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This file is used to auto-generate the "Changelog" section of Sopel's website.
When adding new entries, follow the style guide in NEWS.spec.md to avoid causing
problems with the site build.
Changes between 6.6.2 and 6.6.3
===============================
Module changes
--------------
* Fixed loading etymology module on Python 3.3
* Added Unicode support to calc module's `.py` output
* Correctly quote URL parameters in etymology and search modules
Core changes
------------
* Added docstrings to the privilege level constants in `sopel.module`
Changes between 6.6.1 and 6.6.2
===============================
Module changes
--------------
* wiktionary tries harder to get a valid result before erroring out
Core changes
------------
* Fixed an inconsistency between interpretations of the `--config` option in
normal operation vs. wizard mode
* Requirement specifiers tightened up to reduce/prevent `pip` trying to install
incompatible dependency versions (`IPython`, `dnspython`)
* SASL token is now split when required according to spec
* Multi-byte Unicode characters are now handled correctly when splitting lines
Changes between 6.6.0 and 6.6.1
===============================
Module changes
--------------
* spellcheck's `pyenchant` dependency is no longer required for py3.7+
* This should alleviate a lot of installation problems due to `pyenchant`
being unmaintained. If use of the spellcheck module is desired, the
necessary libraries may be installed manually.
Changes between 6.5.3 and 6.6.0
===============================
Sopel 6.6.0 has been a long time coming, but it contains a metric ton of fixes
and enhancements. The big stuff is yet to come in Sopel 7, though; stay tuned!
(You can get some hints by browsing the [GitHub milestones][].)
View and contribute toward Sopel's budgetary needs by visiting the project's
new [Open Collective page](https://opencollective.com/sopel).
Now that Sopel 6.6.0 is released, the focus will shift from preparing the new
release to migrating the website and documentation off of Embolalia's personal
infrastructure. Once this migration is complete, Sopel's [documentation][docs]
will be updated to reflect the changes/additions listed below. Questions about
the new (and old) API methods are welcome in [#sopel][] on Freenode, of course,
as always. Thank you for bearing with this transitional period!
Importantly, a couple of broken modules have been removed in this release. For
easy reference, they and their PyPI-installable replacements are listed near the
top of the "[Module changes](#module-changes)" section.
Because this is the last release planned before Sopel 7, it's important to note
some upcoming changes. They're mostly for module developers, or for bot owners
who run unmaintained third-party modules (which might need manual updating).
But first, a user-facing change. Sopel is drifting toward a more streamlined
release model, which will see most of the core module library split out into
separate packages. Moving modules to their own packages will enable faster fixes
when APIs change, and easier module adoption by members of the community.
Further process details will appear in future changelogs as modules are moved
out of core, but the plan is to have Sopel "require" modules it used to include
for a release or two after their removal. Existing installations should thereby
have a smooth transition, as long as they get updated reasonably often. To
discuss this plan, visit issue [#1291][].
And now, for the developer stuff.
There will be some attention given to how `Identifier` objects work in Sopel 7.
In particular, the way lowercase works appears to have been wrong for some time.
Subscribe to issue [#1389][] for updates, or to join the discussion on the best
plan for addressing this.
Also in Sopel 7, the following deprecated functions in `sopel.web` will be
removed: `get()`, `head()`, `post()`, `get_urllib_object()`. Module authors
should replace these with equivalent code using `requests`. If you don't know
what that is, you're in for a treat: <https://pypi.org/project/requests/>
Remaining `sopel.web` functions might also move in a future major release. See
[#1318][] and comment your opinion if you are a module developer. There is still
plenty of time to give feedback; nothing will happen before Sopel 8 at the
earliest.
Support for multiple help examples on each module command is planned for Sopel 7
and will allow for clearer command and argument documentation. The current help
system uses a deterministic but unintuitive method to choose a single example to
output. The current plan is to make the new multi-example behavior opt-in, so
only help for modules that are explicitly updated to support it will change.
Follow this initiative in [#1200][].
