CHANGES.rst

v9.9.9 (unreleased)

breaking:

• backend/slack: remove slack and slack_rtm built-in backends (#1581)

features:

• core/plugins: detect plugins using entrypoints (#1590)

fixes:

• docs: add unreleased section (#1576)
• docs: update broken URL for Markdown Extra (#1572)
• chore: bump actions/setup-python version (#1575)
• backend/telegram: fix missing imports (#1574)
• chore: ci improvements (#1577, #1583)
• chore: add docs build to ci (#1582)
• backend/xmpp: fix forward type references (#1578)
• chore: remove campfire references (#1584)
• chore/setup: fix exception when installing on python <3.7 (#1585)
• docs: typos (#1589)

v6.1.9 (2022-06-11)

features:

• core: set default backend to Text (#1522)
• core: option to divert all commands to private or thread (#1528)
• core: add type hints to core and backend functions (#1542)
• docs: add ACL and numerous backends to official documentation (#1552)
• core: add Python 3.10 to automated tests (#1539)
• core: add room acl attribute (#1530)
• chore: refactor Dockerfile errbot install and python version bump (#1571)

fixes:

• core: success handling for update_repos (#1520)
• core/plugins: cascade dependency plugins (#1519)
• core/plugins: reload all repo plugins when updating a repo (#1521)
• plugin_manager: correct syntax error (#1524)
• backend/text: add stub send_stream_request method (#1527)
• backend/hipchat: remove HipChat backend (#1525)
• backend/test: shutdown sequence to address test failure (#1535)
• core: various minor logging improvements (#1536)
• chore: various minor formatting improvements (#1541)
• docs: update spark plugin reference (#1546)
• fix: python 2 version references in docs and init template (#1543)
• backends: deprecate built-in Slack and SlackRTM (#1526)
• chore: remove python 3.6 checks and test environment (#1540)
• chore: add/update issue templates (#1554)
• chore: pin all package dependencies (#1553, #1559)
• core/webserver: use errbot loglevel for consistent logging. (#1556)
• fix/core: prevent infinite loop when only BOT_PREFIX is passed (#1557)
• chore: bump actions/setup-python from 2 to 3.1.0 (#1563)
• chore: Set permissions for GitHub actions (#1565)
• fix: removed deprecated argument reconnection_interval for irc v20.0 (#1568)
• docs: Add Gentoo packages (#1567)
• chore: bump actions/setup-python from 3.1.0 to 3.1.2 (#1564)
• fix: circular dependencies error when there are none (#1505)

v6.1.8 (2021-06-21)

features:

• core/plugin: method to append argparse options to Command object (#1394)
• backends: Add identifier for room join and room leave callbacks (#1500)
• backends/test: allow attachments to pytest messages as extras (#1489)
• core/acl: Add allowargs / denyargs filters to ACL (#1509)
• core/bootstrap: Small logging fixes to BOT_LOG_FILE and FORMATTER (#1513)
• core/plugin: Support room names with spaces (#1262)

fixes:

• core/cli: failure when passing relative directory during --init (#1511)
• backend/xmpp: include message delayed for send/recieved messages (#1270)
• backend/xmpp: "unexpected keyword argument 'wait'" when connecting (#1507)
• docs: update broken readme link to plugin development docs (#1504)
• close threadpool on exit (#1486)
• docs: remove matrix link (#1502)
• docs: Update backend screenshots (#1499)
• docs: Remove Google+ references (#1497)
• core: Split messages using split() instead of whitespace (#1496)
• chore/plugin: whoami formatting (#1459)
• backend/GUI: Remove GUI backend (#1495)

v6.1.7 (2020-12-18)

features:

• core: Add support for python3.9 (#1477)
• chore: Allow dependabot to check GitHub actions weekly (#1464)
• chore: Add Dockerfile (#1482)

fixes:

• core: AttributeError on Blacklisted plugins (#1369)
• chore: Remove travis configuration (#1478)
• chore: minor code cleanup (#1465)
• chore: Use black codestyle (#1457, #1485)
• chore: Use twine to check dist (#1485)
• chore: remove codeclimate and eslint configs (#1490)

v6.1.6 (2020-11-16)

features:

• core: Update code to support markdown 3 (#1473)

fixes:

• backends: Set email property as non-abstract (#1461)
• SlackRTM: username to userid method signature (#1458)
• backends: AttributeError in callback_reaction (#1467)
• docs: webhook examples (#1471)
• cli: merging configs with unknown keys (#1470)
• plugins: Fix error when plugin plug file is missing description (#1462)
• docs: typographical issues in setup guide (#1475)
• refactor: Split changelog by major versions (#1474)

v6.1.5 (2020-10-10)

features:

• XMPP: Replace sleekxmpp with slixmpp (#1430)
• New callback for reaction events (#1292)
• Added email property foriPerson object on all backends (#1186, #1456)
• chore: Add github actions (#1455)

fixes:

