upgraded on restart. This may take
+ up to 20 seconds on slower hardware (and maybe a bit longer on huge user
+ files). On my 180,000 odd users, on my hardware, it takes 4 seconds.
+2. The DXQSL system storage is also upgraded, Please run
+ /spider/perl/create_dxqsl.pl in a spare shell. This will recreate the
+ dxqsl.v1j file. Run 'load/dxqsl' in the console to activate it.
+17Jun20=======================================================================
+1. Change the Spot file reading mechanism back to the default of using 'tac'.
+08Jun20=======================================================================
+1. Fix show/mydx (lack of) filtering bug.
+2. Add qra locator to prefix_data.pl.
+3. Add 4 digit qra square for spotted callsign if show/dxgrid is enabled.
+4. Fix general filtering bug where erroneous input causes crashing.
+03Jun20=======================================================================
+1. Make sure that all possible regexes get passed across to the search engine.
+2. Fix out of order logging on sh/log queries spanning more than one month.
+3. Do not read backwards on sh/dx, reading forwards seems a 1/3 quicker.
+4. Add <ms>, <tr> and <es> shortcuts to sh/dx (e.g sh/dx <tr> on 2m).
+02Jun20=======================================================================
+1. Fix the small whoopsie in sh/dx.
+01Jun20=======================================================================
+1. Fix sh/dx iota and qra. This completes the conversion of sh/dx's limited
+ "old style" parsing to using Filter style parsing with something that
+ allows expressions include brackets ( and ) as well as the 'not' keyword.
+ NOTE: the precedence rules are the same as perl's '!', '||' and '&&'
+ operators.
+31May20=======================================================================
+1. Improve links command layout slightly.
+2. Issue an *accurate* UPGRADE.mojo with all the new packages included!
+3. Fix issue with sh/dx
+30May20=======================================================================
+1. Fix sh/dx! It appears that there is a long standing problem with sh/dx not
+ actually return all the answers it should. I have also had a request to
+ allow / enable the "not" keyword (just like the filtering system dones).
+
+ Now this was one of the earliest modules that I wrote and it took quite
+ a bit of work to tease out the important bits and then use the Filter
+ module (as in acc/spot) to generate the sh/dx filtering expressions. This
+ seems to have been done.
+
+ NB This will likely not work if you are using a SQL backend to do sh/dx
+ commands. This was never actually an official feature. It is now
+ deprecated.
+29May20=======================================================================
+1. Please install Math::Round and Data::Structure::Util. Instructions are
+ available in UPGRADE.mojo.
+2. ** Withdrawn ** user file format change to json not yet committed.
+20May20=======================================================================
+1. Backport convert-users-v3-to-v4.pl to allow creation of the new json
+ formatted *text* based user file from the old v3 DB_File and Storable
+ version. This can be done either online (with the node running) or offline
+ with the node stopped. This is in preparation for the next update of the
+ mojo branch. Running this program just *BEFORE* doing your next update of
+ the mojo branch *should* ensure a seemless transition to the Storable &
+ DB_File free version of the users file.
+2. Show git branch in show/version.
+3. Add CTY-3010 changes.
+17May20=======================================================================
+1. Backport DXSubprocess to change serialisations.
+ Currently the internals of Mojo::IOLoop::Subprocess defaults to
+ using Storeable as its cross-process argument and data serialisaion
+ method. It can use others. This update reverts back to the
+ original ForkCall method of using JSON.
+10May20=======================================================================
+1. Added basic changes so that users *could* have multiple connections to the
+ same node if it is allowed. This is work in progress and is there to see
+ if it deals with some networking problems encountered on very high volume
+ sites which can see more than 1000 users (although the problems can occur
+ with many hundreds or by the practices of certain ISPs). More information
+ will be forthcoming if I get to the bottom of what's REALLY going on and
+ whether this is (or maybe just one part of) the solution. It won't be
+ ready for general use until then.
+2. Fixed the script import error reported by Joaquin (EA3CV?), by the simple
+ expedient of restoring the version from the master branch.
+09May20=======================================================================
+1. Show the route by which this PCxx came in progress debugging reports. In
+ some other words: the spot/wwv/wcy/ann message arrived first from this
+ connection.
+2. Improve progress WWV & WCY messages.
+3. Stop random node isolations (at least in one place)
+08May20=======================================================================
+1. Tidy up routing table
+2. Add new argument to show/version (ALL or list of regexes) that allow you
+ to see the version and build nos of all nodes on the system.
+07May20=======================================================================
+1. Revert changes made since 25Apr concerning IP address reconciliation.
+25Apr20=======================================================================
+1. Add maximum no of users on node to show/cluster.
+2. Add ability to show last n lines of debugging ring buffer.
+3. Remove redundant wpxloc.dat file.
+24Apr20=======================================================================
+1. Add 'progress' debugging for showing that stuff is happening in nologchan
+ a.k.a ringbuffer only mode.
+2. Fix grepdbg so that no regex argument simply lists the file.
+3. Add CTY-3008 prefixes.
+22Apr20=======================================================================
+1. Fix the module search path in update_sysop.pl
+2. Add latest prefixes CTY-3007
+3. Fix unset/startup command. This will only work for users' start up scripts
+ things like user_default or startup must be edited or removed by hand.
+21Apr20=======================================================================
+1. Finally fix the "actually tranmit" any output (like from 'logout' files)
+ to users before disconnecting. This also means that disconnecting nodes
+ now receive the (totally redundant, but hey) PC39 reason for disconnection.
+20Apr20=======================================================================
+1. Speed up sh/log (including chat, rcmd, ann etc) that search the system
+ log files, by removing a completely redundant subsystem and also leveraging
+ the core operating system utility 'tac', if it's available.
+19Apr20=======================================================================
+1. The long haul that is the mojo branch has started up again. It's something
+ to do during this lockdown.
+2. The problems and instabilities around running commands that worked in
+ forked processes, when used other than by normally logged in users (e.g.
+ in the local crontab), have been fixed.
+3. If a /spider/local_data/logout file is present then its contents will be
+ sent to the user on logout.
+4. Add the ability to sh/dx origin or ip (address).
+5. Retire the use of the deprecated Mojo::IOLoop::ForkCall in favour of using
+ the supported equivalent in Mojolicious 7.26 and above. Which means you
+ will need to upgrade Mojo to at least the version. The current version is
+ 8.36 and is known to work.
+10Sep19=======================================================================
+1. Improve DXSql database filtering to exclude most via <locator> type
+ reports.
+2. Add CTY-2913 prefixes + wpxloc.raw
+14Jul18=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-2808 prefixes + wpxloc.raw
+16Jun18=======================================================================
+1. add more modes to rbn.pl
+23Jan18=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-2802 prefixes
+27Oct17=======================================================================
+1. Get correct hostname support and privilege levels on web connects.
+26Oct17=======================================================================
+1. Start (serious) work on web interface. Make the necessary changes to allow
+ a local webserver to connect and get its own style of messages.
+11Aug17=======================================================================
+1. Add default systemd service file file
+10Aug17=======================================================================
+1. check for disconnecting flag in more places
+31Jul17=======================================================================
+1. Fixed create_usdb.pl path specifications
+2. add CTY-2708 prefixes
+12May17=======================================================================
+1. Fix sh/425 (mostly)
+2. Add CTY-2706 prefixes
+05May17=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-2705 prefixes
+04Apr17=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-2704 prefixes
+17Mar17=======================================================================
+1. Add latest cty.dat & wpxloc.raw
+21Feb17=======================================================================
+1. Fix sh/dx on 14050 so that it does what one expects.
+2. Add CTY-2702 prefixes
+15Feb17=======================================================================
+1. Update UPGRADE.mojo a bit
+2. Add local::lib so that it can be used for non-root installations.
+09Jan17=======================================================================
+1. Fix mojo branch clean install issues (failing to find $main::data et al)
+02Jan17=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-2615 prefixes
+2. Add rbn.pl - an experimental rbn deduplicating spot filter.
+26Dec16=======================================================================
+1. Fix some possible routes to $myalias callsigns becoming nodes.
+22Nov16=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-2614 prefixes
+21Nov16=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-2613 prefixes
+17Nov16=======================================================================
+1. Change method (again) of get processor seconds in cmd/mrtg.pl. Split out
+ main process from children and display each separately.
+16Nov16=======================================================================
+1. Change method of get processor seconds in cmd/mrtg.pl
+18Aug16=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-2610
+2. put back msg total in & total out for mrtg and background mrtg
+3. add dxcc == ADIF country code.
+16Aug16=======================================================================
+1. Mega change to push all local data in $root/local_data and where there
+ is duplication with system data (still in $root/data) then use whichever
+ is newer. This will move stuff (permanently) like spots and other DXLog
+ files to local_data as well as the userfile, DX QSL file and usdb stuff.
+25Jul16=======================================================================
+1. Add some timing stats to cmd spawn_cmd.
+08Jul16=======================================================================
+1. Add latest wpxloc.raw
+2. Add CTY-2609
+28Mar16=======================================================================
+1. Fix get/keps.pl so that it does the right fetch
+25Mar16=======================================================================
+1. Rework DXCron::spawn command to use Mojo::IOLoop::ForkCall
+04Jan16=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-2601 prefix file
+02Jan16=======================================================================
+1. fix new URL for sh/425 command
+30Dec15=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-2516 prefix file
+2. Try to stop and also reset node call user records back to 'S'
+3. Fix multiple on_disc events in AsyncMsg.pm
+02Jun15=======================================================================
+1. Extend regex for quit to allow other commands starting in 'q'.
+2. Add CTY-2506 prefix file
+26May15=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-2506 prefix file
+01Mar15=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-2503 prefix file
+13Feb15=======================================================================
+1. Fix problem with sh/dx <call> if people are logging spots to a SQL database
+3. Added CTY-2502 prefixes.
+3. My late father would have been 102 today.
