lyskom-server

Two bugs, both having to do with the handling of read texts, have been fixed. One of them could crash the server on installations with more than 65535 texts in a single conference. The mx-refuse-import aux item can now be set to "html". Some other minor bugs have been fixed, and the protocol documentation has been improved.

A bug in version 2.1.0 could cause the server to
crash when a client disconnects. This could result
in data loss.

The protocol has been extended with a more
efficient way to handle read texts. It is now
possible to mark a text as not read. DNS lookups
no longer block the server. All times can now be
sent in UTC instead of the local time zone of the
server. A busy client can no longer block other
clients from making progress. A client can change
its scheduling priority. New asynchronous messages
tell the client when the aux-items of a text
changes, or when presentation, user-area, or motd
changes. Many bug fixes and other improvements
were made.

A bug where a client could crash the server was fixed. The membership visibility rules have been documented, and the code adjusted to match them. If the server fails to save the database (due to a full disk, for example), a warning message will be sent to all users. DNS lookups still block the server, but they can now be turned off. (A log message is written if a DNS lookup ever takes more than 1.5 seconds.) Many bugs and portability problems have been fixed.

The splitkomdb utility is now documented. It is useful for taking live backups of the lyskomd data base. The protocol specification has been enhanced. A new aux-item, send-comments-to, has been introduced. Many minor bugs have been fixed.