Bot owners and admins might appreciate the new ignore system proposal, which
would (among other things) make "hostmask" blocks actually block hostmasks! See
[#1355][] to participate in the design process; this change is tentatively
planned for Sopel 7 but may be pushed back.
And finally, for users who hate SQLite with a passion: Work on bringing back
alternate DB support has begun! It's unclear how soon this will be ready, but
users who want to switch off SQLite to another database engine might be able to
do so as early as Sopel 7. Follow the ups and downs of this long-awaited
journey at [#1446][] for the time being.
[docs]: https://sopel.chat/docs/
[#sopel]: irc://chat.freenode.net/sopel
[GitHub milestones]: https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel/milestones
[#1200]: https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel/issues/1200
[#1291]: https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel/issues/1291
[#1318]: https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel/issues/1318
[#1355]: https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel/issues/1355
[#1389]: https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel/issues/1389
[#1446]: https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel/pull/1446
----
Module changes
--------------
* Added emoticons module: includes `.shrug`, `.tableflip`, `.lenny`, and other
common kaomoji
* Added instagram module: displays information about Instagram links in chat
* Removed movie: The OMDb API went private some time ago (Q2 2017)
* See [`sopel-modules.imdb`][pypi-imdb] on PyPI for a functional replacement
* Removed weather: Yahoo deprecated its weather service, the last known keyless weather API
* See [`sopel-modules.weather`][pypi-weather] on PyPI for a functional
replacement that also adds the forecast command originally planned to launch
with Sopel 6.6.0.
* admin module's `.set` command handles spaces properly now
* bugzilla no longer spits out an error on shutdown if its domain list is empty
* dice module's `.roll`/`.dice`/`.d` command gives friendlier errors, and its
`.choice`/`.choose`/`.ch` command has cleaner output (will be further improved
in a later release)
* etymology module updated to work with etymonline.com's changes
* ip module can now look up nicknames (user's hostname) & IPv6 addresses
* ip module switched from deprecated GeoIP database to GeoIP2
* isup module can be forced to ignore untrusted/broken HTTPS with a new command
alias, `.isupinsecure`
* lmgtfy module gained improved output URLs (HTTPS, encoded query) and help
examples
* reddit module now picks up links under all commonly used subdomains
* reload's habit of duplicating packaged modules' command output has been
significantly curtailed
* There are still some edge cases (like reloading a module with a removed
function) that might still cause problems, but the majority of module
updates should be OK now.
* This feature will continue to improve over the next few releases.
* search module should behave better when encountering Unicode in URLs on py2
* search now warns `.ddg`/`.g` users of a bug affecting multiple "site:"
operators in a single query
* This is a bug in DuckDuckGo's plain-HTML SERP, and they have ignored all
attempts to report it. Sopel's DuckDuckGo code might be rewritten to use an
unaffected interface in the future.
* tld module gracefully handles missing arguments now
* translate now handles API failures gracefully
* url module can now create a short URL for convenience when fetching title
* only URLs longer than configured minimum length
* off by default
* url module will say an error if `.title` command fails
* url module's URL finder will ignore suspicious trailing punctuation, making
the auto-title feature more reliable when links are included in sentences
* version module no longer prints "wat" to the console/log when answering CTCP
`VERSION` requests
* wiktionary module now decodes HTML entities in its output before sending, and
it should also now give correct results for affixes & definitions containing
reference tags
* xkcd fetching by comic title should work again (switched back-end search
provider)
* Many modules updated to use HTTPS in both API calls and output
[pypi-imdb]: https://pypi.org/project/sopel-modules.imdb/
[pypi-weather]: https://pypi.org/project/sopel-modules.weather/
Core changes
------------
* Added `userserv` option for `auth_method`
* Added default value of `'UTC'` to `default_timezone`
* Added `alias_nicks` option
* Lets Sopel respond to (a) nickname(s) other than the name it uses for its
IRC nick
* Made handling `CNAME`'d TLS hostnames more forgiving
* Raw logging is no longer enabled by default
* Comparisons between Identifiers and other types were improved
* Sopel no longer sends the sticky modifier for capabilities
* Database tables are now created using "IF NOT EXISTS" to reduce error potential
* Deprecated `sopel.web` calls in various modules updated to use `requests`
instead
* Intents/CTCP handling fixed
* Fixed more cases where module shutdown routines weren't running
API changes
-----------
* New formatting methods: `italic`, `strikethrough`, `monospace`, `hex_color`, `reverse` (inverted video)
* With the exception of italics, these are all "niche" formatting codes that
have relatively limited client support, but they are included for
completeness.