+27Nov14=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-2415 prefix list
+25Nov14=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-2414 prefix list
+21Nov14=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-2413 prefix list
+21Oct14=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-2011 prefixes
+16Sep14=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY2410 wpxloc.raw + cty.dat
+2. remove autoflush from logs
+16Sep14=======================================================================
+1. Fix (now) missing error_handler
+30Aug14=======================================================================
+1. add CTY-2409 prefixes
+2. add new wpxloc.raw
+19Jul14=======================================================================
+1. Use JSON::XS for ForkCall serialisation in DXCommandmode.pm
+19Jun14=======================================================================
+1. Fix EOF detection of incoming nodes.
+2. Attempt to autogenerate Version.pm with *correct* values (instead of the
+ the git id of the previous commit). Oh, and do it on every commit or pull.
+17Jun14=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY2405 prefix changes
+2. Arrange for all file searching routines based on sh/dx or sh/log to be
+ non-blocking. This should allow incoming and outgoing protocol to
+ continue flowing when such a command is run.
+3. Added some usable code to show/wx (finally).
+4. Make stats cmds (sh/v?hfstats, sh/v?hftable) non-blocking.
+5. Make sh/isolate, sh/registered, sh/lockout non-blocking.
+6. Fix shutdown command.
+16Jun14=======================================================================
+1. Get AsyncMsg working for HTTP type ephemeral connections
+21Apr14=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-2405 prefix list
+08Mar14=======================================================================
+1. Add newer version of wpxloc.raw with some missing prefixes added.
+07Mar14=======================================================================
+1. Add new version of wpxloc.raw
+2. Fix a small crash with Spot::dup
+12Jan14=======================================================================
+1. Fix minor issue with dx command when used in a script, as found by
+ Christian Furst.
+2. Fix (rather serious) error in import_cmd that did not reset callsigns
+ correctly in $main::me.
+30Dec13=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY2312 prefix changes
+19Nov13=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY2311 Prefix changes - needed for CQWW 2013
+09Oct13=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY2310 prefix changes
+13Sep13=======================================================================
+1. Added CTY2309 prefix data, together with its associated wpxloc.raw file.
+10Sep13=======================================================================
+1. Add the get/keps command, which allows a sysop to get the latest AMSAT
+ keplarian elements either on demand or periodically in the crontab.
+10Sep13=======================================================================
+1. Fix sh/time such that no arguments print details for the caller.
+09Sep13=======================================================================
+1. Make all the Net::Telnet based commands (sh/425, sh/contest, sh/db0sdx,
+ sh/wm7d, sh/ik3qar) asynchronous, so that they no longer pause the node
+ while they go off and query the internet for results.
+06Sep13=======================================================================
+1. Fixed sh/contest so that it works again. How it ever worked at all is
+ a bit of a mystery. Now possible to type sh/cont dec or sh/cont dec 2013
+ (with month and year in any order). Please comment out any $contest_host
+ or $contest_url variables you may have in /spider/local/Internet.pm (if
+ you have one, that is). It will not work with the previous values.
+2. Added CTY2308 prefix changes.
+3. Added (back) internal function support inside commands. This allows
+ commands to create functions inside the <cmd_name>.pl files. There are
+ now also standard function names that can do special things.
+24Jul13=======================================================================
+1. Alter default node address in client.c from "localhost" to "127.0.0.1".
+21Jul13=======================================================================
+1. Fix Msg.pm to allow IPV6 addresses again (how did it ever work?).
+2. Add latest CTY2307 prefix changes.
+3. Other changes including (some) more prefix files, 4mm band data and
+ DXSql/Pg.pm
+4. Add ip address in links.pl
+31May12=======================================================================
+1. Added CTY2210 prefix changes
+29May12=======================================================================
+1. Added CTY2209 prefix changes
+10Apr12=======================================================================
+1. Added DXSql/Pg postgres Spot collection interface from Wijnand PD0MZ.
+2. Add CTY2206 prefix changes
+13Mar12=======================================================================
+1. add CTY2204 prefix changes + new wpxloc.raw
+12Mar12=======================================================================
+1. Check database operations on MySQL/SQlite3.
+2. Add ipaddr field to spot table if not present.
+3. Add ipaddr field from PC61 to database stored spots.
+09Mar12=======================================================================
+1. Try to trap unblessed references on receipt of PC34s
+15Feb12=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY2202 changes
+25Jan12=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY2201 changes
+21Dec11=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY2118 changes
+20Dec11=======================================================================
+1. fix strange startup repeating lockfile issue where (somehow) there is an
+empty (but existing) lockfile, from GB7YDX.
+29Nov11=======================================================================
+1. fix shutdown() in Msg.pm
+2. Add CTY2117 changes
+05Nov11=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY2116 changes
+04Nov11=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY2115 changes
+20Oct11=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY2113 Changes
+02Oct11=======================================================================
+1. change 40m bandplan after some input from Martin, ik2rmz
+2. Add CTY2112 changes
+25Jul11=======================================================================
+1. add CTY2109 changes + wpxloc.raw for ST0
+2. add CTY2110 changes
+24May11=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-2108 prefixes
+04Apr11=======================================================================
+1. After being poked by Brendan EI6IZ, add outgoing IPV6 connect() handling
+29Mar11=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-2106 prefixes
+16Mar11=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-2105 prefixes
+10Mar11=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-2104 prefixes
+01Mar11=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-2103 prefixes
+31Oct10=======================================================================
+1. Increase PC92 A/D "slug" time to 5 minutes.
+29Oct10=======================================================================
+1. Allow Jim AD1C to track the changes to the cluster in realtime using the
+debug system (set/debug cluster).
+27Oct10=======================================================================
+1. fix chat problem introduced in the last update
+25Oct10=======================================================================
+1. Drop PC12s purporting to originate at nodes that do PC9x (suggestion from
+Lee VE1CC).
+2. Increase default dup age for announces from 5 -> 18 hours.
+3. add CTY 2009 cty.dat data.
+4. Stop downgrading and sending CHAT messages on PC12 groups as it appears
+that this is yet another "standard" that isn't universally understood.
+23Oct10=======================================================================
+1. add dbexport command to allow the export of ak1a style databases to a
+file.
+2. add dxqsl_import and dxqsl_export commands to allow the import and export
+of sh/dxsql qsl manager data extracted from spots as they pass through.
+04Oct10=======================================================================
+1. add CTY-2007 prefix list
+04Oct10=======================================================================
+1. incorporated the major prefix release CTY-2006 from Jim AD1C
+17Jun10=======================================================================
+1. Add ip address to dxspots and default to PC61 output to dxspider nodes.
+2. Allow 4 letter callsign portions again.
+16Jun10=======================================================================
+1. Increase default ephemeral dupe time for PC41 and such like lines.
+2. Include CTY-2004 updates.
+08Apr10=======================================================================
+1. Modify console.pl so that it works in a Windows Cmd window. Get a Windows
+Curses ppd from: http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/dist/Curses.
+18Mar10=======================================================================
+1. Make privilege 0 "stick" if set on nodes
+13Mar10=======================================================================
+1. try to fix AGW crashes caused by peerhost looking at the wrong thing.
+2. Add more ax25 fixes for peerhost
+03Mar10=======================================================================
+1. add IP addresses to connecting PC92 A addresses and log them
+2. add CTY-2002 prefixes
+27Nov09=======================================================================
+1. Add 500khz band as suggested by Béla, HA5DI.
+2. Add CTY-1923 prefixes
+26Nov09=======================================================================
+1. add ip address to PC92 A records
+25Nov09=======================================================================
+1. Change sh/qrz to use the xml interface. You will have to subscribe to
+the xml interface - see http://www.qrz.com/XML/index.html for more info.
+2. Remove (bodged) forced encoding to iso-8859 on incoming text. More
+subtle handling will be required.
+3. Add CTY-1922 prefixes
+14Nov09=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-1921 prefixes
+2. allow -SSID values on set/badnode
+27Aug09=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-1913 prefixes
+2. Limit Route::config to 10 levels (as default)
+08Jul09=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-1912 prefixes
+26Jun09=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-1911 prefixes
+14Jun09=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-1910 prefixes
+04Jun09=======================================================================
+1. removed warnings from debug.c from the C Client.
+2. Add CTY-1909 prefixes
+02Jun09=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-1908 prefixes
+29May09=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-1907 prefixes
+19May09=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-1905 prefixes
+15May09=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-1904 prefixes
+2. Accommodate "official" git command syntax in issue.pl
+29Dec08=======================================================================
+1. Add show/motd command as requested by Ian G0VGS.
+2. add CTY-1817 prefixes
+17Nov08=======================================================================
+1. Fix sh/425 to work with new server
+2. add CTY-1814 prefixes
+21Oct08=======================================================================
+1. Add CTY-1811 prefixes
+04Oct08=======================================================================
+1. set $main::maxconnect_node = 0 as default. It's causing too much aggro..
+02Oct08=======================================================================
+1. Add set/maxconnect command to allow the defaults to be overridden for
+individual users/nodes.
+2. Make sure that the check really is for incoming connections only...
+01Oct08=======================================================================
+1. added CTY-1809 prefix data
+2. added new config variables to allow an incoming users to have (as default)
+up to 2 other connections to other nodes and incoming nodes up to 8 other
+parents. Note that you can switch off this behaviour by setting
+$main::maxconnect_user or $main::maxconnect_node = 0 (or set them to whatever
+you need).
+28Jun08=======================================================================
+1. Made buddies work again on PC92.
+26Jun08=======================================================================
+1. added show/ik3qar command by Leo IZ5FSA. See comments in perl/Internet.pm
+for setup instructions (note that you will have to copy these lines to
+local/Internet.pm before it will work).
+2. Send talks to every node a user is logged onto.
+24Jun08=======================================================================
+1. Change the route finding algorithm completely. No more recursion. No more
+tree searching. It now gives you answers even on a partial cluster map. Oh
+and the answers are correct, instead on completely random.
+2. Put back (maybe some of) US State handling.
+3. Add CTY-1806 prefix data
+28May08=======================================================================
+1. remove "recursion limit" message from Route.pm
+28May08=======================================================================
+1. Improve the detection of short exact callsigns that are out of prefix area
+(eg K7A) (thank you FCC).
