Anope 2.1.0

IMPORTANT — This is an development release. You probably want to use a 2.0 stable release instead.

Changes

• Added nickserv:minpasslen for configuring the minimum password length.
• Added support for access list entry descriptions.
• Added support for linking over a UNIX socket.
• Added support for server-initiated logins and logouts on UnrealIRCd.
• Added support for server-initiated logouts on InspIRCd.
• Added support for the ANONYMOUS SASL mechanism.
• Allowed users to opt-out of being added to channel access lists.
• Cleaned up the codebase to use Modern C++17.
• Modernized the build system to use a modern version of CMake.
• Removed nickserv:strictpasswords as it is obsolete now nickserv:minpasslen exists.
• Removed support for using insecure encryption methods as the primary method.
• Removed the Windows-only anopesmtp tool.
• Removed the inspircd12 and inspircd20 modules (use inspircd instead).
• Removed the ns_getpass module (no supported encryption modules).
• Removed the os_oline module (no supported IRCds).
• Removed the two day X-line cap.
• Removed the unreal module (use unrealircd instead)
• Renamed nickserv:passlen to nickserv:maxpasslen.
• Renamed the charybdis module to solanum.
• Renamed the inspircd3 module to inspircd.
• Renamed the unreal4 module to unrealircd.
• Replaced uplink:ipv6 with uplink:protocol.
• Updated all references to IRCServices to refer to Anope instead.