* `sopel.db.get_uri()` was returning an incorrectly formatted result, now fixed
* Fixed populating `bot.channels` privileges dicts on connect
* Fixed updating `User` objects when receiving `NICK` events from the server
* Documentation added/corrected in several places
* Command prefix in examples is now assumed to match the default regex pattern (currently `\.`)
* This fixes some issues with incorrect help output, but might cause new
problems in modules that use non-standard prefixes in their examples.
* Sopel's maintenance team regrets not providing advance warning of this
change, but the potential impact is limited to perhaps a few misplaced
characters in help output, at most—same as the bug itself, but likely with a
much lower incidence.
Changes between 6.5.2 and 6.5.3
===============================
Module changes
--------------
* tell module takes nicknames up to 30 characters long now (previously 20)
* reddit module (and Sopel, by extension) once again accepts any installed
version of PRAW
Core changes
------------
* Specified which `IPython` versions pip should give Sopel depending on Python
version in use
* Fixed trying to use `pytest` stuff in production
* Various testing tweaks
Changes between 6.5.1 and 6.5.2
===============================
Larger than the usual "patch" release because it's been so long since the last
version and a number of bugs crept in. New maintainer (dgw) says hi.
To reduce the "dependency hell" of installing things that Sopel doesn't need
unless specific modules are used, the `spellcheck` and `ipython` modules will
likely be removed from core and published separately in a future release
(tentatively, Sopel 7).
----
Module changes
--------------
* Added (restored) `.bing` command to search module, and fixed Bing results
* Updated DDG ad filtering, and converted query URLs in search module to HTTPS
* Fixed search module `.suggest` command using Google suggestions API
* Fixed reddit and updated PRAW version requirement
* reload module no longer tries to reload nonexistent modules when passed the
name of a system package (e.g. "time" or "re")
* remind module will now give the reminder time in the correct timezone when
using `.at`
* wikipedia module ignores `File:` namespace links, and output from other Sopel
bots' wikipedia modules
* Fixed retrieving xkcd comics by number
* Fixed currency module (updated API URLs)
* Tweaked url module's title finder to reduce garbage from Gawker/Kinja sites
* help module now filters out duplicate commands from its command list
* Fixed wikipedia module's handling of special characters like `&`
* Prevent wikipedia module spewing an error if someone posts a link to an
article that doesn't exist
* help module now sends the command list to ptpb.pw, as GitHub removed their
anonymous Gist API
* Switched calc module to use new backend service for `.py` command, to reduce
outages
* Added physical temperature limit to units module
* Tweaked argument handling in pronouns module
Core changes
------------
* Logger bug squashed
* Shutdown method handling fixed
* Added documentation in a few places
* Made finding the system SSL/TLS certificate trust store more robust
* Modules with example tests no longer need to hack around `pytest` running
their `setup()` routines
* Corrected `IPython` dependency for ipython module (now installs with Sopel
automatically)
* Widened acceptable `requests` version range
API changes
-----------
* Module `shutdown()` methods should fire correctly now
* `ListAttribute` config values now return `[]` (empty list) when blank instead
of `[""]` (empty string in list)
* Updated documentation for (still deprecated) `sopel.web` (the documentation
for `post()` included a nonexistent kwarg, `headers`)
Changes between 6.5.0 and 6.5.1
===============================
Module changes
--------------
* A module to track users' pronouns is added
* A few bug and regression fixes
Changes between 6.4.0 and 6.5.0
===============================
Module changes
--------------
* xkcd module can now recognize xkcd.com urls
* SSL is verified for HTTP requests when not turned off in the config
* The command list is placed in a gist, to prevent flooding
* Title finding uses a custom user-agent, to prevent issues with some sites
Core changes
------------
* Intent handling is improved
API changes
-----------
* A `@url` decorator is added to simplify URL handling
Changes between 6.3.1 and 6.4.0
===============================
Module changes
--------------
* For some subreddits where NSFW is used to mark spoilers, an appropriate tag is
shown.