+2. Improve long line handling on console.pl
+3. Add CTY-1805 cty.dat
+26May08=======================================================================
+1. Put a hard limit on the depth of searching for routes
+2. Add CTY-1804 prefix changes
+13May08=======================================================================
+1. add disc users|nodes|all so that each of these classes can be disconnected
+in one command. From a request by Luigi IK5ZUK.
+12May08=======================================================================
+1. add 'exact' keyword on sh/dx to allow for an exact match to a callsign.
+From a request by Robert HB9DZA.
+10May08=======================================================================
+1. add some privileges to (un)set/bad* and show/bad* commands. Thanks to
+Mauro IV3SCP for pointing this out to me.
+06May08=======================================================================
+1. Finally made the incompatible change of changing DXUser->get* to
+DXUser::get*. This will break any third party addons or commands use these
+commands.
+2. Change version to 1.55
+3. Drop the lower limit of 60m to 5100 after Dave G7RAU pointed out usage.
+(see http://www.bandplans.com/index.php?band=60)
+22Apr08=======================================================================
+1. Added two Xmas Is calls.
+15Apr08=======================================================================
+1. added CTY-1803 changes
+25Mar08=======================================================================
+1. Include some cty.day changes
+19Mar08=======================================================================
+1. Include CTY-1802 cty.dat changes from Jim AD1C
+29Feb08=======================================================================
+1. Fix crash on rcmd of an invalid command.
+25Feb08=======================================================================
+1. Arrange for AGWMsg to retry connection either if the AGW engine isn't
+loaded on startup or it disappears for some reason and restarts.
+19Feb08=======================================================================
+1. Added CTY-1801 cty.dat data.
+2. Fix problem with entering non-ascii data and then executing commands that
+are guessed from the "cleaned up" version of the string. Now if you enter
+commands with invalid characters, it will error immediately.
+3. fix a problem detecting IPV4 localhost on IPV6 enabled systems.
+10Feb08=======================================================================
+1. sort sh/node output. Also show more information.
+05Feb08=======================================================================
+1. Added a Windows only BPQ interface from the man himself: John G8BPQ.
+See some instructions in /spider/txt/spiderBPQ_en.txt for how to use it.
+07Jan08=======================================================================
+1. more changes to cty.dat
+07Jan08=======================================================================
+1. added TO5FJ to cty.dat (under orders from Jim AD1C :-)
+05Jan08=======================================================================
+1. Made necessary change to get DXSpider to (seem to) work in perl 5.10
+27Dec07=======================================================================
+1, added CTY-1711 prefix changes (and new wpxloc.raw) from Jim AD1C.
+25Nov07=======================================================================
+1. Fix a crash on receiving an rcmd from an new node.
+21Nov07=======================================================================
+1. Added CTY-1710 prefix changes
+19Nov07=======================================================================
+1. change MRTG graphs to be based on GMT, not localtime. This allows one to
+more easily compare debug data with traffic graphs.
+2. Add a create/user command to just add a plain user.
+17Nov07=======================================================================
+1. Add Local::ann() as requested by Felipe PY1NB.
+16Nov07=======================================================================
+1. add CTY-1709 prefix changes
+2. added extra checking for the time stamp on PC9x sentences. These must now
+be within 15 minutes (configurable) of this node's time to be accepted.
+3. made show/newc terminal width aware.
+24Oct07=======================================================================
+1. Added CTY-1708 prefix changes
+23Oct07=======================================================================
+1. Added CTY-1707 prefix changes
+15Oct07=======================================================================
+1. prevent PC61 from propagating outside spider boxes.
+2. simplify the regex for sh/contest to allow it to work on perl < 5.8.x.
+09Oct07=======================================================================
+1. Added *VERY* important change to prevent loops on PC9x sentences.
+06Oct07=======================================================================
+1. added the possibility of having a motd_ax25 especially for sending to
+radio connections after a suggestion by Paolo YV1DIG.
+05Oct07=======================================================================
+1. Handle PC61 from VE1CC clusters as PC11.
+01Oct07=======================================================================
+1. fix .gtkconsole_data creation bug.
+27Sep07=======================================================================
+1. Fixed gtkconsole to split out all the windows. See
+/spider/gtkconsole/README for installation and usage instructions. This
+program will work on both Windows and Linux provided the extra Gtk2 perl
+libraries + dependencies are installed. Instructions for getting them are in
+the README file.
+25Sep07=======================================================================
+1. Fix mrtg command so that it does not require /var/lock (which anyway gets
+removed and recreated on boot - and the debianised mrtg does not recognise
+that) nor /var/lib/mrtg for the confcache (whatever that is).
+24Sep07=======================================================================
+1. fix error message on disconnect and, BTW, fix the cause of premature
+disconnections in the new PC92 code.
+22Sep07=======================================================================
+1. fix mrtg script so that it sets LANG='C', in addition, it appears that you
+will need to create a /var/lock/mrtg and /var/lib/mrtg directory, both with
+chmod 01777 /var/lock/mrtg /var/lib/mrtg. They may already exist but without
+the correct permissions.
+15Sep07=======================================================================
+1. Add *optional* INET6 connectivity. In order to use this you must load
+IO::Socket::INET6 and its dependencies from CPAN or get the distro's packaged
+versions. I used 'sudo aptitude install libio-socket-inet6-perl' for ubuntu
+(which should work for debian as well), for fedora/rpm based systems
+'sudo yum install perl-IO-Socket-INET6' or near equiv should work. This has
+been done quite simplistically, but it seems to work.
+10Sep07=======================================================================
+1. Remove warnings for EINPROGRESS etc for Windows perl 5.8.
+2. Try to see if using just one lastid is viable in all situations. If it is
+then this will cure the talk problem.
+20Aug07=======================================================================
+1. add cty.dat + wpxloc.raw changes for CTY-1706.
+31Jul07=======================================================================
+1. extend 60m band slighty and add ssb section.
+2. add a new cty.dat (CTY-1705) from Jim AD1C.
+27Jul07=======================================================================
+1. Added Angel's changes to Messages for Spanish (finally).
+25Jul07=======================================================================
+1. don't clear out routing tables on shutdown. This should speed that up.
+24Jul07=======================================================================
+1. Try to target PC93 (the combined talk/ann/chat sentence) better. Prevent
+PC12 chat going to non-dxspider and non-ak1a nodes. None of the others seem to
+handle it correctly (Lee VE7CC: do you?).
+2. a few other tidyups,
+see: http://www.dxcluster.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=spider.git
+for details.
+18Jul07=======================================================================
+1. Change the meaning of set/isolate. Set/isolate now works in both directions
+in that an isolated node will only have its local config remembered and will
+only be sent this nodes local config. This is exactly equivalent to both
+ends setting set/isolate. If that is already the case then there should be
+no noticeable change. Any extra that the far node sends, over and above its
+local config will now be ignored.
+17Jul07=======================================================================
+1. remove dupefile on startup and on ending the node. Add clear/dupefile
+command to allow people to do it at runtime as well.
+12Jul07=======================================================================
+1. Change disconnection code so that nodes that are no longer routable are
+(all) cleared out.
+2. Add help for sh/band and also allow query of individual band or regions.
+11Jul07=======================================================================
+1. improve speed of sh/c/n
+2. remove all $Id$ strings from cmd tree
+09Jul07=======================================================================
+1. remove check for PC93 from legacy nodes. This will allow PC10s to be
+propagated correctly. Probably.
+08Jul07=======================================================================
+1. put in a temporary fix to the crashing on incoming PC10 talks, whilst I
+try to work out how it is happening.
+06Jul07=======================================================================
+1. re-arrange id checking so that it is more logical and check that config
+records, that can be an hour coming, are not thoughtlessly ignored, thus
+causing nodes to time out.
+2. Make sure that the 'over midnight' distance calculation actually does what
+is required!
+3. Tart up version number reporting in sh/node.
+4. Pass the correct number of parameters in pc93 -> pc12 conversions which
+should stop returning PC12s coming out as SYSOP announces.
+05Jul07=======================================================================
+1. Try to make sure that the node config broadcasts are actually sent...
+03Jul07=======================================================================
+1. fix unwanted dupe notifications if a PC12 comes back in on a loop.
+02Jul07=======================================================================
+1. Add a new command to show the contents of the cmd_cache. This allows those
+people whom develop their own commands to see which version they are using.
+It is called show/cmd_cache (or sh/cmd for short).
+2. Add some extra info to the links command. Show whether a link is isolated
+and also whether it has filters (if applicable) and whether these are
+personalised ('Y') or the default node_filter ('D').
+29Jun07=======================================================================
+1. If a node is set/isolated then make sure that a) pc9x is not advertised
+and b) pc9x is ignored.
+2. Add (un)set/wantpc9x command (but please don't use them without talking
+to me first), here be dragons!!
+25Jun07=======================================================================
+1. make sure that a C record is sent for node call every update period.
+2. make announces work again (probably).
+3. Fix long standing possibility of a crash with a new user.
+4. Add continuous chatting (like talk with no message eg 'chat #9000' just on
+its own with no message).
+24Jun07=======================================================================
+1. Fix the routing algorithms to allow route selection in the face of
+incomplete trees of nodes (trees as produced by sh/newc).
+2. Fix the obscount issues which mean that many nodes get timed out after 3hrs.
+3. Extend 4m to 70631 to cover CT.
+23Jun07=======================================================================
+1. fix basic deduping algorithm
+2. rearrange node startup protocol to avoid issuing unnecessary PC92 and also
+to spread the PC92Cs out for dependent nodes.
+3. increase the PC92C update time to 1 hour.
+4. fix sh/route, with a view toward replacing Route::alldxchan.
+5. downgrade a link advertising pc9x if no PC92C forthcoming from it back to
+old style protocol and carry on, rather than disconnecting (protocol facist
+that I was).
+6. Fix isolated pc9x nodes so that they remain in oldstyle protocol.
