X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=32197d3ccb47eda5e6bd496458fc6dcaadf6972f;hb=d4296b2b9eb1567da4baf454527b4ecbd6e47078;hp=92fc7e6d84e3d50292988f04264df866ca0ced6a;hpb=7e0510ccd408b7f6f83deca885eeca831a1eec6b;p=infobot.git diff --git a/README b/README index 92fc7e6..32197d3 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,20 +1,17 @@ -This is out of date. +# $Id$ - - - - - -blootbot v1.0.0 (20000729) -------------------------- + ------------- + -- Infobot -- + ------------- INTRODUCTION - This bot is based upon infobot-0.44.2 by kevin lenzo -. The basis of infobot is still there but _many_ wild -features have been added. Along the way, a couple of typos were spotted -in the original infobot source and fixed in this version. Without infobot, -there would be no blootbot so all thanks to kevin for bringing infobot in -the first place. + This bot is based upon blootbot, which was a fork of infobot-0.44.2 by +Kevin Lenzo , which is now officially rebranded back to +infobot! The basis of infobot is still there but _many_ wild features have +been added. Along the way, many issues were spotted in the original +infobot source and fixed in this version. Many new bugs have been added as well +Thanks to kevin for bringing infobot in the first place. + FEATURES * Additional information stored with factoids. (factinfo) @@ -29,17 +26,20 @@ FEATURES * Slashdot, Kernel and Freshmeat auto-update announcements. * Units conversion (provided by external module, Units-Module) - DESIGN - - Modularity. Ability to disable IRC or Factoid support. - - Funky pseudo Module autoloader support - - Eleet Forker() function -Improvements include: +DESIGN + - Modularity. Ability to disable IRC or Factoid support. + - Funky pseudo Module autoloader support + - Eleet Forker() function + + +IMPROVEMENTS * log file is not opened and closed for each line of data => unblocked logging is used. * seen data is not flushed for each public message on IRC => caching and flushing over an interval is used. + HISTORY As of 0.99pre1, blootbot supports mysql database in the hope to increase performance and to avoid borked over dbm's which occurred when @@ -56,9 +56,13 @@ back. It should work in all but 3 specific (countdown, factstats unreq) cases. preliminary pgsql support has been added but someone with pgperl knowledge needs to fix it up or at least unify the module with mysql. + As of 1.5.0, blootbot was rebranded back to infobot. + + INSTALLATION - Read the included INSTALL file + NOTICE Be warned that this bot consumes quite a lot of memory upon start up and during usage. Right now, 7.4megs is used for old'ish perl, 8.3megs @@ -77,6 +81,7 @@ welcomed. blootbot, not based on the above source base. Core factoid code and mysql support works - but that is it. + MODIFICATIONS All modifications are that of the blootbot author unless otherwise specified, like none. See 'ChangeLog' for details. A list of future @@ -119,7 +124,8 @@ NOTES through DCC CHAT. /chat . All commands must be prepended by '.' otherwise it is sent to the bot chat net -### UNTESTED: + +UNTESTED: - user statistics shown by 'seen'. bug in this? - User Information Services. - new wingate caching/file-read code. @@ -145,7 +151,15 @@ hope to get that same guy to re-send me the patch... CONTACT Contributions of a patch, or anything, can be sent to - + Some Documentation is on the website. Please see it for details or -visit: http://sourceforge.net/docman/?group_id=8794 +visit: http://infobot.sourceforge.net/ + + +IRC + If your looking to hang out on IRC, feel free. We can be found +in the #infobot channel on irc.freenode.net. See you there! + + +# vim:ts=4:sw=4:expandtab:tw=80