nandBot 1.91 review

nandBot is a Perl IRC Robot which is intended to be used on UNIX systems

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 0K Developer: Sam Iam

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nandBot is a Perl IRC Robot which is intended to be used on UNIX systems. nandBot is extensible using the built-in plugin interface and is localizable using Locale::Maketext.

Here are some key features of "nandBot":
Seen, Factoid
Google Search
Dictionary/Spell check
Calculator
Extensible with plugins
Localizable using the Perl module Locale::Maketext

What's New in This Release:
Added a README
Bug fixes
New netdiag plugin: dns and whois (IP Addresses only)
Fixed google plugin to use less color and other yucky stuff
Changed/removed a few unused items in the translation lexicon
Added NickServ plugin
Time::HiRes (used for pings) is now optional
Added on_notice and onconnect events
Now parses numeric 005 for chantypes and nickprefixes
Admins to be auto-opped when they join
Fixed mode command
Fixed bug in improved factoid parsing
New auto-reconnect feature
Fixed bug in the plugin system, plugins will work more than once now
Finished implementing login system.
Added access levels, 10=admin, 5=helper, 0=normal, -1=ignored.
New column in database. You must run upgradedb.pl or configure.pl
All spell checking will now be performed by the 'google' plugin if it is to be loaded.
Factoid parsing has been improved, now supports - with recursion detection!
Implemented 'factstats author' and 'factstats author NICKNAME'
Translators: Added 12 new messages and 4 new commands.
configure.pl can now import from Legacy nandBot
IRCPoints column added to the database, and are now supported.
You must run upgradedb.pl or configure.pl
Fixed upgradedb.pl so that it would work.
Added "periodical" handler for plugins. This will be explained in the soon-to-be plugin documentation
Updated all helper scripts and plugins to use strict;
Added VERSION handler
Translators: Added 6 new IRCPoints messages.
Changed file naming convention for log messages, along with some other minor logging changes
Added support for logging of joins, parts, quits, nicks, topic changes, kicks and mode changes. Scriptable handlers for these events are coming soon.
Translators: Two new dunnos: quark and planet
Added login system. Translators: 3 new messages, 7 new commands
Fixed strange bug in dbdump.pl
Security update: By connecting to a malicious IRC server, nandBot could execute arbitrary perl code. This also causes nicks with brackets [] to work.