+22Jun07=======================================================================
+1. Fix Alias for sh/mydx (so it isn't the same as sh/myfdx).
+2. Fix sh/c/n uninitialised variable message
+3. Fix (and improve) sh/newc gb7 problem
+4. Fix broken set/sys_qra command
+21Jun07=======================================================================
+1. merge back SIMPLEROUTE branch to issue as official 1.54.
+18Jun07=======================================================================
+1. add a optional dependency on Encode (included in 5.8.x) to encode strings
+to latin1 for deduping purposes, hopefully getting rid of some dupes.
+2. add a default INPUT filter for a node (by_dxcc <node's country>) if no
+specific or default INPUT node exists.
+14Jun07=======================================================================
+1. prepare for git repository and moving of anon cvs repository to
+scm.tobit.co.uk.
+13Jun07=======================================================================
+1. start using git.
+2. change all the version / build numbering.
+11Jun07=======================================================================
+1. Change the frequency normalisation for DX Spot dupe checks so that any
+decimal part is thrown away (in other words: truncate the freq to integer khz)
+20May07=======================================================================
+1. add 1704 cty.dat
+08Apr07=======================================================================
+1. add CTY-1703 cty.dat
+2. alter the way the dupefile deletion is done.
+18Mar07=======================================================================
+1. change URL in show/425.
+04Mar07=======================================================================
+1. add CTY 1702 prefix data files
+22Feb07=======================================================================
+1. add show/myfdx to Aliases.
+15Feb07=======================================================================
+1. allow convkeps.pl to parse NORAD keps files.
+22Jan07=======================================================================
+1. disable default propagation of PC9x sentences
+2. simplify PC17 handling
+16Jan07=======================================================================
+1. back ported a change to PC16 handling so that a locally connected node's
+info clears out and generally overrides any residual PC16 info gathered from
+elsewhere.
+15Jan07=======================================================================
+1. added CTY-1701
+07Jan07=======================================================================
+1. use IO::Socket blocking where available and switch off or ignore all
+attempts to block.
+05Jan07=======================================================================
+1. increase default ephemeral deduping on PC15 to 6 minutes (from 2).
+23Nov06=======================================================================
+1. added wrapping to over length lines in console.pl.
+03Nov06=======================================================================
+1. add CTY-1609 changes
+2. add back Geo::Taf code with submitted mods
+3. add new version of the sh/425 code using the new database location.
+09Oct06=======================================================================
+1. fix problems with bad filters pointed by Thomas DL3SBB.
+27Jul06=======================================================================
+1. merge in official issue version of wpxloc.raw (with one change: 4U1V).
+26Jul06=======================================================================
+1. incorporated Jim AD1C's spiffy new, unified, wpxloc.raw and version
+1605 of cty.dat.
+21Jul06=======================================================================
+1. Added the (now) all new gtkconsole program, with all the changes needed in
+dxspider to run it (yet another cmd interface (sigh)). You will need gtk2-perl
+installed (most modern linux distros do this automatically). The big news is
+that this will work on Windows boxes as well if you install the Gtk libraries
+as per: http://gtk2-perl.sf.net.
+03Jun06=======================================================================
+1. Added changes to wpxloc.raw (prefixes) suggested by Jim AD1C.
+2. Made a change to prevent xml data being interpreted unless we are
+configured for it.
+3. Change the buddy messages after a suggestion from Angel EA7WA.
+02Apr06=======================================================================
+1. incorporated cty-1604 data.
+29Mar06=======================================================================
+1. fix sh/muf that I broke in the previous change
+26Mar06=======================================================================
+1. Arrange for any online buddies to be displayed when a user logs on.
+2. Try to reduce the amount of POSIX stuff that is loaded to just that which
+is required.
+23Mar06=======================================================================
+1. Added cty-1603 data.
+2. On the advice of Jim AD1C I have changed around some things in wpxloc.raw
+that affect 8J,CT2,KC4,KG4,KG6,ZK1 and ZS2. These should now show the more
+likely canonical prefix.
+3. On the advice of Tom WB8ZRL, I have made BW an alias for BV (Taiwan) and
+made some other changes to affect the selection between the mainland and the
+island more reliable.
+10Mar06=======================================================================
+1. fix sh/c/n.
+2. Add new Spanish translations by Angel EA7WA.
+07Mar06=======================================================================
+1. Add the node call to remote tell_login and tell_buddie calls.
+06Mar06=======================================================================
+1. Fix warning on empty PC19s.
+2. Add new command set/local_node to allow people to see logins/outs on other
+related nodes.
+3. Add new command set/buddy to allow people to see when their favorite
+chum(s) logins/out.
+4. Arrange filter reading so that the following order is followed for users:
+callsign, callsign less ssid, user_default. Nodes are unchanged.
+14Feb06=======================================================================
+1. Turn R and SFI around in mrtg.pl.
+13Feb06=======================================================================
+1. Updated prefixes with cty-1601 data.
+2. Fixed qth in show/muf so that it shows the correct qth (if known).
+3. Try to make the state machine in convkeps.pl deal with more variations
+of the 2 line keps sets that are available on line. Also give a sensible
+error message if no keps were actually decoded.
+4. Update the base keps to the latest set of AMSAT keps 06033.
+04Feb06=======================================================================
+1. Explicitly ignore spots with lower case characters in the spotted call
+01Feb06=======================================================================
+1. Explicitly ignore spots with blank spotted callsigns
+26Jan06=======================================================================
+1. Fix divide by 0 error in DXBearing (how come this has taken so long to
+appear?).
+22Jan06=======================================================================
+1. Remove +<prefix> from the fronts of comments to fix LoTW dupes.
+18Jan06=======================================================================
+1. Fix spurious announce from previous year appearing in sh/ann.
+15Jan06=======================================================================
+1. Fix some obviously long standing problems with create_sysop.pl and also
+with initialising the User file.
+2. Fixed the problem with certain things not being shown in sh/log (because of
+a regex that rejected too many things).
+3. Speeded up sh/log quite a bit at the same time.
+4. Add a default limit of the last 36 months for sh/log querys.
+14Jan06=======================================================================
+1. undo frequency rounding change, it causes more problems than it solves.
+11Jan06=======================================================================
+1. Fixed problem with badspotters doing ann/full as pointed out by Luigi
+IK5ZUK.
+07Jan06=======================================================================
+1. Fixed problem with the standalone 'showdx' program pointed out by Leo,
+IZ5FSA.
+2. Fixed rounding problem on entering spots as pointed out by Ron N5IN.
+3. Fixed problem with badspotters sending DX as pointed out by Luigi IK5ZUK.
+4. Added some extra logging for swearing so that we can see what lines used
+which swear words. Hopefully this will allow sysops to refine their swearing
+filters more easily.
+06Jan06=======================================================================
+1. Fix problem with rcmd <call> sh/fdx
+27Dec05=======================================================================
+1. put some more flesh on the SQL stuff (which may turn out to be a bit of a
+red herring as it doesn't appear to be significantly faster (for spots) than
+the existing code).
+21Dec05=======================================================================
+1. Add start of optional SQL working.
+2. Fix BadWords so that the simple word check splits words on word boundaries.
+13Dec05=======================================================================
+1. upissue version no to 1.52
+07Nov05=======================================================================
+1. Fix warnings on filtering spots where the filter was looking at US states
+and there is no US state in the spot.
+2. Fix the dupes caused by having a prefix in the last characters of the
+comment.
+01Nov05=======================================================================
+1. add log2csv.pl for printing out logfiles
+25Oct05=======================================================================
+1. Incorporated the cty.dat from Jim dated today (25Oct05).
+08Oct05=======================================================================
+1. Reject PC11s with blank spot callsigns
+01Sep05=======================================================================
+1. Change the logic of propagating WWV broadcasts. Now all non-input filtered
+PC23s will be sent on. Previously only the first successful new WWV was
+rebroadcast.
+2. fix the problem with by_dxcc and origin_dxcc not working on WWV.
+29Aug05=======================================================================
+1. try something else to resolve/prevent more of these spot dupes. It appears
+that there is software out there chopping off variable amounts from the ends
+of comment fields. This makes the task of detecting dupes that much harder.
+10Aug05=======================================================================
+1. trim dx spot duplicate length after normalisation
+2. Do the same for announces
+08Jul05=======================================================================
+1. new CTY.DAT encorporated
+27May05=======================================================================
+1. change copyright in dbg message at startup.
+25May05=======================================================================
+1. Added a means to import a script of arbitrary commands to allow external
+programs to do stuff.
+23Mar05=======================================================================
+1. fix (un)set/badspotter so that it only stores non-ssid calls.
+2. mention action on talk and ann/full in help.
+22Mar05=======================================================================
+1. Fix ? so it works again.
+2. Fix Aliases for sh/c so they are correct
+3. Fix sh/connect for AGW ports and other niffnaffs.
+22Mar05=======================================================================
+1. fixed sh/c/node sh/c/a and sh/newc/n.
+21Mar05=======================================================================
+1. log AGW port on connection
+2. merge in latest (2Mar2005) cty.dat
+3. fix command searching so it does not pick up false positives for commands
+with / in them in directories that don't have that.
+4. Important security change.
+5. add missing input filter for WWV
+16Mar05=======================================================================
+1. make the correct correction to the DL entry in wpxloc.raw (left out the
+'N' of 'North' in the latitude).
+2. Severely reduce the dupes caused by some of the badly configured / written
+spot suckers out there.
+13Mar05=======================================================================
+1. There has been a mix up in the Aranea1 branch. I have managed to merge a
+change that I have been meaning to do for ages. I have now made that change
+here.
+27Feb05=======================================================================
+1. fix duping on bad spot suckers that copy the prefix that is put at the end
+of the comment section by AR-C nodes becoming the whole comment.
+26Feb05=======================================================================
+1. Added show/grayline command from Steve K9AN. This is also aliased to
+show/greyline :-)
+2. fix spot dupe ambiguity on spotter having an SSID (remove it).
