Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 17:13:23 -0500
From: Christophe Kalt <kalt@stealth.net>
To: ircd-users@stealth.net
Subject: Announcing irc2.9.5

Release 2.9.5 of the IRC software consolidates the work done
with the 2.9 serie, bringing fewer changes than previous
releases but preparing for larger changes.

One of these will be to suppress the usage of the 2.9 JOIN
format (:nickname JOIN #channel^Gov).  Future versions will
not generate such joins anymore.  In order to make the
transition smooth, it is imperative that all servers on the
IRC network be upgraded to 2.9.5 when the JOIN syntax is
abandonned.  Not doing so will result in a considerable
increase of the amount of bandwidth used during netjoins.

Couple new features appear in this release:

	* D lines were added for better autoconnect configuration.
        * I, K and B lines now understand a.b.c.d/z IP notation.

The complete and detailed list of changes is held in doc/ChangeLog.

Discussion about this software is welcome in ircd-users@stealth.net
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Locations:

	ftp://coombs.anu.edu.au/pub/irc/irc2.9.5.tgz
	ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/unix/irc/server/irc2.9.5.tgz