• Slack: Deprecated method calls (#1432, #1438)
• Slack: Increase message size limit. (#1333)
• docs: Remove Matrix backend link (#1445)
• SlackRTM: Missing 'id_' in argument (#1443)
• docs: fixed rendering with double hyphens (#1452)
• cli: merging configs via --storage-merge option (#1450)

v6.1.4 (2020-05-15)

fixes:

• 403 error when fetching plugin repos index (#1425)

v6.1.3 (2020-04-19)

features:

• Add security linter (#1314)
• Serve version.json on errbot.io and update version checker plugin (#1400)
• Serve repos.json on errbot.io (#1403, #1406)
• Include SlackRTM backend (beta) (#1416)

fixes:

• Make plugin name clashes deterministic (#1282)
• Fix error with Flows missing descriptions (#1405)
• Fix !repos update object attribute error (#1410)
• Fix updating remove repos using !repos update (#1413)
• Fix deprecation warning (#1423)
• Varios documentation fixes (#1404, #1411, #1415)

v6.1.2 (2019-12-15)

fixes:

• Add ability to re-run –init safely (#1390)
• fix #1375 by managing errors on lack of version endpoint.
• Fixed a deprecation warning for 3.9 on Mapping.
• removing the intermediate domain requiring a certificate.
• Fix package name for sentry-sdk flask integration
• Add support to sentry FlaskIntegration
• Migrate from raven (deprecated) to new sentry-sdk
• fix: Log errors when present
• Make chatroom log more descriptive
• Set admin check log as debug
• Add admin warnings to log
• Fix: Advanced loop graph does not reflect the image
• make the TestBot start timeout parameterized
• errbot/plugin_manager: only check for /proc/1/cgroup if path exists to fix warning
• removed (c) Apple asset we completely missed.
• fix double threading in slack backend if DIVERT_TO_THREAD is used
• pop up the timeout for travis
• Makes the timeout feedback better on tests. (#1366)
• Move all tox environments to use py37 (#1342)
• Remove empty "text" body on Slack send_card (#1336)
• Load class source in reloading plugins (#1347)
• test: Rename assertCommand -> assertInCommand (#1351)
• Enforce BOT_EXTRA_BACKEND_DIR is a list type. (#1358)
• Fix #1360 Cast pathlib.Path objects to strings for use with sys.path (#1361)

v6.1.1 (2019-06-22)

fixes:

• Installation using wheel distribution on python 3.6 or older

v6.1.0 (2019-06-16)

features:

• Use python git instead of system git binary (#1296)

fixes:

• errbot -l cli error (#1315)
• Slack backend by pinning slackclient to supported version (#1343)
• Make –storage-merge merge configs (#1311)
• Exporting values in backup command (#1328)
• Rename Spark to Webex Teams (#1323)
• Various documentation fixes (#1310, #1327, #1331)

v6.0.0 (2019-03-23)

features:

• TestBot: Implement inject_mocks method (#1235)
• TestBot: Add multi-line command test support (#1238)
• Added optional room arg to inroom
• Adds ability to go back to a previous room
• Pass telegram message id to the callback

fixes:

• Remove extra spaces in uptime output
• Fix/backend import error messages (#1248)
• Add docker support for installing package dependencies (#1245)
• variable name typo (#1244)
• Fix invalid variable name (#1241)
• sanitize comma quotation marks too (#1236)
• Fix missing string formatting in "Command not found" output (#1259)
• Fix webhook test to not call fixture directly
• fix: arg_botcmd decorator now can be used as plain method
• setup: removing dnspython
• pin markdown <3.0 because safe is deprecated

v6.0.0-alpha (2018-06-10)

major refactoring:

• Removed Yapsy dependency
• Replaced back Bottle and Rocket by Flask
• new Pep8 compliance
• added Python 3.7 support
• removed Python 3.5 support
• removed old compatibility cruft
• ported formats and % str ops to f-strings
• Started to add field types to improve type visibility across the codebase
• removed cross dependencies between PluginManager & RepoManager

fixes:

• Use sys.executable explicitly instead of just 'pip' (thx Bruno Oliveira)
• Pycodestyle fixes (thx Nitanshu)
• Help: don't add bot prefix to non-prefixed re cmds (#1199) (thx Robin Gloster)
• split_string_after: fix empty string handling (thx Robin Gloster)
• Escaping bug in dynamic plugins
• botmatch is now visible from the errbot module (fp to Guillaume Binet)
• flows: hint boolean was not forwarded
• Fix possible event without bot_id (#1073) (thx Roi Dayan)
• decorators were working only if kwargs were empty
• Message.clone was ignoring partial and flows

features:

• partial boolean to flag partial mesages (thx Meet Mangukiya)
• Slack: room joined callback (thx Jeremy Kenyon)
• XMPP: real_jid to get the jid the users logged in (thx Robin Gloster)
• The callback order set in the config is not globally respected
• Added a default parameter to the storage context manager