X-Git-Url: http://dxcluster.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Changes;h=59ec29c83637d18b185ccd927efd66737d0733e4;hb=8c9e806b29c6d127f67801ef99862090f067f50d;hp=00dc7030fb499b7081d2b08a301a81ed15c1c248;hpb=0898cebe8363ff10687c5f1a858396967f5cb231;p=spider.git diff --git a/Changes b/Changes index 00dc7030..59ec29c8 100644 --- a/Changes +++ b/Changes @@ -1,9 +1,145 @@ +25Oct02======================================================================= +1. remove the dupefile automatically if it becomes corrupted +2. instrument the startup slightly more +21Oct02======================================================================= +1. Fix msg aging. +2. make the default pinginterval and obscount variable (set/var +$DXProt::pingint and $DXProt::obscount) +20Oct02======================================================================= +1. remove dupe check on local sysop announces +2. fix format errors on sh/muf for 5.8.0 +3. add new version of the administration manual that includes WinCVS with +thanks to K1XX (g0vgs). +17Oct02======================================================================= +1. added new Spanish files for help and Messages from Angel, EA7WA. +16Oct02======================================================================= +1. decrease the default max length of PC16/19 to around 180 characters to be +slightly friendlier to ARC, which seems to have a difficulty reconstructing +lines from multiple packets. Also make the value settable via set/var. +2. strip off blank spaces from the ends of lines of command output. +15Oct02======================================================================= +1. made some detail changes to the raw USDB data and the routines that +generate and operate on them. There were some bugs involving a few 'missing' +callsigns which been fixed. Also there were some, for our purposes, invalid +callsigns in the database which have been removed (down to about 820,000 +entries now). You should really update your database. + +The latest code now (conditionally; ie if you have it loaded it will use it) +support Compress::Zlib on both *nux and Windows. The suggested procedure +is this:- + +1. Download the corrected database from + http://www.dxcluster.org/download/usdbraw.gz to somewhere like /tmp. +2. update from CVS. +3. Restart (on linux, just stop the node and *don't* restart on Windows). +4. remove /spider/data/usdb.v1 +5. cd /spider/perl +6. (perl) create_usdb.pl /tmp/usdbraw.gz (or wherever you put it) +6a. If you don't have Compress::Zlib loaded then you will need to gunzip + it manually and do: create_usdb.pl /tmp/usdbraw (not Windows :-) +7. on linux, in a console window do: load/usdb, on windows: restart the node. +-- +2. Added set/usdb command to add adding or changing of a callsign in the USDB +3. Stop dupe spots from the same spotter (with or without comment corruption) +14Oct02======================================================================= +1. added show/usdb command as a simple, direct interface to the information +available in the USDB stuff. +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 :- + +1. download the database at http://www.dxcluster.org/download/usdbraw.gz +2. save it somewhere (/tmp, anywhere). +3. Decompress it using your favorite program (gunzip / winzip) [call it + usdbraw if winzip]{BE WARNED, some browsers may decompress it on the + fly for you, you can tell; if it is 5Mb it is compressed - 16Mb not}. +4. remove any /spider/data/user.v1 files lying around (at least for this + first time. +5. cd /spider/perl +6. perl create_usdb.pl /tmp/usdbraw (ie the UNCOMPRESSED file) +7. Wait, I suggest some cups of tea are in order. +8. Wait a bit more. + +You don't need Compress::Zlib anymore, I assumed it was universal. + +You will be able do this while the node is running somewhen. There is a +planned method of keeping the US DB up to date with smaller (ie < 15Mb) 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 30Mb 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 after doing a CVS. +load/mess and load/alias after doing a CVS. 21Aug02======================================================================= 1. added 'warc' and 'contesthf' to the regions in bands.pl (K1XX). 20Aug02=======================================================================