From e791dc6d5e6a28fcb544bc3c8948a275c6236494 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Elizabeth Myers Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2016 04:47:31 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: add some more relevant items [ci skip] --- NEWS.md | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md index 7e4d192b..fa0cef51 100644 --- a/NEWS.md +++ b/NEWS.md @@ -51,6 +51,17 @@ See LICENSE for licensing details (GPL v2). files have been renamed and shuffled around to be more consistent. ### code +- `common.h` is gone. Everything useful in it was moved to `ircd_defs.h`. +- `config.h` is gone; the few remaining knobs in it were not for configuration + by mere mortals, and mostly existed as a 2.8 relic. Most of the knobs live in + `defaults.h`, but one is well-advised to stay away unless they know exactly + what they are doing. +- A new module API has been introduced, known as AV2. It includes things such as + module datecodes (to ensure modules don't fall out of sync with the code), + module descriptions, and other fun things. +- Alias and module commands are now in m_alias and m_modules, respectively, and + can be reloaded if need be. For sanity reasons, m_modules is a core module, + and cannot be unloaded. - irc_dictionary and irc_radixtree related functions are now in librb, and prefixed accordingly. Typedefs have been added for consistency with existing data structures. For example, now you would write `rb_dictionary *foo` and @@ -58,6 +69,8 @@ See LICENSE for licensing details (GPL v2). - C99 bools are now included and used in the code. Don't use ints as simple true or false flags anymore. In accordance with this change, the `YES`/`NO` and `TRUE`/`FALSE` macros have been removed. +- Return types from command handlers have been axed, as they have been useless + for years. - libratbox has been renamed to librb, as we have diverged from upstream long ago. - Almost all 2.8-style hashtable structures have been moved to dictionaries or @@ -69,9 +82,6 @@ See LICENSE for licensing details (GPL v2). servicing clients will remain in use, but not service new connections, and are garbage collected when they are no longer servicing connections. - Support for ratbox-style 'iodebug' hooks has been removed. -- Alias and module commands are now in m_alias and m_modules, respectively, and - can be reloaded if need be. For sanity reasons, m_modules is a core module, - and cannot be unloaded. ## charybdis-3.5.0