Hi All! Here it is, the first release candidate for ngIRCd release 18! Our last release dates back to 2010, so it’s long overdue … and in the meantime, lots of patches and enhancements have accumulated. All in all, 116 files changed and there were 3590 insertions and 2306 deletions to our codebase since release 17.1 — quite a lot. There is new functionality with new configuration options like „MorePrivacy“, „ScrubCTCP“, „RequireAuthPing“, „ NoticeAuth“, „CloakHost“ and „CloakUserToNick“; a new channel mode „O“ („IRC Ops only“); support for ZeroConf service registration has been removed; and, quite prominent, the restructuring of the ngircd.conf configuration file. Please have a look at our GIT history or the NEWS and ChangeLog files for the whole story: - <http://ngircd.barton.de/doc/NEWS> - <http://ngircd.barton.de/doc/ChangeLog> And please DON’T FORGET TO READ the INSTALL text, it contains valuable upgrading information regarding the new structure of ngircd.conf: - <http://ngircd.barton.de/doc/INSTALL> This is our first release candidate; not the final release. So keep in mind that there can be bugs: please report all problems you encounter, to the mailing list or our bug tracker — thanks! You can find this prerelease here: - <ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/ngircd/> - <ftp://ngircd.barton.de/pub/ngircd/> There are source packages, GnuPG signatures, and a binary package for Mac OS X. Regards Alex PS.: I will update my unofficial debian repository as soon as I find time …