[IRCServices] Services 5.0.56 released

[Andrew Church]

     Services 5.0.56 has been released, and can be downloaded from:

http://www.ircservices.za.net/download/   (Japan)
ftp://ftp.esper.net/ircservices/          (Western USA)

82ba56e96d7db5b6e59073dc3e5e029f  ircservices-5.0.56.tar.gz
5046cc95cc0536e24dfb5fd7bfbe733f  ircservices-5.0.56.diff.gz
218137e2cfa0b1624c2cb729d6abdb23  ircservices-5.0.56-1.i386.rpm
dba4779adaa16276d7f66edb0f767459  ircservices_5.0.56-1_i386.deb

The mirrors should have it shortly.

     This release addresses the issue raised recently regarding accidental
dropping of nicknames through ignorance of the command format (though it's
still my position that if you get an unexpected error from a command and
don't bother to check the help text for why that error might have happened,
you deserve what you get).  A couple of minor bugs have also been fixed.

     For the curious, 5.1 is progressing as well, and an alpha should be
out by the end of the year (maybe even by the end of the month, but don't
count on it).

Changes in version 5.0.56
-------------------------
2005/11/20	Fixed a bug in StatServ that could cause a crash if
		    StatServ was unloaded with a rehash while Services
		    was running.
2005/11/07	Changed NickServ and ChanServ SET PASSWORD to prevent the
		    use of spaces in passwords.
2005/11/07	The NickServ commands DROP, RECOVER, RELEASE, and GHOST now
		    report a syntax error rather than "password incorrect"
		    when too many parameters are given.  (As a result,
		    passwords containing spaces can no longer be used with
		    these commands.  Use IDENTIFY followed by SET PASSWORD
		    to set a new password without spaces.)
2005/10/26	Fixed incorrect end-of-/WHOIS responses for several
		    pseudoclients.  Reported by Robin Burchell
		    <surreal.w00t at gmail.com>

  --Andrew Church
    achurch at achurch.org
    http://achurch.org/