+25Feb05=======================================================================
+1. Changed the way spot deduping is done. This is likely to make deduping much
+stricter. In essence a person cannot spot the same call on the same frequency
+more than once an hour (configurable) unless he makes a (non-duped) comment
+as well.
+2. Added Swains Island
+3. Added TO4G for Glorioso
+19Feb05=======================================================================
+1. changed ssb allocation on 40m to add missing 5Khz.
+2. Change sh/425 to Leo, IZ5FSA's requirements.
+08Feb05=======================================================================
+1. possibly fixed the multiple condition problems on sh/dx
+2. added some FAQs.
+05Feb05=======================================================================
+1. Fix a long standing (ie since the first bulletin was sent) bug with old
+mail not being deleted until a restart was done.
+2. As well as a duplicate check on existing bulletins, I have added a check
+the message is not (already) too old.
+3. fix problem for perl < 5.6 in Thingy.pm
+03Feb05=======================================================================
+1. Added latest Spanish translations courtesy of Angel EA7WA.
+2. Force all languages to use pr in en in Messages, as the prompt is
+the same for all.
+19Jan05=======================================================================
+1. More Spanish changes by Angel, EA7WA.
+2. add language dependant motd files. You can now have motd_{lang} and
+motd_nor_{lang} (eg for Spanish: motd_es and motd_nor_es) for normal and
+non-registered (if you use registration) users respectively. Based on an idea
+from Angel, EA7WA.
+18Jan05=======================================================================
+1. Added missing Spanish translation courtesy of Angel EA7WA.
+2. Really incorporate latest cty.dat (11Dec04) as opposed to merely thinking
+I had (and still add 3X0Y as well).
+3. fix ? all in non english language
+4. Alias sh/st and sh/sta back to show/station from show/startup.
+17Jan05=======================================================================
+1. Added 3Y0X to Peter Island 3Y in cty.dat.
+16Jan05=======================================================================
+1. Added the changes to Canadian Prefixes so that usdbraw.gz from Charlie
+K1XX's website (http://dxc.k1xx.com/download) dated after 1Jan05 will include
+Canadian city and province data as well the existing US data.
+2. Improve the apropos command to take better account of language and do
+a better job of only showing english stuff for commands where there really is
+no local language version.
+15Jan05=======================================================================
+1. knocked over a few possible ways of people annoying other people thru
+the use of scripts
+2. Fixed problem in DXCommandmode with an indirect call that did not work
+in perl < 5.8.0.
+3. Add Spanish translations of new scripting commands in help, from Angel
+EA7WA.
+13Jan05=======================================================================
+1. Fixed prompting in languages other than English.
+2. Fixed language problem with spoof, but that simply hides a whole can of
+worms that I shall have to address later.
+3. Added make clean to src Makefile (!!!)
+12Jan05=======================================================================
+1. Add $main::bumpexisting variable which allows a new connection for a user
+call to disconnect an existing connection with the same call. The default for
+this variable is 'true' (1). This means that existing behaviour has changed.
+set/var $main::bumpexisting = 0 to return to original behaviour.
+2. Remind a user every hour (as default) that they have new messages.
+set/var $DXCommandmode::msgpolltime = 3*3600 to set it to 3 hours.
+3. Allow some substitutions in set/prompt (call, date, time and
+cluster call) and add dxspider just before the > as standard.
+4. Add $main::allowdxby variable so that sysops can switch off the
+'DX BY <othercall' command. It is set to 0 (ie disabled) by default. This
+is for sysops who don't want to bump privilege to allow it. That still works
+as before.
+5. Fix the bug in 'dx by <call>' that causes only the first word of the
+comment to be recorded.
+6. Fix bug counting backwards over a leap year in Julian.pm which meant that
+sh/dxstats doesn't start at 'yesterday' anymore.
+7. Added set/startup and show/startup commands to allow users and sysops
+to create and display startup scripts. There is also an unset/startup to
+remove a script.
+27Dec04=======================================================================
+1. add improved VE data from Charlie K1XX. You should update usdb as well.
+22Dec04=======================================================================
+1. Changed all the names of US prefixes to be prepended with their State code.
+thus "Alaska-KL7" becomes "AK-Alaska-KL7".
+21Dec04=======================================================================
+1. added AGW port no after an example by IW5DEZ.
+2. modified links command to suggestions by Charlie K1XX.
+3. added show/groups command to show recently used chat groups by Tommy
+SM3OSM.
+4. fixed T8 / V6 ambiguity (at least basically).
+20Dec04=======================================================================
+1. updated create_prefix.pl to only use (supplied) wpxloc.raw and cty.dat
+2. Added IG9, GM/S, 4U1V and some other detail changes to make it compatible
+with cty.dat.
+3. regenerated prefix_data.pl with updated wpxloc.raw and cty.dat 11Dec04.
+17Dec04=======================================================================
+1. add undocumented special command for VE7CC.
+10Dec04=======================================================================
+1. Included fixes sent in by David, N9KT for the new DB0SDX site.
+2. removed redundant "rm *bys" and "rm *cys" from Spot::init().
+09Dec04=======================================================================
+1. fix show/mydx properly this time (and test the fix!)
+2. fix the default in show/qrz
+06Dec04=======================================================================
+1. fix show/mydx if there is no defined spotfilter
+07Oct04=======================================================================
+1. added the ability for people to import chat from external programs.
+create a directory called /spider/chat_import, make sure it is writable
+by any applications that might dump stuff in there (chmod 1777
+/spider/chat_import on *nux). Put a file with a sensible name in there;
+the first part of the name will be the chat group to whom the message will
+be sent. So solar.txt.12325 = SOLAR. Announces can also be sent to local, all
+and sysop (ie files whose name begins with those names). Each line in the
+file becomes a chat line or an announce. See importwwv.pl for an example.
+DO NOT USE importwwv.pl, I am already using it and if you do as well, people
+will get duplicates which will ANNOY THEM!!! It is just an example.
+23Aug04=======================================================================
+1. add the start of an alternative routing engine (RouteDB)
+20Aug04=======================================================================
+1. Added new protocol specification to techdoc
+17Aug04=======================================================================
+1. change 'fo' alias in Aliases
+31Jul04=======================================================================
+1. add a load of .cvsignore lines to reduce the updating noise
+30Jul04=======================================================================
+1. make sure that // is not converted to / in command lines.
+28Jul04=======================================================================
+1. backported 'Investigate' from NP branch so that only pingable nodes
+are 'believed'.
+2. added missing entries in Internet.pm for sh/contest
+26Jul04=======================================================================
+1. added extra variables to Internet.pm to allow the various internet query
+commands to alter the url that they use.
+2. Added show/425 command from Leo, IZ5FSA.
+05Jul04=======================================================================
+1. fix rspfcheck on pc27
+23Jun04=======================================================================
+1. Add zone, by_zone, itu, by_itu, state and by_state searches to sh/dx
+2. Update manuals for CVS and new commands
+22Jun04=======================================================================
+1. Add the show/mydx command which *may* filter your spots using your
+spot filter.
+17Jun04=======================================================================
+1. alter processing of PC17 to see if they get distributed more than now.
+14Jun04=======================================================================
+1. fix previous fix of sh/dx
+09Jan04=======================================================================
+1. removed PC90 which was breaking various filtering things.
+2. added realtime spot formats to sh/dx (at least in basic form), this is
+activated by using either of the keywords 'real' of 'rt' on the command
+line. Also added sh/fdx as an alias.
+01Jan04=======================================================================
+1. move position of USDB init to get rid of an obscure bug pointed out by
+Charlie K1XX.
+2. Remove redundant documentation.
+31Dec03=======================================================================
+1. alter remote database handling to 'new standard'.
+30Dec03=======================================================================
+1. updated website to make it clear(er) that it all works under Windows (like
+wot Charlie said...).
+2. made the changes to the German Messages that Thomas DL3SBB sent me a
+loooong time ago.
+3. made 'dx by' require at least privilege 1.
+29Dec03=======================================================================
+1. updated dxoldtonew.pl so that it takes an AK1A DX.DAT file (argument on
+command line or a default of /spider/data/DX.DAT and outputs the standard
+DXSpider format spot files. Please be warned that if any of these files
+already exist, the data will be appended onto the end of the file. Please
+make sure you have backups or at least be aware that this may give strange
+results which may be 'out of order'.
+24May03=======================================================================
+1. Added more french translations from Robert (HB9BZA) and we now have some
+french help as well (also from Robert). A splendid effort. Thank you.
+16May03=======================================================================
+1. Correct Windows section of the Addendum file! (g0vgs)
+06May03=======================================================================
+1. Add Portuguese language courtesy of David CT1DRB (set/lang pt)
+2. Add French language courtesy of Robert HB9BZA (set/lang fr)
+02Apr03=======================================================================
+1. Fix some minor problems with the manuals (g0vgs)
+01Apr03=======================================================================
+1. Update filtering primer, changes by N3RD (g0vgs)
+28Mar03=======================================================================
+1. Added an excellent document on filtering to the manuals from Jim, W3BG
+2. started to remove old documents (g0vgs)
+27Mar03=======================================================================
+1. play around with sh/reg, sh/iso, sh/node and sh/lock to make them work
+slightly better with the new user format.
+2. update manuals (g0vgs)
+26Mar03=======================================================================
+1. add some ak1a compatibility changes to chat
+2. added help text for chat, join, leave and sh/chat.
+18Mar03=======================================================================
+1. minor corrections to manuals (g0vgs)
+17Mar03=======================================================================
+1. changed the regex determining what is a callsign to be more comprehensive.
+I would suggest re-running create_qsl.pl and then restarting.
+2. Fix chat so that output appears to users again and PC sentence conforms
+to standard. Add kludge to remove rewritten chats if I see them.
+3. Only send chat PCs to spider or AK1A boxes
+12Mar03=======================================================================
+1. added HC and QRZ.com to possible QSL locations, if you want to pick up
+historical info (ie start again), run create_qsl.pl after update and restart
+the node (which you will need to do anyway).
