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sunuo (0.5.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * when closing gumps, use the correct type id and remove gump from the
    internal gump list (patch from Defiance)
  * second fix for the PlayerVendor cash bug, perform checked addition to
    detect integer overflows (patch from Patrick Reinhardt)
  * don't grant refund for deleted customized houses (reported by pmb)
  * use .NET 2.0 for the windows build

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sunuo (0.5.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * impose restrictions on the invisibility spell (patch from Kai
    Sassmannshausen):
    - don't allow players to hide staff members
    - player vendors cannot be invisible
  * don't let customers buy items which have already been removed from the
    player vendor (patch from Kai Sassmannshausen)
  * no effects on hidden staff (merge from RunUO 2.0 subversion
    repository, revisions 156)
  * don't let scissors cut locked down items (merge from RunUO 2.0
    subversion repository, revisions 191)
  * fixed drop exploit (merge from RunUO 2.0 subversion repository,
    revisions 233)
  * support client version 6.0.5.0 (merge from RunUO 2.0 subversion
    repository, revisions 266)
  * use .NET 2.0 for 32 bit build in the binary distribution

 -- Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>  Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:04:09 +0100

sunuo (0.5.0) unstable; urgency=low

  * support client version 6 and newer (merge from RunUO 2.0 subversion
    repository, revisions 188, 193, 194, 197)
  * Makefile: add "./lib/" to MONO_PATH
  * Makefile: include "run64.bat" in distribution

 -- Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:58:50 +0200

sunuo (0.4.4) unstable; urgency=low

  * wake up TimerThread during shutdown
  * make Account.Limit configurable (patch by Maik Greubel)
  * new feature "quick-local-connect": do not send relay packets, re-use
    the login connection for gameplay
  * run.sh: kill SunUO process on exit
  * run.sh: don't fall back to w32 binary
  * enable the .NET server GC by default (hint from Kai Sassmannshausen)
  * upgraded Npgsql.dll to 1.0
  * ship the 64 bit / .NET 2.0 binaries for Windows
  * use xmlto instead of xsltproc + docbook-xsl

 -- Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:46:41 +0200

sunuo (0.4.3) unstable; urgency=low

  * make automatic world save interval configurable, patch by Maik Greubel
  * documentation updates
    - server-list configuration
  * manual locking
    - TimerChangeEntry.m_InstancePool
    - NetState.m_Disposed
  * fixed C# compiler warnings
    - use IPAddress.GetAddressBytes() instead of IPAddress.Address
    - use ScriptCompiler.Libraries instead of ScriptCompiler.Assemblies
    - don't set Listener.Port in Misc/ServerList.cs
    - ignore local port in Encryption

 -- Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>  Tue,  9 Jan 2007 09:14:50 +0100

sunuo (0.4.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * added interface IPacket, implemented by class Packet
  * implemented abstract packet recycler code
    - recycle MobileMoving
  * continued memory optimizations
    - eliminated most DateTime.Now calls
    - all other DateTime.Now calls are converted to DateTime.UtcNow to avoid
      time zone lookups
    - reuse timer in spawner engine
    - early return when HarrowerTentacles have no drain targets
    - reuse TimerChangeEntry objects
    - NameList: trim strings in initialization, not on every request
  * manual synchronization of TimerThread.m_ChangeQueue
  * obsolete APIs
    - Core.ExePath
    - Core.BaseDirectory
    - ScriptCompiler.Assemblies
    - CrashedEventArgs.Close
  * moved filesystem paths from Core to Core.Config
    - LogDirectory
    - CacheDirectory
  * removed Core.LocalDirectoryInfo, Core.BaseDirectoryInfo
  * login: removed EventSink.Crashed

 -- Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>  Fri,  5 Jan 2007 00:53:42 +0100

sunuo (0.4.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * lock m_Accounts in Accounting.Accounts
  * fixed account database corruption bug
  * show correct client number in disconnect message

