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
bthate at gmail.com

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