* `.ddg` avoids giving ad results.
* `.wa` is fully removed
* See [`sopel-modules.wolfram`][pypi-wolfram] on PyPI for a replacement
[pypi-wolfram]: https://pypi.org/project/sopel-modules.wolfram/
Core changes
------------
* Support for authenticating with Quakenet's Q is added.
* Errors from empty PID files are fixed.
* Issues with errors not being logged to the logging channel are fixed.
* Topic tracking is improved
* `extended-join` is supported properly
* Error messages being reported to the triggering channel/user can be disabled.
API changes
-----------
* Channel privileges are no longer checked in private messages.
* Rate limiting can now be done by channel and globally, not just per user.
Changes between 6.3.0 and 6.3.1
===============================
Module changes
--------------
* The xkcd module is working again
* Fix an issue causing Unicode errors to show for some URLs when using Python 2
(but you should really switch to 3!)
Core changes
------------
* Fix a bug in QUIT message parsing which caused certain users to be flooded
with PMs if their nick matched the first word of a user's QUIT message (such
as "disconnected" or "ping")
* Fix a rare Python 3 incompatibility bug when quitting due to too many core
errors
* We no longer show a warning when detecting a non-Unicode system locale if
you're still using Python 2
Changes between 6.2.0 and 6.3.0
===============================
Module changes
--------------
* Many modules ported to use `requests` package for stability and security
* Weather location lookup is fixed
* Confusing and unnecessary commands like .op were removed
* Splitting of options in `.choice` is now more intuitive
* Some edge cases in reddit post information were fixed
Core changes
------------
* A check is added to warn about an obscure environment issue that can cause
strange errors
* Regex characters in the bot's nick no longer cause issues when a rule has the
nickname added
* Rate limiting is tweaked slightly, which should reduce the severity of the
`.commands` flood bug until a proper solution is found
API changes
-----------
* The current topic of a channel is now available as the `Channel` object's
`topic` attribute
* `sopel.web` has been reworked as a wrapper around requests; it remains
deprecated
Changes between 6.1.1 and 6.2.0
===============================
Module changes
--------------
* An error in excluding URLs from title display is fixed
* Case sensitivity issues in currency and dice commands are fixed
* Guards to require channel or private message are added to a number of
commands, to avoid confusing errors
* A calculation bug in the countdown command is fixed
* Misc. minor bugfixes and improvements
Core changes
------------
* An occasional error with SSL connections on Python 3 is fixed
* On servers which support IRCv3 account extensions, the services account name
can be used to authenticate the owner
* Numerous additional IRCv3 features are supported
API changes
-----------
* `bot.privileges` is now deprecated in favor of `bot.channels`
* `bot.channels` contains more information about the channels the bot is in
* `bot.users` is now available with information about the users Sopel is aware
of
* `sopel.web` is now deprecated in favor of the third-party `requests` library
* `trigger.time` is added with the current time, or server-time if the server
supports it
* `sopel.tools.events` is now available as an enum of IRC numeric replies
Changes between 6.1.0 and 6.1.1
===============================
If you are updating from a pre-6.0 version (i.e. Willie), there are backwards-
incompatible changes which you should be aware of. See
<https://sopel.chat/willie_6.html> for more information.
----
Core changes
------------
* A regression which caused the config wizard to be unusable is fixed
Changes between 6.0.0 and 6.1.0
===============================
If you are updating from a pre-6.0 version (i.e. Willie), there are backwards-
incompatible changes which you should be aware of. See
<https://sopel.chat/willie_6.html> for more information.
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Module changes
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* A regression which prevented the URL safety detection from working is fixed.
