[IRCServices Coding] Services 5.0pre2 released

[Andrew Church]

     Services 5.0pre2 has been released, and can be downloaded from:

ftp://ftp.ircservices.za.net/pub/ircservices/  (South Africa)
ftp://ftp.esper.net/ircservices/               (USA, California)

e5430490ea2a1bb25bd904dbc80513ce  ircservices-5.0pre2.tar.gz
23f4bee415483502e032835a35eed0de  ircservices-5.0pre2.diff.gz
a6ab29d12724206e4b5fcd9c90d3671a  ircservices-5.0pre2-1.i386.rpm
abde895318736e8658bde3682daeefa7  ircservices_5.0pre2-1_i386.deb

The other mirrors should have it shortly.

     Various bugs reported in pre1 have been fixed in this version; see the
Changes excerpt below for details.  Additionally, XML importing has been
changed; it is now performed via a "-import" command-line option--see
section 5-2 of the documentation for details.  (Also, although I neglected
to mention it in the Changes file, command-line options like "-dir" which
take parameters now use an "=" between option name and value instead of a
space.)

Changes in version 5.0pre2
--------------------------
2002/06/17	XML importing is now done via the -import command-line option.
2002/06/14	The NickServ LINK command no longer accepts invalid nicks.
		    Reported by <terminator at koekjes.net>
2002/06/13	Documentation fixed to conform to HTML 4.01 Transitional.
2002/06/13	Added a HELP COMMANDS topic to StatServ to match the other
		    pseudoclients' help systems.
2002/06/11	Mode lock +L on Unreal now requires +l to be set as well,
		    to match the IRC server's behavior.  Reported by Aragon
		    Gouveia <aragon at phat.za.net>
2002/06/11	AJOIN now prevents "channel" names not beginning in "#"
		    from being added.  Reported by Aragon Gouveia
		    <aragon at phat.za.net>
2002/06/11	Fixed cosmetic bugs in some NickServ syntax error messages.
2002/06/11	Fixed bugs reported by Romek Krisztian
		    <r-krisztian at softhome.net>:
		    - Extra spaces no longer cause problems with some commands.
		    - Spaces can now be used in passwords.
		    - Port numbers no longer cause URLs to be rejected.
		    - NickServ SET TIMEZONE parameter is now checked more
		      carefully.
		    - NickServ/ChanServ LIST and NickServ LISTEMAIL now
		      check for bad Services admin parameters.
2002/06/09	In-use nicknames can no longer be linked.  Suggested by
		    Dennis Sela <Schutzgeist at uni.de>
2002/06/08	Fixed improper expiration when -noexpire option given.

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