+2. changed the dbcreate command so that you can say:
+ dbcreate dxqsl cmd show/dxqsl
+which will allow local and remote users to execute commands as though they
+are Databases. You can also include these databases in chains. What you do
+with this, is ofcourse a moot question.
+3. Update manuals (g0vgs)
+11Mar03=======================================================================
+1. Changed the name of show/qsl to show/dxqsl.
+2. Alter Commands_en.hlp to match new name and issue manual updates (g0vgs)
+10Mar03=======================================================================
+1. added show/qsl command. This command basically takes the normal output of
+sh/dx qsl and stores it in a database. In order to enable this command you
+will require the Storable module to be loaded (you will already have done
+this with a bit of luck for the new DXUser interface). The suggested
+procedure is (after the update) to run /spider/perl/create_qsl.pl (this may
+take a long time), then immediately it finishes, restart the node. The node
+will then keep the database up to date automatically. If you are not
+interested in historical data then you can leave this step out.
+2. added show/contest command from Tommy SM3OSM via Rene OZ1LQH.
+08Mar03=======================================================================
+1. Added chat, join, leave commands to allow general purpose conferencing
+on arbitrary subjects. [Translators: added e34,e35,join,leave]. There is
+currently no help. There is also sh/chat.
+28Feb03=======================================================================
+1. Charlie K1XX fixed the sh/iso, sh/reg and sh/node commands
+25Feb03=======================================================================
+1. backported switch processing for PC sentences
+24Feb03=======================================================================
+1. add the 'run' command and the 'privilege' command to allow sysops to
+create scripts for people.
+2. fix show/user so that it doesn't moan about uninitialised variables
+23Feb03=======================================================================
+1. Added show/wm7d command (a US only callbook server) [by K1XX].
+2. Added a prototype show/db0sdx command (w.i.p).
+3. Added set/dxcq and set/dxitu zone commands [Translators: I have added
+dxcqu, dxcqs, dxitus and dxituu to Messages].
+4. Add new Commands to manuals (g0vgs)
+5. make sure that none of the above set/dx... commands are defaulted on
+22Feb03=======================================================================
+1. changed qrz.com address
+2. added Charlie's [K1XX] new wpxloc.raw data stuff to get WA1, KC3 type
+callsigns to work better.
+3. added in set/usstate command which prints any US state information
+available on both the spotted (LHS of time) and spotter (RHS of time).
+[Translators: I have added usstates and usstateu to Messages].
+4. Merged in the new (faster) DXUser.pm.
+
+[NOTE] this version will require Storable to be installed. On the
+other hand the code may work without, in a compatible way. This bit hasn't
+been very well tested (the 'no Storable' condition that is).
+
+[*** NOTE ***] make sure that you do an 'export_user' BEFORE restarting
+you node. (Yes I know this is like a shrinkwrap licence, but I can't
+help it).
+
+It will take several minutes for the node to restart when it does the
+conversion from .v2 to .v3 user file. Please go and have a good strong cup
+of tea whilst this is happening.
+
+If it fails then you will need to edit your latest user_asc file on (or about)
+line 25 it says: $ref = decode($f[1]); you will need to change that to
+$ref = asc_decode($f[1]); and then do: perl user_asc
+
+DO MAKE SURE THAT you include subdirectories in your CVS update
+
+21Feb03=======================================================================
+1. moved the export of the users file to Wednesday night (GMT) to avoid
+possible crashes and/or delays during a contest weekend.
+14Feb03=======================================================================
+1. some major changes to the structure of the manual documentation. To bring
+the manuals into line, they now have the language tag (like
+installation_en.html). Hopefully someone will translate the manuals
+eventually :-) I have left the old files in CVS for now to allow
+everyone to change any symlinks etc to the new filenames. I will remove the
+old files shortly, please update your links! (g0vgs)
+2. docs makefile updated and commands2sgml.pl added from M0AZM. This script
+inserts the helpfiles automagically from Commands_en.hlp into the relevant
+manuals. (g0vgs)
+3. Commands_en.hlp adjusted slightly to ensure at least one space before
+examples for the purposes of the above script. (g0vgs)
+4. Amend index.html to the right document names. (g0vgs)
+09Feb03=======================================================================
+1. Correct some typos in the manuals and update perl modules etc. Also
+amend some help files to show correct syntax, around the 'clear' commands
+swapping [input] and <callsign> in each case, translators please take note.
+Thanks to Dave N3RD for info. (g0vgs)
+2. update the addendum for latest build and include information on additional
+modules required. (g0vgs)
+20Jan03=======================================================================
+1. changed sh/c so that, by default, it only shows the caller's country nodes
+sh/c all will show the old style full list. "sh/c sk gb" will show the config
+of all the GB and SK nodes.
+2. changed sh/stat and sh/route for nodes
+19Jan03=======================================================================
+1. I have made a fundemental change to the way PC19s are dealt with as a
+result of the discussions on the mailing list. From now on, only nodes that
+issue PC16s will have PC19s propagated. If they *ever* issue a PC16 then from
+then on they are considered as being 'connected' and thus routable. No PC16
+and you have no route. This should stop all passive links being routed. For
+the few cases where you know that that is a very small node and it rarely has
+users, then you can do a set/routepc19 <node> to enable PC19 propagation. In
+the even more rare case of you wanting to prevent PC19s being routed thru
+your node, you can use unset/routepc19. THIS IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR ROUTE
+FILTERING!!!!! [translators: I have added wpc16s, wpc16u, wpc19s, wpc19u]
+
+BTW the first time you connect again you will notice a separate PC19 go out
+for each 'new' PC16 that the node sees. This is normal and will go away the
+second time the system needs to issue a PC19.
+2. Alter the export_user command to remove users that have no useful info
+and have not been seen for more than (default) 1 year.
+3. fix the problem of users on more than one node not being propagated
+4. remove spaces and all non-US ascii characters from PC41 for the dup check.
+5. put in check to see if the parent of a newly allowed PC19 is still there
+(this needs further investigation).
+17Jan03=======================================================================
+1. Fix problem with lines being left in the main input queue for a
+disconnected/ing node.
+14Jan03=======================================================================
+1. Tidy up AUTOLOAD functions
+2. Make sure that empty PC16s are not sent on startup to a node.
+12Jan03=======================================================================
+1. add Czech language courtesy of Milan OK1XH
+06Jan03=======================================================================
+1. add the latest changes to the spider-web java interface from Rene, OZ1LQH.
+Please note that there is a change to the spider.cgi file this time so that
+the client show 'Connected to Node_Call' instead of the hostname. You will
+need to update your cgi file when you update the changes. Please make sure
+that you back up your old files first! (g0vgs)
+2. yet more changes to the java client from Rene :-) Also added a makefile
+and a Changes file for the client in the spider-web directory.
+05Jan03=======================================================================
+1. fix some irritating messages caused by protocol loops in sh/c
+2. update copyright
+3. move GN from GJ to GI
+31Dec02=======================================================================
+1. Update files in the java client with fixes and additions from Rene, OZ1LQH
+05Dec02=======================================================================
+1. Fix SSID issues with AGWMsg.
+2. updated show/hftable, vhftable, hfstats, vhfstats and dxstats after K1XX
+sent in some sample code indicated new functionality he requires. Translators
+please note that the stat* messages have been changed and e33 added. I have
+also added quite a bit of extra examples and things to the relevant HELP
+texts. It is now possible to search from any date for up to 365 days of data.
+You can get the information by prefix or by callsign or for ALL spots.
+04Dec02=======================================================================
+1. updated sh/log to allow searching for more arbitrary strings such as IP
+addresses
+08Nov02=======================================================================
+1. update Keps.pm to reflect which satellites now come round in the weekly
+updates. I suggest that you copy this file to /spider/local and do a load/kep
+and you should lose all the 'old' satellites (eg MIR).
+08Nov02=======================================================================
+1. made some small mods to grepdbg and spot2csv.pl
+2. fix a possible DOS in dx command
+07Nov02=======================================================================
+1. allow three digit longitudes
+2. make a small change to see if messages now stay in place.
+3. make keep actually stick over a reboot and take it fully into account for
+deletions (translators: I added m18).
+4. try not to delete new messages (even if this is an update that reads 'old'
+messages with missing fields).
+29Oct02=======================================================================
+1. make sh/log et al a bit more efficient.
+2. fix dupe message in dx.
+3. update cty.dat to the latest, add k8T, K8O to KH8 and TX5BTY to FO/A
+4. clear cache on reload of prefixes
+25Oct02=======================================================================
+1. remove the dupefile automatically if it becomes corrupted
+2. instrument the startup slightly more
+21Oct02=======================================================================
+1. Fix msg aging.
+2. make the default pinginterval and obscount variable (set/var
+$DXProt::pingint and $DXProt::obscount)
+20Oct02=======================================================================
+1. remove dupe check on local sysop announces
+2. fix format errors on sh/muf for 5.8.0
+3. add new version of the administration manual that includes WinCVS with
+thanks to K1XX (g0vgs).
+17Oct02=======================================================================
+1. added new Spanish files for help and Messages from Angel, EA7WA.
+16Oct02=======================================================================
+1. decrease the default max length of PC16/19 to around 180 characters to be
+slightly friendlier to ARC, which seems to have a difficulty reconstructing
+lines from multiple packets. Also make the value settable via set/var.
+2. strip off blank spaces from the ends of lines of command output.
+15Oct02=======================================================================
+1. made some detail changes to the raw USDB data and the routines that
+generate and operate on them. There were some bugs involving a few 'missing'
+callsigns which been fixed. Also there were some, for our purposes, invalid
+callsigns in the database which have been removed (down to about 820,000
+entries now). You should really update your database.
+
+The latest code now (conditionally; ie if you have it loaded it will use it)
+support Compress::Zlib on both *nux and Windows. The suggested procedure
+is this:-
+
+1. Download the corrected database from
+ http://www.dxcluster.org/download/usdbraw.gz to somewhere like /tmp.
+2. update from CVS.
+3. Restart (on linux, just stop the node and *don't* restart on Windows).
