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 Changes in lyskomd 2.0.0 (Release date 1999-06-27)
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+* Protocol changes (changes that affect clients)
 
-* The database format has changed again. Old installations must
-  convert their old database -- see README for instructions.
+** It is now possible to see when a membership was added and by whom.
+   Memberships come in several different flavors through the addition
+   of a membership type. Currently defined types are secret, passive
+   and invitation.
 
-* The komrunning and updateLysKOM utilities are now a C programs that
-  read the configuration file, instead of shell scripts.  komrunning
-  now takes "start" or "stop" as argument instead of "up" and "down".
+   Since protocol version 9 setting a priority of zero in a conference
+   was supposed to indicate passive membership in a conference.  It
+   was largely up to the client to implement this. True passive
+   memberships have been introduced in this protocol version through
+   the Membership-type extension to the Membership type. In order to
+   maintain compatibility with clients that interpret priority 0 as
+   passive membership, the old calls perform magic, translating
+   between priorities and membership types.  Clients that use the new
+   calls can now once again use priority 0.
 
-* Portability fixes. This release compiles cleanly on systems that
-  define errno as a macro.
+   These new calls include the Membership-type:
 
-* It is now possible to attach arbitrary data to conferences and
-  texts. This allows simple extensions to server data structures
-  without requiring protocol changes. These data object are called
-  aux-items, and are configured with the aux-items.conf file. There
-  are several predefined aux-items with special meanings; see
-  doc/Protocol-A.texi.
+        * 98=query-read-texts
+        * 99=get-membership
+        * 100=add-member
+        * 101=get-members
+        * 102=set-membership-type
 
-* It is now possible to see when a membership was added and by whom.
-  Memberships come in several different flavors through the addition
-  of a membership type. Currently defined types are secret, passive
-  and invitation.
+** Several situations where the server leaked secret information has
+   been fixed.
 
-* The conference type has been extended so that it is possible to
-  forbid secret members in the conference.
+** The conference type has been extended so that it is possible to
+   forbid secret members in the conference.
 
-* Regexp matching is now case insensitive by default. Case sensitivity 
-  is configurable.
+        * 88=create-conf
+        * 91=get-conf-stat
 
-* A new recipient type, BCC recipient, has been added. BCC recipients
-  are only shown to potential members of the recipient and to the
-  sender.
+** Regexp matching is now case insensitive by default. Case sensitivity
+   is configurable.  This is an incompatible change.
 
-* The server can send asynchronous messages about texts being deleted;
-  recipients being added and removed; and memberships being added.
-  This should help clients with caches to keep them updated.
+** It is now possible to attach arbitrary data to conferences and
+   texts. This allows simple extensions to server data structures
+   without requiring protocol changes. These data object are called
+   aux-items, and are configured with the aux-items.conf file. There
+   are several predefined aux-items with special meanings; see
+   doc/Protocol-A.texi.
 
-* There is a call to get the collate table being used by the server.
+        * 92=modify-text-info
+        * 93=modify-conf-info
+        * 94=get-info
+        * 95=modify-system-info
+        * 96=query-predefined-aux-items
+        * 86=create-text
+        * 87=create-anonymous-text
+        * 89=create-person
+        * 90=get-text-stat
 
-* A call to set the flags field in a person structure has been added.
-  The new version of create-person also takes flags as a parameter.
 
-* Error reporting from the server has been improved. The possible
-  error codes from each call have been checked and documented. In the
-  process some calls now return errors they previously did not. Since
-  the error returns were never defined, this should not present a
-  problem for existing clients. The error-status field is set to
-  something semi-useful in all cases.
+** A new recipient type, BCC recipient, has been added. BCC recipients
+   are only shown to potential members of the recipient and to the
+   sender.
 
-* There is a new parameter (keep_commented) on conferences for tuning
-  the garbage collection process. This tuning is not implemented in
-  the server, but users and clients are encouraged to start using the
-  tuning parameter anyway since the tuning will be implemented in the
-  new feature.
+** The server can send asynchronous messages about texts being deleted;
+   recipients being added and removed; and memberships being added.
+   This should help clients with caches to keep them updated.
 
-* There is a parameter (expire) for configuring automatic removal of
-  inactive conferences. This removal is currently not implemented, but
-  users and clients are encouraged to start using it anyway and the
-  automatic conference deletion procedure will be implemented in the
-  near future.
+** There is a call to get the collate table being used by the server.
 
