Changelog
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Changelog
2.0.0, TBC
Upgrading from earlier versions.
Features:
Moved to an asyncio loop
Added support for multiple servers
Known issues:
Removed contrib modules - will return as a separate package
Angel is not implemented yet
0.7.0, Not released
Feature:
Added Protocol to Client
Changes:
Client no longer supports telnet by default; must be initialised with the
Styles refactored to support different renderers
Setting
client_buffer_size
is nowrecv_buffer_size
andsend_buffer_size
Flash policy server has been removed
0.6.3, 2018-10-06
Feature:
Added Python 3.6 support
Bugfix
Corrected packaging
Note: tests are no longer performed for Python 3.2 or 3.3 as they are EOL
0.6.2, 2017-07-25
Bugfix:
Corrected docs
Corrected manifest
0.6.1, 2016-10-20
Bugfix:
Improved password hashing algorithm (merges #5)
Fixed empty password handling (merges #6)
Internal:
Improved support for custom password hashing algorithms, with support for passwords stored using old algorithms
Thanks to:
Marcos Marado (marado) for #5 and #6
0.6.0, 2015-12-20
Feature:
Python 3 support (3.2, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5)
Unicode support
Changed:
Changed
write
to acceptnewline=False
kwarg, to control whether the line ends with a newline when the socket is not in raw modeExample echo service now runs in raw mode
The command registry can now unregister commands
Internal:
Added angel.stop() to terminate angel from threads
Fixed angel’s start delay reset when starting a service without a saved state
0.5.0, 2015-12-13
Feature:
Added class-based event handlers, with support for use as command functions
Added room support
Added YAML-based store instantiation
Added command aliases
Refactored user-related commands from talker example
Simplified social command definition and generation
Added styles
Removed:
Replaced ClientSerialiser with improved Field serialiser
Replaced StoreField with improved Field serialiser
Removed socials import from contrib.commands, so the code is now only loaded if you specifically want it
Internal:
Added client containers
Added
active
to the list of reserved store field namesChanged test root dir to
examples
0.4.0, 2015-11-21
Feature:
Renamed project
Added angel to support seamless restarts
Internal:
Added root_path setting for more reliable relative paths
0.3.0, 2015-02-16
Feature:
Restructured from plugin-based command to framework
0.2.1, 2012-01-20
Feature:
Extra commands in plugins
Internal:
Better command error handling - now piped to users
Plugins now private namespaces with shared dict ‘publics’
0.2.0, 2012-01-18
Feature:
Added telnet negotiation
Added socials
Internal:
Added support for different newline types
Split User into User and Client objects
Added argument parsing to Command object
0.1.1, 2012-01-16
Internal:
Rearranged plugin files to improve clarity
Internal: Plugin lists
0.1.0, 2012-01-15
Feature:
Events, plugins
IRC- and MUD-style chat
Internal:
Moved all non-core code into plugins
0.0.1, 2012-01-13
Feature:
Initial release of new version in Python