ANN: GOZERBOT 0.8 released

[Bart Thate]

so 0.8 is there and can be downloaded from http://gozerbot.org

new features:

* third party addons for plugins. (needs setup.py to work)
* reboots without disconnects (irc only for now)
* ipv6 udp support
* queues used all over the place to reduce thread usage
* normal irc log format is now supported (simplelog plugin)
* irc can now be disabled for jabber only usage
* owneruserhost is now a list so multiple userhosts can be used
* jabber reconnect code is improved
* rss error reporting is improved
* udp code is improved especially in the jabber case
* lots of other bug fixes

problems with this release can be reported on http://dev.gozerbot.org
or contact us on #dunkbots on IRCnet or freenode. email is at
(e-mail address removed)

the gozerbot development team

ABOUT GOZERBOT:

Requirements

* a shell
* python 2.4 or higher
* if you want to remotely install plugins: the gnupg module
* if you want mysql support: the py-MySQLdb module
* if you want jabber support: the xmpppy module

Why gozerbot?

* provide both IRC and Jabber support
* user management by userhost .. bot will not respond if it
doesn't know you (see /docs/USER/)
* fleet .. use more than one bot in a program (list of bots)
(see /
docs/FLEET/)
* use the bot through dcc chat
* fetch rss feeds (see /docs/RSS/)
* remember items
* relaying between bots (see /docs/RELAY/)
* program your own plugins (see /docs/PROGRAMPLUGIN/)
* run the builtin webserver (see /docs/WEBSERVER/)
* query other bots webserver via irc (see /docs/COLLECTIVE/)
* serve as a udp <-> irc or jabber gateway (see /docs/UDP)
* mysql and sqlite support