+13Oct02=======================================================================
+1. A large change has occurred. There is now some (optional) US state recog-
+nition. This is in its early stages but appears to work for me. You will need
+to download the database at http://www.dxcluster.org/download/usdbraw, save it
+in /spider/data and the run /spider/perl/create_usdb.pl. BE WARNED this will
+take several minutes. You can do this while the node is running. There is a
+planned method of keeping the US DB up to date with smaller (ie < 5Mb) patch
+files once a week but you will have to wait a bit for the code to bed down
+first. You can filter on routes, spots and announces using 'call_state' or
+'by_state' and a comma separated list of state codes. The HELP has been
+updated (which may help...).
+
+Once you have run the create_usdb.pl you will need to restart.
+
+If you don't need this, then don't run create_usdb.pl it will simply be
+a waste of time. The run-time version is 24Mb and has 840,000 odd entries
+in it. This does not replace or supplant sh/qrz (sorry Charlie [who put me
+up to this]).
+
+2. There are a number of other niff-naff changes which I hope will improve
+rather than hinder your user experience (including check forward as well as
+back for those speedy clocked dupes mentioned below).
+12Oct02=======================================================================
+1. attempt to improve the "check back for 5 minutes to see if this spot is
+the same as a previous one but for the time spotted" dupe check.
+2. improve the sh/vhftable and sh/hftable commands to allow you to enquire
+by dxcc country (using the relevant prefixes or dxcc country numbers).
+[note to translators, I have changed the help text and Messages tags for
+stat*].
+07Oct02=======================================================================
+1. fix problem with (invalid) callsigns starting with '0' (zero) eg 0f6ira.
+03Oct02=======================================================================
+1. only sysop (priv=5+) can now send to distro SYSOP, ordinary users will have
+their message routed to the $main::myalias callsign as a private message.
+29Sep02=======================================================================
+1. Added LRU caching to DXUsers and Prefix.
+2. make Timer::handler only search its chain once a second seeing as that
+is the minimum granularity available.
+3. add some separation between cfg file making, data generation and mrtg
+running. See /spider/cmd/mrtg.pl for some instructions...
+4. Added data in and out to the MRTG stats, you need to do an indexmaker
+to get them onto the index page, I have also added some colour to the
+legend to make what is being displayed a bit more obvious.
+
+See http://gb7djk.dxcluster.org/mrtg/stats.html for an example of the
+default screen.
+
+28Sep02=======================================================================
+1. Put some transparent caching into Prefix.pm to see if this has a
+performance impact.
+2. Fix doing a new log open for every log file write.
+26Sep02=======================================================================
+1. added WWV and WCY to the Mrtg stats. Don't forget to do an indexmaker!
+25Sep02=======================================================================
+1. added mrtg stuff to the system as a template. In order to use this you
+must install mrtg onto your system and copy all the mrtg files (or at least
+all the images) to new directory /spider/html/mrtg. The system generates the
+config file for you as part of its workings. To get it to update add a line
+to your spider crontab like:
+
+00,05,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * run_cmd('mrtg all')
+
+You will also need to do an indexmaker once in the html directory. I put the
+index page into /spider/html/mrtg/stats.html YMMV. I do:
+
+indexmaker --output stats.html --columns=1 --title "MRTG statistics for
+GB7DJK" ../../mrtg/mrtg.cfg
+
+But all on one line.
+2. I have made a technical change to the way ax25 connects outward on unix
+boxes are done. I currently have no way of testing this. I think it still
+works.
+22Sep02=======================================================================
+1. Add changes to the installation manual for Windows users from K1XX
+21Sep02=======================================================================
+1. make some detail changes for connects out in Msg.pm
+17Sep02=======================================================================
+1. Added shu command for Charlie's (K1XX) benefit (together with the rest of
+our butterfingered sysops) who miss the '/' out of sh/u frequently enough
+to curse. 'shu' simply types out a message saying 'type SHUT' to shutdown the
+node. Added 'shu' to /spider/perl/Messages. No need to restart, just
+load/mess and load/alias after doing a CVS.
+21Aug02=======================================================================
+1. added 'warc' and 'contesthf' to the regions in bands.pl (K1XX).
+20Aug02=======================================================================
+1. fix lines containing just the character '0' in messages (and console.pl)
+(K1XX).
+2. remove all newline characters from AGW data, thus treating it like a
+'normal' ax25 connection where the 'newline' convention is just carriage
+return (K1XX)
+06Aug02=======================================================================
+1. added 5.5Mhz band as '60m'.
+29Jul02=======================================================================
+1. Changed max R value in wcy to 500 from 300.
+2. Got rid of warnings on startup using 5.8.0
+28Jul02=======================================================================
+1. stick the invalid key deletes in an eval loop in export_user
+18Jul02=======================================================================
+1. Make additions and changes to manuals. (g0vgs)
+16Jul02=======================================================================
+1. Add changes to the spider-web java web client. Thanks to Rene, OZ1LQH. It
+should now be easier to install and run for all systems. (g0vgs)
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