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                        irker history 
 
-1.8 @
+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.
+
+2.2 @ 2013-11-29
+  Fixed Unicode processing - got busted in 2.0 when irclib was removed.
+  Show Python traceback on higher debug levels.
+
+2.1 @ 2013-11-26
+  A performance improvement in the git repository hook.
+  Documentation polishing.
+
+2.0 @ 2013-11-16
+  The dependency on irclib is gone.
+  An email delivery method, suitable for use on SourceForge.
+  irkerhook can now be used as a hg changegroup hook.
+  Prevent misbehavior on UTF-8 in commit metadata.
+  Fix a crash bug on invalid hostnames.
+
+1.20 @ 2013-05-17
+  Compatibility back to Python 2.4 (provided simplejson is present).
+  Increased anti-flood delay to avoid trouble with freenode.
+
+1.19 @ 2013-05-06
+  Fixed a minor bug in argument processing
+
+1.18 @ 2013-04-16
+  Added -l option; irker can now be used as a channel monitor.
+  Added -n and -p option: the nick can be forced and authenticated.
+
+1.17 @ 2013-02-03
+  Various minor fixes and bulletproofing.
+
+1.16 @ 2013-01-24
+  Deal gracefully with non-ASCII author names and '|' in the command line.
+
+1.15 @ 2012-12-08
+  Don't append an extra newline in the Subversion hook.
+
+1.14 @ 2012-11-26
+  irclib 5.0 and urlparse compatibility fixes.
+
+1.13 @ 2012-11-06
+  Fix for a very rare thread race found by AI0867.
+  Work around a midesign in the IRC library.
+
+1.12 @ 2012-10-11
+  Emergency workaround for a Unicode-handling error buried deep in irclib.
+  The IRC library at version 3.2 or later is required for this version!
+  Only ship to freenode #commits by default.
+
+1.11 @ 2012-10-10
+  Code is now fully Unicode-safe.
+  A 'cialike' option emulates the file-summary behavior on the old CIA service.
+
+1.10 @ 2012-10-09
+  Expire disconnected connections if they aren't needed or can't reconnect.
+  Eventlet support removed - didn't play well with the library mutex.
+
+1.9 @ 2012-10-08
+  Proper mutex locks prevent an occasional thread crash on session timeout.
+  There's now systemd installation support for irkerd.
+
+1.8 @ 2012-10-06
   It's now possible to send to nick URLs.
+  Cope gracefully if an IRC server dies or hangs during the nick handshake.
 
 1.7 @ 2012-10-05
-  This is a stable release.
   Optional metadata filtering with a user-specified command.
   irkerd code is now armored against IRC library errors in the delivery threads.
 
 1.6 @ 2012-10-04
-  This is a stable release.
   In 1.5 trying to appease pylint broke the Mercurial hook.
   Added credits for contributors in hacking.txt.
   Fix the aging out of connections when we hit a resource limit.