* Issues with some special characters in DuckDuckGo searches are fixed
* `lxml` is no longer required by any modules, greatly simplifying the install
process
* Misc. minor bugfixes and improvements
Core changes
------------
* A regression which disabled blocking functionality is fixed
* Examples are no longer mangled by the `.help` command, and show the correct
prefix
* The listing from `.commands` is now separated by module
* Issues with reloading folder modules are fixed
API changes
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* `ListAttribute` configs can be set to a list or set, with the same effect
* The configure method of validated config attributes now takes the parent config and section name
Changes between 5.5.1 and 6.0.0
===============================
This release contains backwards-incompatible changes. See
<https://sopel.chat/willie_6.html> for more information.
This is the first release in which the bot will have a new name. Current
tentative name is Sopel.
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Module changes
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* chanlogs, rss, github, and radio modules are removed
* Default in admin module is now to join on invite from anyone; the old default
of only joining on invite from admins can be configured
* Wikipedia module's per-channel default language configuration is deprecated;
a database-backed option will be added in a future version
* `.seen` replies on action messages now display action messages differently
* `.kick` no longer truncates the message, and `.kickban` works properly
Core changes
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* Deprecated login configs have been removed in favor of the new `auth_*` values
* Module reloading has been redone to enable modules to be installed from PyPI
* IRCv3 capability negotiation is updated for v3.2
API changes
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* Configuration has been entirely reworked. Old wizard functions and the
`get_list()` function are removed, but most other uses of the config should
continue to work.
* The reorganization of `willie.tools` introduced in 5.3.0 is finalized; the old
import locations no longer work.
* `bot.msg` is deprecated in favor of `bot.say`, which can now be used in
un-triggered contexts with an additional `recipient` argument
Changes between 5.5.0 and 5.5.1
===============================
This release continues preparations for Willie 6. See
<https://sopel.chat/willie_6.html>
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Module changes
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* The URL safety module correctly checks URLs
* The URL for the service used for `.py` and `.wa` is updated
Changes between 5.4.1 and 5.5.0
===============================
This release starts preparations for Willie 6. See
<https://sopel.chat/willie_6.html>
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API changes
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* The ability to import from the `sopel` package, rather than `willie`, is added
to enable forward compatibility with the rename in 6.0
* A `version_info` tuple, similar to Python's own `sys.version_info`, is added
* An error when setting a validated config attribute to `None` is fixed
Changes between 5.4.0 and 5.4.1
===============================
This release starts preparations for Willie 6. See
<https://sopel.chat/willie_6.html>
----
Core changes
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* Regression which prevented SSL verification from being disabled is fixed
Changes between 5.3.0 and 5.4.0
===============================
This release starts preparations for Willie 6. See
<https://sopel.chat/willie_6.html>
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Module changes
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* Dropping the lowest results from `.dice` rolls works properly
* `.blocks` listing is now on one line
* HTML entities in reddit post titles are now displayed correctly
Core changes
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* DB nick group merging now works properly
* A few combinations of authentication configuration that were broken are fixed
API changes
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* The core config section now uses a 6.0-style config definition. Deprecated
attributes will give a warning.
* Accessing core config values directly from the `config` object itself (rather
than `config.core`) now appropriately prints a warning
* `@require_chanmsg` now works properly
Changes between 5.2.0 and 5.3.0
===============================
Module changes
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* The YouTube module is removed due to breakage of its API by Google
* Fixes for Unicode in channel logging
* `.py` hits an updated service running Python 2.7, rather than 2.5
* Multiple new features are added in the reddit module
* Wind direction arrows in weather now point the right way
API changes
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* Time and calculation tools are split out into multiple modules. The moved
things will also be available in `tools` itself until 6.0, whereupon they will
only be available in their new locations.
* Functions and classes used internally for scheduling jobs are moved. They are
still available in their old location, but are no longer documented and will
not be considered part of the public API in 6.0.
Changes between 5.1.1 and 5.2.0
===============================
Module changes
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* An exception that failed the chanlogs module from loading is fixed
* Meetbot meeting subjects no longer fail with Unicode
Core changes
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* The various ways of authenticating the bot are now configured using the same
set of attributes. The old settings will be used as fallback until 6.0.0.
