irker history
+2.9: 2014-06-01
+ If irkerd is running in background, log to /dev/syslog (facility daemon).
+ New -H option to set host listening address.
+ Add support for using CertFP to auth to the IRC server, and document it.
+
+2.8: 2014-05-30
+ Various minor improvements to irk.
+ Cope better with branch names containing slashes.
+
+2.7 @ 2014-03-15
+ Add support for ircs:// and SSL/TLS connections to IRC servers.
+ Add support for per-URL usernames and passwords.
+
+2.6 @ 2014-02-04
+ Fix for an infinite loop on failing to connect to IRC
+
+2.5 @ 2013-12-24
+ Bug fix - remove a deadlock we inherited from irclib.
+
+2.4 @ 2013-12-03
+ Bug fix release - some users reported failure to connect with 2.3.
+ Also prevent a crash if Unicode shows up in the wrong place.
+
2.3 @ 2013-11-30
-i option enables immediate sending of one line in foreground.