+4. remove /spider/data/usdb.v1
+5. cd /spider/perl
+6. (perl) create_usdb.pl /tmp/usdbraw.gz (or wherever you put it)
+6a. If you don't have Compress::Zlib loaded then you will need to gunzip
+ it manually and do: create_usdb.pl /tmp/usdbraw (not Windows :-)
+7. on linux, in a console window do: load/usdb, on windows: restart the node.
+--
+2. Added set/usdb command to add adding or changing of a callsign in the USDB
+3. Stop dupe spots from the same spotter (with or without comment corruption)
+14Oct02=======================================================================
+1. added show/usdb command as a simple, direct interface to the information
+available in the USDB stuff.
+13Oct02=======================================================================
+1. A large change has occurred. There is now some (optional) US state recog-
+nition. This is in its early stages but appears to work for me. You will need
+to :-
+
+1. download the database at http://www.dxcluster.org/download/usdbraw.gz
+2. save it somewhere (/tmp, anywhere).
+3. Decompress it using your favorite program (gunzip / winzip) [call it
+ usdbraw if winzip]{BE WARNED, some browsers may decompress it on the
+ fly for you, you can tell; if it is 5Mb it is compressed - 16Mb not}.
+4. remove any /spider/data/user.v1 files lying around (at least for this
+ first time.
+5. cd /spider/perl
+6. perl create_usdb.pl /tmp/usdbraw (ie the UNCOMPRESSED file)
+7. Wait, I suggest some cups of tea are in order.
+8. Wait a bit more.
+
+You don't need Compress::Zlib anymore, I assumed it was universal.
+
+You will be able do this while the node is running somewhen. There is a
+planned method of keeping the US DB up to date with smaller (ie < 15Mb) patch
+files once a week but you will have to wait a bit for the code to bed down
+first. You can filter on routes, spots and announces using 'call_state' or
+'by_state' and a comma separated list of state codes. The HELP has been
+updated (which may help...).
+
+Once you have run the create_usdb.pl you will need to restart.
+
+If you don't need this, then don't run create_usdb.pl it will simply be
+a waste of time. The run-time version is 30Mb and has 840,000 odd entries
+in it. This does not replace or supplant sh/qrz (sorry Charlie [who put me
+up to this]).
+
+2. There are a number of other niff-naff changes which I hope will improve
+rather than hinder your user experience (including check forward as well as
+back for those speedy clocked dupes mentioned below).
+12Oct02=======================================================================
+1. attempt to improve the "check back for 5 minutes to see if this spot is
+the same as a previous one but for the time spotted" dupe check.
+2. improve the sh/vhftable and sh/hftable commands to allow you to enquire
+by dxcc country (using the relevant prefixes or dxcc country numbers).
+[note to translators, I have changed the help text and Messages tags for
+stat*].
+07Oct02=======================================================================
+1. fix problem with (invalid) callsigns starting with '0' (zero) eg 0f6ira.
+03Oct02=======================================================================
+1. only sysop (priv=5+) can now send to distro SYSOP, ordinary users will have
+their message routed to the $main::myalias callsign as a private message.
+29Sep02=======================================================================
+1. Added LRU caching to DXUsers and Prefix.
+2. make Timer::handler only search its chain once a second seeing as that
+is the minimum granularity available.
+3. add some separation between cfg file making, data generation and mrtg
+running. See /spider/cmd/mrtg.pl for some instructions...
+4. Added data in and out to the MRTG stats, you need to do an indexmaker
+to get them onto the index page, I have also added some colour to the
+legend to make what is being displayed a bit more obvious.
+
+See http://gb7djk.dxcluster.org/mrtg/stats.html for an example of the
+default screen.
+
+28Sep02=======================================================================
+1. Put some transparent caching into Prefix.pm to see if this has a
+performance impact.
+2. Fix doing a new log open for every log file write.
+26Sep02=======================================================================
+1. added WWV and WCY to the Mrtg stats. Don't forget to do an indexmaker!
+25Sep02=======================================================================
+1. added mrtg stuff to the system as a template. In order to use this you
+must install mrtg onto your system and copy all the mrtg files (or at least
+all the images) to new directory /spider/html/mrtg. The system generates the
+config file for you as part of its workings. To get it to update add a line
+to your spider crontab like:
+
+00,05,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * run_cmd('mrtg all')
+
+You will also need to do an indexmaker once in the html directory. I put the
+index page into /spider/html/mrtg/stats.html YMMV. I do:
+
+indexmaker --output stats.html --columns=1 --title "MRTG statistics for
+GB7DJK" ../../mrtg/mrtg.cfg
+
+But all on one line.
+2. I have made a technical change to the way ax25 connects outward on unix
+boxes are done. I currently have no way of testing this. I think it still
+works.
+22Sep02=======================================================================
+1. Add changes to the installation manual for Windows users from K1XX
+21Sep02=======================================================================
+1. make some detail changes for connects out in Msg.pm
+17Sep02=======================================================================
+1. Added shu command for Charlie's (K1XX) benefit (together with the rest of
+our butterfingered sysops) who miss the '/' out of sh/u frequently enough
+to curse. 'shu' simply types out a message saying 'type SHUT' to shutdown the
+node. Added 'shu' to /spider/perl/Messages. No need to restart, just
+load/mess and load/alias after doing a CVS.
+21Aug02=======================================================================
+1. added 'warc' and 'contesthf' to the regions in bands.pl (K1XX).
+20Aug02=======================================================================
+1. fix lines containing just the character '0' in messages (and console.pl)
+(K1XX).
+2. remove all newline characters from AGW data, thus treating it like a
+'normal' ax25 connection where the 'newline' convention is just carriage
+return (K1XX)
+06Aug02=======================================================================
+1. added 5.5Mhz band as '60m'.
+29Jul02=======================================================================
+1. Changed max R value in wcy to 500 from 300.
+2. Got rid of warnings on startup using 5.8.0
+28Jul02=======================================================================
+1. stick the invalid key deletes in an eval loop in export_user
+18Jul02=======================================================================
+1. Make additions and changes to manuals. (g0vgs)
+16Jul02=======================================================================
+1. Add changes to the spider-web java web client. Thanks to Rene, OZ1LQH. It
+should now be easier to install and run for all systems. (g0vgs)
+11Jul02=======================================================================
+1. NP work has now started in ernest ([ed]who he?). You will need to download
+Digest::SHA1 and any dependant packages to run this release. HOWEVER tempted
+you are, please don't set/newprotocol on any nodes. It won't work.
+http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Digest/Digest-SHA1-2.01.tar.gz
+2. Make the cluster node registered on from startup (from Mark HB9DBM).
+3. Make the 'export_users' process *MUCH* more robust. It should now accept
+funny characters and not rely on an absolutely 'perfect' user file to work.
+Errors are displayed (and logged if done from the cluster) and then ignored.
+Invalid callsigns are removed.
+09Jul02=======================================================================
+1. make the is_qra more accurate (from Mark HB9DBM).
+04Jul02=======================================================================
+1. added another fix to Prefix.pm so that it resolves Japan callsigns again
+also you can 'set/debug prefix' to see what it is trying to do.
+03Jul02=======================================================================
+1. Added the DEMONSTRATE command which allows a sysop to demonstrate a
+command to a user (from a request by Charlie K1XX).
+2. added message e31 (xxxx is not a user)
+02Jul02=======================================================================
+1. Fixed the problem with badspotter or badnode being set to baddx if either
+of the data files are missing.
+25Jun02=======================================================================
+1. as predicted there was an error in the Prefix routine, I have improved it.
+24Jun02=======================================================================
+1. make set/badspotter non SSID sensitive. Set/badnode is left to be SSID
+sensitive.
+2. added 3XA(=3X) and K1B(=KH1) also changed the logic of sh/prefix. This
+may break things, please test it.
+19Jun02=======================================================================
+1. make set/badspotter and set/badnode apply to announces and talks as well
+as spots.
+12Jun02=======================================================================
+1. fixed (un)set/wwv and (un)set/wcy so they don't issue spurious messages.
+Thanks Rene (oz1lqh)
+07Jun02=======================================================================
+1. fix messages in DXDb.pm to point to the correct ones. Thanks Rene (oz1lqh)
+2. add missing wcys and wcyu messages to Messages. Thanks Rene (again)
+3. upissue version number to 1.50 (finally)
+16Apr02=======================================================================
+1. allow the rest of PC19 to continue if it contains a reference to a locally
+connected node. Thank you Tommy SM3OSM.
+19Mar02=======================================================================
+1. fix problems with ephemeral dup checking on PC16,17,19,21
+2. perturb the problem with national character sets.
+15Mar02=======================================================================
+1. add help for 'accept' and 'reject'. (g0vgs)
+2. adjustments to the manuals (g0vgs)
+3. make changes to reflect the correct output of sh/sun and sh/moon based
+on information from Steve, K9AN. (g0vgs)
+23Feb02=======================================================================
+1. remove old satellites from keps.
+2. Add information on setting up the ax25 utils to the installation manual
+(g0vgs)
+19Feb02=======================================================================
+1. move the PC11 dup check after the input filter
+06Feb02=======================================================================
+1. changes to manuals to (hopefully) improve documentation and alter my email
+address (g0vgs)
+02Feb02=======================================================================
+1. changed sh/qrz to the latest incarnation of the command at qrz.com.
+29Jan02=======================================================================
+1. add VP8GEO to South Georgia
+27Jan02=======================================================================
+1. make save work in cron context
+2. try to get the C client to handle closes on its standard input better
+3. put some validation in cluster.pl to check that people have set it up
+handled.
+4. fix the long callsign checking
+22Jan02=======================================================================
+1. limit spot dupe checking to first 12 characters
+13Jan02=======================================================================
+1. changed the backstop termination alarm routing in the C client so that
+it flushes the input and output buffer and then commits suicide.
+12Jan02=======================================================================
+1. put setsockopts into eval block to allow some of them to fail
+11Jan02=======================================================================
+1. Make M$ TCP connx blocking again, sigh...
