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/************************************************************************
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* IRC - Internet Relay Chat, doc/HISTORY
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* Copyright (C) 1990
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*
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* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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* the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option)
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* any later version.
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*
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* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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* GNU General Public License for more details.
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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* Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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*/
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HISTORY of Recent IRC Versions.
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Previous version numbering schemes have caused some confusion, which this
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document attempts to resolve.
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The original test versions released by WiZ were numbered 2.01?6 where
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the ? refers to a letter. The last known stable version was U6.
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Version 2.1.0/1 was rewritten by Mike Bolotski from the U6 sources but
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several bugs were introduced during the rewrite. After several weeks,
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almost all servers backed up to U6. Version v6 contained comparatively
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minor modifications from U6.
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Version 2.2 consists of the v6 source repackaged into multiple directories,
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and with modified documentation. From now on, the version number will
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stay relatively constant. As minor changes and bug fixes are added, they
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will be distributed in the form of context diffs, to be applied with the
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'patch' command. Each bugfix will bump the patchlevel (PL) of the release
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by 1. The PL is documented in the version.c file in the lib/misc directory.
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Version 2.3 was unfortunate mistake containing copyright violations
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so it was soon taken off distribution.
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Version 2.4 contains *very* many bug fixes, enhancements, and "hooks" for
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use in future releases. The source tree has been restructured, and the
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Makefiles rewritten to be recursive and follow the new source tree layout.
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Version 2.5 contains string channels and channel modes (as well as
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channel operators). Also Wizible's MAIL system was included as an option.
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Hopefully, whoever provides a fix will also update the respective
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ChangeLogs to summarize the changes, as well as adding a description of
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the bug to the BugList file.
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