ANN: gozerbot 0.7 released

2007-07-08 Thread bthate
it time for a new gozerbot release ! we made a 0.7 release of
gozerbot.

new in gozerbot 0.7:

* we have a new developer on the team .. Wijnand 'tehmaze'
Modderman he contributed most of the new work in this release.
copyright on tehmaze's work is BSD
* new plugins: rest, lag, nickserv, snarf, tinyurl, umode, popcon,
job
* udp messaging can now be encrypted
* remote installable plugins are now signed .. this means gnupg is
required to install these plugins
* new plugin site: http://plugins.gozerbot.org
* gozerbot now has it own popularity contest webpage .. see
http://plugins.gozerbot.org/popcon
* new periodical class for easy scheduling of jobs
* new bugtracker site: http://dev.gozerbot.org

the new release can be downloaded from the following resources:

* http://gozerbot.org/
* http://code.google.com/p/gozerbot
* debian users can install the bot from sid/unstable

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Re: ANN: gozerbot 0.7 released

2007-07-08 Thread bthate
On 9 jul, 07:25, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> bthate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > it time for a new gozerbot release ! we made a 0.7 release of
> > gozerbot.
>
> When announcing a new release, please include a brief "What is
> gozerbot?" explanation section so that readers can know whether the
> announcement is of interest.
>
> --
>  \   "Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?" "Well, I think |
>   `\ so, Brain, but first you'd have to take that whole bridge |
> _o__)  apart, wouldn't you?"  -- _Pinky and The Brain_ |
> Ben Finney

sorry forgot about it ;] will do so the next time.

Bart

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Re: ANN: gozerbot 0.7 released

2007-07-08 Thread bthate
here is the about:

gozerbot is a Python IRC and Jabber bot
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?

* 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 .. partyline
* fetch rss feeds (see /docs/RSS/)
* keep todo and shop lists
* karma
* quote
* 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/)
* other stuff


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GOZERBOT 0.7.1 released

2007-08-25 Thread bthate
GOZERBOT 0.7.1 released

- This release fixes the following bugs:

* the udp encryption was fixed

* a newline injection bug in the RSS plugin was discovered at CCC
camp and fixed.  credits for finding this bug go to Astro-

- version 0.7.1 can be downloaded at http://gozerbot.org. for
upgrading see doc/UPGRADE.

- debian users can find 0.7.1 in unstable

- about gozerbot (from http://wiki.gozerbot.org):

Gozerbot is an Jabber|IRC bot, written in the Python programming
language. Gozerbot runs on Unix/Unix like operating systems. It
requires a Shell and a Python interpreter version 2.4 or higher

features:
*  user management by userhost
* fleet, combine multiple bots
* relaying between fleet bots
* various list types
* chain commands
* builtin webserver
* collective, connect bots through their webserver
* easily extendible through plugins
* DCC support
* RSS support
* database support
* jabbersupport
* karma, quotes, items, todo and shoppinglists
* easy update of development versions (hg,svn) to the latest code
with just one irc command
* other stuff

the gozerbot development team

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ANN: gozerbot IRC and JABBER bot

2007-01-30 Thread bthate
gozerbot

a python irc and jabber bot

see http://code.google.com/p/gozerbot

you need:

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

why gozerbot?

* user management by userhost
* fleet .. use more than one bot in a program
* relaying between fleet bots
* use the bot through dcc chat
* fetch rss feeds.
* keep todo and shop lists
* karma
* quote
* remember items
* program your own plugins
* builtin webserver
* collective, run commands on other bots using their webserver
* other stuff

we are on channel #dunkbots on IRCnet .. try irc.xs4all.nl

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GOZERBOT 0.8-BETA released

2008-02-05 Thread bthate
gozerbot 0.8 is coming real soon in a chat channel near you and thus
we have made a BETA of the upcoming 0.8 release available.

new in 0.8:

* third party addons for plugins
* ipv6 udp
* reboot without disconnects
* owneruserhost is now a list
* lots of bug fixes

please test gozerbot 0.8 BETA and let us know how its working out.

download the beta at http://gozerbot.org

mercurial repository is at http://core.gozerbot.org/~bart/releases/0.8-BETA

bug reports can be reported at http://dev.gozerbot.org or channel
#dunkbots on IRCnet and Freenode

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

the gozerbot development team
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