-* Documentation has been moved to two Texinfo files, one that
-  specifies LysKOM Protocol A and one that documents lyskomd. The man
-  pages are no longer maintained.
+        * 85=get-collate-table
 
-* The protocol documentation is more detailed, converted to Texinfo and
-  written in English.
+** A call to set the flags field in a person structure has been added.
+   The new version of create-person also takes flags as a parameter.
 
-* Mapping of local text numbers to global text numbers is now much
-  more efficient, which should lead to significant performace
-  improvements if clients make use of these facilities.
+        * 106=set-pers-flags
 
-* Sanity checks in database and protocol code increase stability and
-  resilience to client errors and sabotage.
+** Error reporting from the server has been improved. The possible
+   error codes from each call have been checked and documented. In the
+   process some calls now return errors they previously did not. Since
+   the error returns were never defined, this should not present a
+   problem for existing clients. The error-status field is set to
+   something semi-useful in all cases.
 
-* We now use GNU automake.
+** There is a new parameter (keep_commented) on conferences for tuning
+   the garbage collection process. This tuning is not implemented in
+   the server, but users and clients are encouraged to start using the
+   tuning parameter anyway since the tuning will be implemented in the
+   new feature.
 
-* The distribution contains a test suite that is used for regression
-  testing the server in development. The testsuite should run with no
-  unexpected failures.
+        * 105=set-keep-commented
 
-* The undocumented format of the etc/lyskomd.log file, which stores
-  usage statistics, has been changed.
+** There is a parameter (expire) for configuring automatic removal of
+   inactive conferences. This removal is currently not implemented, but
+   users and clients are encouraged to start using it anyway and the
+   automatic conference deletion procedure will be implemented in the
+   near future.
 
-* Several situations where the server leaked secret information has
-  been fixed.
+        * 97=set-expire
 
-* The server can now reliably handle a lot more than 250 simultaneous
-  clients even platforms where a FILE* only can refer to file
-  descriptor 0-255.
+* Administration and installation changes
 
-* You can specify which IP number the server should listen to.
+** The database format has changed again. Old installations must
+   convert their old database -- see README for instructions.
 
-* Support for the obsolete MUX protocol has been removed.
+** The komrunning and updateLysKOM utilities are now a C programs that
+   read the configuration file, instead of shell scripts.  komrunning
+   now takes "start" or "stop" as argument instead of "up" and "down".
 
-* GNU malloc is no longer included in the distribution.
+** The undocumented format of the etc/lyskomd.log file, which stores
+   usage statistics, has been changed.
 
-* Updated to use libisc 1.00 (with a few minor modifications; see
-  src/libraries/libisc-new/ChangeLog).
+** The server can now reliably handle a lot more than 250 simultaneous
+   clients even platforms where a FILE* only can refer to file
+   descriptor 0-255.
 
-* The database is now locked with a lock symlink, so there is less
-  risk of accidentally running a lyskomd and dbck or two lyskomd at
-  the same time.
+** You can specify which IP number the server should listen to.
+
+** Support for the obsolete MUX protocol has been removed.
+
+** The database is now locked with a lock symlink, so there is less
+   risk of accidentally running a lyskomd and dbck or two lyskomd at
+   the same time.
+
+* Bug fixes
+
+** Sanity checks in database and protocol code increase stability and
+   resilience to client errors and sabotage.
+
+** Portability fixes. This release compiles cleanly on systems that
+   define errno as a macro.
+
+* Misc
+
+** Documentation has been moved to two Texinfo files, one that
+   specifies LysKOM Protocol A and one that documents lyskomd. The man
+   pages are no longer maintained.
+
+** The protocol documentation is more detailed, converted to Texinfo and
+   written in English.
+
+** Mapping of local text numbers to global text numbers is now much
+   more efficient, which should lead to significant performace
+   improvements if clients make use of these facilities.  It already
+   saves a lot of memory in the lyskomd process.
+
+        * 103=local-to-global
+        * 104=map-created-texts
+
+** We now use GNU automake.
+
+** The distribution contains a test suite that is used for regression
+   testing the server in development. The testsuite should run with no
+   unexpected failures.
+
+** GNU malloc is no longer included in the distribution.
+
+** Updated to use libisc 1.00 (with a few minor modifications; see
+   src/libraries/libisc-new/ChangeLog).
 
 
 Changes in lyskomd 1.9.0 (Release date 1996-08-04)