Sopel

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Module changes
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* RSS no longer checks for malformed XML
* Starting RSS manually after bot restart is no longer needed
* Youtube video search properly handles spaces
* The `.at` command defaults to UTC if user's timezone is not set

Core changes
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* Ping timeout handling is working again
* `bind_host` configuration option is working again

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Module changes
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* `.cur` behaves better when bad arguments are given
* Fixed numerous Unicode errors
* Added a command to open an IPython console within the module context
* Added mass units and millimeters to .cur
* GitHub pull requests now get extended URL info
* `.weather` now displays wind in m/s instead of kts
* A security issue involving improperly named channel logs was fixed
* Misc. bugfixes

Core changes
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* Channel joins at bot startup can be rate limited with the `throttle_joins`
option in the `[core]` config section to work around server limits
* Added the ability for SASL login where the nickname and username are
different
* Improved loop protection and rate limiting
* Fixed multiple Python 3 errors
* Enable logging the bot in to Authserv at startup
* Added support for Postgres as the database backend
* SSL cert location detection now works on Debian-based systems
* Misc. bugfixes

API changes
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* Unicode in command decorators now works properly
* `web.get` now decodes the result from UTF-8, with a `dont_decode` argument to
disable

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Module changes
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* A new channel logging module is added
* Misc. bugfixes, especially when running with Python 3

Core changes
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* Fixed a regression that caused numerous errors in `willie.web`
* Misc. bugfixes

API changes
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* Nick instances now have an `is_nick` attribute, which is `True` when the
value is a valid nickname (as opposed to a channel)

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Module changes
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* A new `.cur` command can convert a number of currencies, including Bitcoin
* `.c` can now understand a comma used as a radix point (rather than a period)
* `.w` can now look in the Wikipedia for a specified (or configurable default)
language
* Timezones are now more user-friendly, and used more consistently across
modules
* Misc. bugfixes

Core changes
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* `willie.web` now verifies HTTPS connections properly
* The SQLite database file respects use of `~` in the configured filename
* Willie can now run in Python 3
* Willie now depends on `python-backports.ssl_match_hostname` (see README.rst
for installation instructions)
* Misc. bugfixes

API changes
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* `trigger.is_privmsg` is added for an easy way to see if a trigger was created
in a private or channel message
* `get_timezone` and `format_time` are added to `tools` to make displaying time
according to user/channel format easier
* Added `bot.notice` and an optional notice parameter for `bot.reply` for
easier sending of IRC `NOTICE` messages

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Module changes
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* Admin-only `.set` command can now set non-existent config values
* The meetbot `.endmeeting` command now works properly
* Significant improvements made to RSS module
* The database structure for storing RSS feeds has been modified. The module
will attempt to migrate old data.
* Command syntax has changed in multiple ways
* `.rss` help is now available with more detailed information on usage.
* Module is overall better-behaved and less buggy
* Traceback can now be attached to a GitHub issue from Willie's logs
* GitHub module no longer puts "IRC" tag on issues it creates
* A `.listactions` command is added to allow actions to be listed before the
end of a meeting
* Dice now limits itself to 1000 dice, and output is cleaned up
* Willie now joins channels when invited
* Reddit module no longer gives an error if the submitter's account has been
deleted
* A new `.comments` feature allows optional comments on meetings, e.g. from
those muted in the channel
* `.xkcd` is more robust, and can now access the nth-latest comic
* calc module now uses an internal calculator, rather than the discontinued
iGoogle calculator

Core changes
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* Memory lock and unlock no longer cause errors
* Debugging target no longer needs to be a channel
* Whitespace can now be used in the command prefix
* Line numbers are given when modules fail to load
* Error messages are more consistent across core and modules
* Willie now retries joining channels if it fails initially
* SQLite is now the default and recommended database type
* MySQL remains supported; support may be dropped in a later version
* `MySQLdb` is no longer listed as a recommended dependency
* IRCv3 is now largely supported
* Willie can now authenticate with SASL

API changes
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* Modules can now provide a `shutdown()` function to clean up when the bot is
quitting or the module is reloading
* `web.get` and `web.post` can be told to limit how much they read from a URL,
to prevent malicious use
* A new `unblockable` decorator allows callables to be run even when triggered
by otherwise blocked users
* Willie can now connect over IPv6
* If the channel given to `bot.join` contains a space, the part after the space
will be used as the password
* IRCv3 is now largely supported
* Modules can now request capabilities from the server.
* Message tags, if enabled, can be read from `trigger.tags`

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Core changes
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* Setup script once again works properly
* Message splitting now works properly
* Bug fixes in handling of nick and hostmask blocks