Hi All!

After ngIRCd 20~rc1 a few weeks ago, I just released the second release candidate, ngIRCd 20~rc2.

There have been a few fixes and one "feature enhancement" since the first release candidate, see the ChangeLog:

• Rework cloaked hostname handling and implement the "METADATA cloakhost" subcommand: Now ngIRCd uses two fields internally, one to store the "real" hostname and one to save the "cloaked" hostname. This allows "foreign servers" (aka "IRC services") to alter the real and cloaked hostnames of clients without problems, even when the user itself issues additional "MODE +x" and "MODE -x" commands. • RPL_UMODEIS: send correct target name, even on server links. • Update platformtest.sh to follow autoconf changes and only generate the "configure" script when it is missing. • Fix the test suite to correctly execute test scripts even when stdout is redirected. • Fix some compiler warnings on NetBSD and OpenBSD.

You can find more information on our homepage at http://ngircd.barton.de/ and its mirror http://ngircd.berlios.de/. The primary download locations are:

• ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/ngircd/ • http://ngircd.barton.de/pub/ngircd/

Please test this release candidate and report any problems and bugs you encounter, either to this list, the #ngircd channel on irc.barton.de (irc://irc.barton.de/#ngircd), or our bug tracker:

• http://ngircd.barton.de/bugzilla/

Thanks! Alex