API changes
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* Privilege decorators no longer cause an error when no message is given
* A new `@intent` decorator is added as a shortcut for triggering on a message
with an intent
Changes between 5.0.0 and 5.1.1
===============================
Module changes
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* Fixed a regression that caused getting weather for a nick to fail
* Bugs related to channel log filenames are fixed
* Channel logs can now use the bot's preferred time zone
* Getter and setter methods for timezone and format are more consistently named
* `.seen` persists across bot restarts
* `.seen` no longer shows message or channel unless used within the same channel
* Special characters in Wikipedia URLs are handled correctly
Core changes
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* `help_prefix` can now be given in `[core]` to change the command prefix used
in help
API changes
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* The `Trigger` object is now immutable, as expected
* New decorators for checking privileges on callables are added
Changes between 4.6.2 and 5.0.0
===============================
This release contains backwards-incompatible changes. See
<https://sopel.chat/willie_5.html> for more information.
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Module changes
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* YouTube no longer shows bizarre lengths when the bot is running under Python 3
* When Wikipedia links are posted, a snippet of the article is shown
Core changes
------------
* `WillieDB` is entirely rewritten, meaning migration will be needed to access
old data
* Logging output to the debug channel is improved
* The name of the NickServ user can be configured with `nickserv_name` in
`[core]`
* SSL is disabled on Python 2.7 when `backports.ssl_match_hostname` is not
installed
API changes
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* Deprecated `WillieDB` functions are removed
* CTCP actions are stripped prior to matching, and added to the `'intent'` key
of `trigger.tags`
* Deprecated `Trigger` functions are removed
* `bot.debug` is removed, in favor of standard Python logging
* `tools.Nick` is removed, in favor of the `tools.Identifier` introduced in
4.6.0
Changes between 4.6.1 and 4.6.2
===============================
This release starts preparations for Willie 5. See
<https://sopel.chat/willie_5.html> for more information.
----
Module changes
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* Due to API deprecation and instability, `.g` now uses DuckDuckGo instead of
Google
Core changes
------------
* Fix remaining regression in db update function
Changes between 4.6.0 and 4.6.1
===============================
This release starts preparations for Willie 5. See
<https://sopel.chat/willie_5.html> for more information.
----
Module changes
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* Fix regression in table creations and erroneously changed column names
Core changes
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* Fix regression in db update function
API changes
-----------
* Correctly print out deprecation warnings
Changes between 4.5.1 and 4.6.0
===============================
This release starts preparations for Willie 5. See
<https://sopel.chat/willie_5.html> for more information.
----
Module changes
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* The `^` operator in `.calc` is now equivalent to `**`
* `.dice`, `.tr`, and `.addtrace` give meaningful errors when no argument is
given
* A number of database issues were fixed (more will be fixed in Willie 5)
* A number of Python 3-related issues were fixed.