+2. backed out ALL the M$ speedup and make nicer changes :-(
+3. cope with data coming in during the disconnection process. Don't worry
+Earth people, this will take no longer than 15 of your Earth seconds...
+10Jan02=======================================================================
+1. set SO_LINGER = 0 to try to prevent the system sending data on a closing
+socket. This MAY help some of the hanging problems (but I am now beginning
+to doubt this).
+2. do the same on the C client (which means DON'T FORGET to make it).
+3. set no nagling on the output from the node.
+4. set KEEPALIVE on TCP connections for both the node and C Client (you will
+have to make the C client again) and you will need to restart.
+5. It appears that it IS possible to set non blocking on M$ you just need to
+know how.
+6. Fix problem with load/cmd_cache core dumping the system
+08Jan02=======================================================================
+1. altered sh/qrz to point to the new server
+2. alter the character set handling a bit to make it better for spanish
+06Jan02=======================================================================
+1. fix leading space removal from messages input from the keyboard
+2. make some mods to allow perl 5.7.2 to run
+3. create $DXProt::eph_restime to allow variable slugging of ephemeral dups
+4. create $DXProt::eph_info_restime to allow a long dupe time for these
+5. create $DXProt::eph_pc34 to allow a short anti dupe slug for rcmd loops
+6. Add a new sysop cmd 'save' which will save the output of any command (or
+list of commands in "<cmd>") to a file.
+7. Add a new command "echo" which echos its argument to the screen (useful
+for titling in the save command above.
+8. Increase interval between logins causing for/opernam to 60 days (from 30)
++ a random factor between 0 and 9.
+9. Added Italian translation of Messages from Luca IT9ROT (thank you
+very much).
+10. Added the /<cmd> feature (as in talk) to execute a cmd whilst typing a
+message, then enhanced it so that if you do //sh/dx (for instance) it will
+put the result into the message (as well as show it to you).
+11. Added the // feature to talk as well.
+02Jan02=======================================================================
+1. updated the copyright dates
+2. modernised and extended the Windows instructions a bit.
+3. added a TODO file which is the list of things that I need to do. Please
+badger me to put YOUR enhancement on this list. It will then get done.
+31Dec01=======================================================================
+1. Make a couple of changes to the Installation Manual and add a FAQ on msg
+deletion. (g0vgs)
+2. Fix unset/register so it works (g0vgs)
+30Dec01=======================================================================
+1. make PC21 coming from the channel's node call then treat it as a PC39 and
+disconnect it.
+2. Send the client a 'Z' command (shutdown) to see if this has any effect on
+the hangs.
+26Dec01=======================================================================
+1. make some detail changes to help texts
+2. Added 'all' to the Band's region table to allow 'acc/spot on all/cw'
+23Dec01=======================================================================
+1. allow sh/dx on 1000/4000 (or 1000-4000).
+2. merge sh/dx and sh/dxcc commands (Alias sh/dxcc to sh/dx dxcc). You can
+now do things like 'sh/dxcc oq2 by w dxcc'.
+20Dec01=======================================================================
+1. Fix 'not' in filtering
+2. alter default max spots to 100 and the no of WWV to 5
+17Dec01=======================================================================
+1. added new satellite stuff from Steve K9AN. Fixed upper/lower problem
+in convkeps.pl.
+2. enhanced load/keps to accept a message no. This will create a new keps
+file from a msg (hopefully containing 2 Line Nasa keps) and then load - all
+in one step. Added load/keps to the help files
+3. Updated spanish Messages
+4. Improve wcy command from Stephan DK8LV's input
+5. Added set/prompt (and unset/prompt) command so that Stephan can fool some
+external programs into thinking it is talking to clx.
+15Dec01=======================================================================
+1. added superfluous spaces back into PC73 for the benefit of clx
+14Dec01=======================================================================
+1. make Spanish in set/lang & Messages 'es' instead of 'sp'
+2. added prototype WCY and WWV commands (for qualified users only)
+3. Added Commands_es.hlp contributed by Angel EA7WA
+12Dec01=======================================================================
+1. added Commands_de.hlp contributed (in record time) by Stephan DK8LV.
+2. fixed help command so it uses it!
+11Dec01=======================================================================
+1. make PC17 generation more unconditional
+08Dec01=======================================================================
+1. added unset/hops command
+02Dec01=======================================================================
+1. Fix spurious 'new message for you' messages if things are deleted but
+unread.
+2. stop remote passive nodes (those with version numbers of 0000) from
+poluting the nodes table. Maybe this will make things slightly more stable.
+3. Take off rspf checks on announces and spots and allow the dupe filters
+to take the strain.
+4. Move the dupe checking AFTER the input filtering for announces and spots.
+5. Changed the checking of PC19/21 that it doesn't alter the wrong node
+6. Alter the storage of messages so that illegal characters are stored as '.'
+in an attempt to stop such messages from hanging.
+26Nov01=======================================================================
+1. Make changes to the installation manual to show making the client before
+actually trying to use it! Thanks to oz1lqh. Also add a line for SuSE
+distros on useradd.
+22Nov01=======================================================================
+1. finally fix DELETE = ^H = Backspace in console.pl
+21Nov01=======================================================================
+1. altered the PC16/17 generation slightly to see whether this cures Roland's
+problem.
+19Nov01=======================================================================
+1. added Ducie Island to prefixes
+17Nov01=======================================================================
+1. updated the Java Web Interface from Ian, m0azm to allow passwords. If
+a user with no password enters anything, including null, it is happily
+accepted and ignored.
+2. added the German language to the Messages file from Stephan, dk8lv
+14Nov01=======================================================================
+1. make the number of characters of the dx comment dependant on the type of
+connection. This should mean that 'legacy' user programs can cope.
+2. move the handling of unprintable characters out of IntMsg
+07Nov01=======================================================================
+1. fix is_pctext so that it actually catches corrupt spots and announces.
+2. fix console.pl so that you can type in '0' again
+3. Fix problem with reply disappearing up its own bottom.
+4. Added Steve's latest sh/moon stuff
+06Nov01=======================================================================
+1. fix read so that sysop reading doesn't increment the read counter for
+private mail not addressed to them.
+2. fix console.pl to show blank lines more reliably.
+3. fix msgs so that 2 R: lines are only stored on initial entry (not just
+after forwarding).
+04Nov01=======================================================================
+1. Allow the user to equal the node in RSPF checks (this allows spots and
+stuff with the origin and spotter to be the same (although it is STRONGLY
+recommended that they are NOT!!! [hint hint]).
+2. make the send command rather more sensitive to what is allowed. Basically
+it will only allow TO addresses that are bull addresses (if not private) or
+vaild callsigns (if private). Bull addresses are the ones in
+/spider/msg/forward.pl with a 'T' flag on them. If there is no forward
+file it will only allow 'ALL' and 'DX' as valid Bull TO addresses. You may
+use commas as callsign separators if you like.
+02Nov01=======================================================================
+1. fixed some Aliasing problems, but this whole area will have to be addressed
+more comprehensively.
+2. Changed talk logging so that it hopefully is more consistant and maybe even
+useful.
+3. Altered the mechanism of the personal emailing so that it uses lower level
+components and should be therefore available on M$ platforms. You will need
+to install a version of libnet (perl -MCPAN -eshell, then install Net::SMTP).
+I believe all 5.6.x perls have this built in (ie M$ should have this). If you
+are on M$ or you want to use an MTA via SMTP in linux then you need to declare
+the dns name of the MTA by: set/var $DXMsg::email_server = 'post.fred.net'
+(or whatever the MTA is called). You can also use local programs other than
+sendmail by: set/var $DXMsg::email_prog = '/usr/bin/postfix ..' or whatever.
+Finally you can alter the 'from' address using: set/var $DXMsg::email_from
+= 'FBloggs@msn.com' (\@ if you use " and ") - bewarned that you may be
+prevented from using just any old address. You can place these commands in
+/spider/scripts/startup for permanent use.
+01Nov01=======================================================================
+1. added information on registration, login scripts and passwords to the
+26Oct01=======================================================================
+1. If $main::reqreg = 1 then set/register will allow 'registered' users
+full access, if $main::reqreg = 2 then registered users will be 'read-only'
+(ie the opposite). If $main::reqreg = 0 then registration and its effects
+are disabled.
+25Oct01=======================================================================
+1. added unset/password command to allow sysops (only) to completely delete
+and remove a user's password.
+2. make 'read' increment the 'no of times read' for all messages.
+3. give a read receipt for everybody that reads a message so marked.
+4. enhance set/email so that if you set email address(es) with this command
+it will send any messages to your callsign as they come in. unset/email
+will disable forwarding.
+24Oct01=======================================================================
+1. added (un)set/register, show/registered commands which when a 'set/var
+$main::reqreg = 1' is done in the startup script will require users to
+be 'registered' in order for them to have 'write' access to the node. Non-
+registered users will only be allowed to TALK or SEND PRIVATE to the cluster
+sysop callsign.
+2. Added password interrogation to the ExtMsg connections. If a user comes
+in via telnet and this is being done with the internal listener and a pass-
+word has been set for that user - he will be asked for it. You can force
+a password interrogation (for ALL users) with a 'set/var $main::passwdreq = 1'
+in the node's startup script. It is anticipated that if you are using
+registration you will also issue passwords to those registered users.
+3. set/password has been changed so that users already with passwords can
+change them.
+4. A non-registered user will get the /spider/data/motd_nor file instead of
+the motd on login.
+5. made the BadWord regexes slightly less aggressive WARNING this may let
+some constructions thru, but hopefully will also allow more legitimate
+foreign (mainly) things thru as well.
+19Oct01=======================================================================
+1. Allow DELETE (0x7f) for backspace in console.pl
+2. redo prefix table using latest cty.dat
+14Oct01=======================================================================
+1. Add the shortform SH/ST like display to sh/user <call> to make it more
+AK1A compatible (G0RDI+G4PDQ pace).
+12Oct01=======================================================================
+1. make del nnn delete messages again (fix system Aliases file)
+2. substr the subject so that the dup works for stuff coming back via AK1A