* Malicious URLs are now detected with VirusTotal and malwaredomains
* `.weather` no longer shows pressure
Core changes
------------
* The config wizard no longer configures the database, instead automatically
creating a SQLite DB
* MySQL and Postgres databases are deprecated; only SQLite will be supported in
Willie 5
* Logging channel and level can be configured with `logging_channel` and
`logging_level` in the config
* A `--version` switch was added to the `willie` command, to show the version
in use
* Corrupt PID files will no longer prevent the bot from starting
* Non-ASCII values no longer crash the config wizard
API changes
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* Numerous functions were added to the db to ease the transition to Willie 5
* `tools.Nick` has been renamed to `tools.Identifier`. `Nick` will be removed in
Willie 5
* `willie.web` functions now specify a meaningful default user agent
* `web.post` now supports dicts as the payload, and can optionally return
headers
* `config.get` was added as an alias to `config.parser.get`
* Callables can now handle more than one event by stacking decorators
Changes between 4.5.0 and 4.5.1
===============================
Module changes
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* Version checking module no longer causes an error at startup
* URL handling modules no longer repeat themselves after being reloaded
* `.isup` now adds a `.com` TLD if none is used
* IPython integration now works with older versions of IPython
Changes between 4.4.1 and 4.5.0
===============================
Module changes
--------------
* Willie will now alert the owner at startup, and every 24 hours, when a new
version is available
* `.calc` will now time out on excessively long calculations, and is less likely
to error out
* `.help` now works properly for command aliases
* `.help` will now output multi-line help in multiple messages, rather than all
at once
* A new `.uptime` command tells how long the bot has been running
* `.length` can now handle astronomical units
* Absolute vote counts are no longer shown in reddit output
* Using `.setlocation` without a location will no longer set your location to
Italy
* Time units for `.in` are now case-insensitive
* `.duck` no longer gives a long, unrelated URL
Core changes
------------
* Scheduled tasks now work properly under Python 3
* Willie no longer accepts partial matches for admin status
API changes
-----------
* Setting attributes on the bot object now works as expected
* The status code is now returned from `web.get` as `_http_status` in the
headers
* `web.get` now attempts to decode based on headers, rather than assuming utf-8
* `web.iri_to_uri` is now available to decode internationalized domain names
* A `willie.formatting` module is now available to simplify IRC bold, underline
and color formatting
Changes between 4.4.0 and 4.4.1
===============================
Module changes
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* RSS no longer checks for malformed XML
* Starting RSS manually after bot restart is no longer needed
* Youtube video search properly handles spaces
* The `.at` command defaults to UTC if user's timezone is not set
Core changes
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* Ping timeout handling is working again
* `bind_host` configuration option is working again
Changes between 4.3.0 and 4.4.0
===============================
Module changes
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* `.cur` behaves better when bad arguments are given
* Fixed numerous Unicode errors
* Added a command to open an IPython console within the module context
* Added mass units and millimeters to .cur
* GitHub pull requests now get extended URL info
* `.weather` now displays wind in m/s instead of kts
* A security issue involving improperly named channel logs was fixed
* Misc. bugfixes
Core changes
------------
* Channel joins at bot startup can be rate limited with the `throttle_joins`
option in the `[core]` config section to work around server limits
* Added the ability for SASL login where the nickname and username are different
* Improved loop protection and rate limiting
* Fixed multiple Python 3 errors
* Enable logging the bot in to Authserv at startup
* Added support for Postgres as the database backend
* SSL cert location detection now works on Debian-based systems
* Misc. bugfixes
API changes
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* Unicode in command decorators now works properly
* `web.get` now decodes the result from UTF-8, with a `dont_decode` argument to
disable
Changes between 4.2.0 and 4.3.0
===============================
Module changes
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* A new channel logging module is added
* Misc. bugfixes, especially when running with Python 3
Core changes
------------
* Fixed a regression that caused numerous errors in `willie.web`
* Misc. bugfixes
API changes
-----------
* Nick instances now have an `is_nick` attribute, which is `True` when the value
is a valid nickname (as opposed to a channel)
Changes between 4.1.0 and 4.2.0
===============================
Module changes
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* A new `.cur` command can convert a number of currencies, including Bitcoin
* `.c` can now understand a comma used as a radix point (rather than a period)
* `.w` can now look in the Wikipedia for a specified (or configurable default)
language
* Timezones are now more user-friendly, and used more consistently across modules
* Misc. bugfixes
Core changes
------------
* `willie.web` now verifies HTTPS connections properly
* The SQLite database file respects use of `~` in the configured filename
* Willie can now run in Python 3
* Willie now depends on `python-backports.ssl_match_hostname` (see README.rst
for installation instructions)
* Misc. bugfixes
API changes
-----------
* `trigger.is_privmsg` is added for an easy way to see if a trigger was created
in a private or channel message
* `get_timezone` and `format_time` are added to `tools` to make displaying time
according to user/channel format easier
* Added `bot.notice` and an optional notice parameter for `bot.reply` for
easier sending of IRC `NOTICE` messages
Changes between 4.0.1 and 4.1.0
===============================
Module changes
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* Admin-only `.set` command can now set non-existent config values
* The meetbot `.endmeeting` command now works properly
* Significant improvements made to RSS module