 -- Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>  Mon, 25 Dec 2006 01:46:23 +0100

sunuo (0.4.0) unstable; urgency=low

  * implemented a main loop profiler
  * refuse to load objects with serial -1
  * transactional world save
  * non-interactive world repair
  * reserve 10% space in mobile/item hash tables
  * script debugging is always enabled
  * explicit TileData initialization
  * added Config.Network
    - configure Listeners
  * Listener.Slice() returns null when idle
  * ScriptCompiler ignores control directories of common revision control
    systems
  * bugfix in Mobile.cs: send poison message only for standard poisons
    (patch from Kai Sassmannshausen)
  * login: optionally limit the number of account creations per IP (patch
    from Patrick Reinhardt)
  * disable some of the string.Intern() calls because they were poisoning
    the intern tables
  * synchronize NetState.FinishDispose()
  * implemented feature "manual-gc" for manual garbage collection
  * parsing boolean values from the configuration file is now strict
  * enable AutoAccountCreation by default
  * added legacy scripts
    - use log4net for logging
    - removed Address from ServerList
    - default to server list from Config.GameServerListConfig
    - get server name from Config.ServerName
    - make backup path portable
    - display "SunUO" in UOGInfo packet
    - use Config.ConfigDirectory, Config.BackupDirectory
    - get IPLimiter config from Config.Login
    - get AccountHandler.MaxAccountsPerIP from Config.Login
    - don't read data-path from stdin
    - removed DataPath.CustomPath
    - don't try to dns-resolve hostname, just use LocalEndPoint
    - test center switch is feature "test-center"
    - launch www.sunuo.org instead of www.runuo.com
    - disambiguate Math.Floor() call
    - fixed compiler warnings
    - Multis.MovingCrate: check ReadItem() result
    - initialize BaseCreature.m_arSpellAttack and m_arSpellDefense on demand
    - don't allocate an empty array for empty book pages
    - create on demand:
      - PlayerMobile.m_VisList
      - PlayerMobile.m_PermaFlags
      - PlayerMobile.m_JusticeProtectors
      - PlayerMobile.m_AntiMacroTable
      - PlayerMobile.m_Aggressors
      - PlayerMobile.m_Aggressed
      - BaseCreature.m_Owners
      - GenericBuyInfo.Name
      - GenericBuyInfo.DisplayCache.m_Table
      - GenericBuyInfo.DisplayCache.m_Mobiles
      - GenericSellInfo.m_Table
      - BaseWeapon: m_AosAttributes, m_AosWeaponAttributes
      - BaseArmor: m_AosAttributes, m_AosArmorAttributes, m_AosSkillBonuses
      - BaseClothing: m_AosAttributes, m_AosClothingAttributes,
        m_AosSkillBonuses, m_AosResistances
      - Guild.m_Allies, Guild.m_Enemies, Guild.m_WarDeclarations,
        Guild.m_WarInvitations, Guild.m_AllyDeclarations,
        Guild.m_AllyInvitations, Guild.m_Candidates, Guild.m_Accepted
      - Account.m_Comments, Account.m_Tags
    - use XmlReader instead of XmlDocument.Load() to parse the accounts file
    - use DateTime.Now cache
    - removed from Notoriety: CheckAggressor(), CheckAggressed()
    - [docgen is disabled by default
    - make IUsesRemaining public
    - removed scripts:
      - Misc/AccountPrompt.cs
      - Misc/WebStatus.cs
    - restart server after [ConvertPlayers
  * extended API for optimization
    - Mobile: added AggressorsOrNull, FindAggressorByAttacker(),
      FindAggressorByDefender(), AggressedOrNull, FindAggressedByAttacker(),
      FindAggressedByDefender(), Peaceful
    - Mobile.Stabled: HasStabled(), AddStabled(), RemoveStabled(),
      StabledOrNull
    - Mobile.VisibilityList: ClearVisibilityList()
    - Mobile.PermaFlags: HasPermaFlags(), IsPermaFlaggedTo()
  * gameplay related bugfixes
    - blank keys should not be able to unlock doors with KeyValue 0 (patch
      from Kai Sassmannshausen)
    - check CanBeHarmful() in WhirlwindAttack
    - fixed PlayerVendor cash bug, thanks to pmb
  * moved into separate script libraries:
    - Engines.MyRunUO
    - Engines.Reports
    - Engines.RemoteAdmin
  * upgraded log4net to 1.2.10
  * use log4net from Debian package
  * don't link core and scripts with mysql and postgresql drivers
  * imported RunUO data and saves directory
  * run SunUO in a loop
    - added Core.Shutdown() supporting the environment variable SUNUO_EXIT
  * sunuo-control: append output to console.log; start new session
  * added wrappers for Mono and Windows

 -- Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:20:03 +0100

sunuo (0.3.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * optimizations in the serialization code
    - cache position in BinaryFileWriter
    - sealed the serialization classes
    - enlarged BinaryFileWriter's buffer to 32kB
  * removed BinaryFileWriter.UnderlyingStream
  * BinaryFileWriter.Flush() is private
  * Mobile: better SkillMod==null handling

 -- Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>  Wed,  8 Feb 2006 23:26:45 +0100

sunuo (0.3.0) unstable; urgency=low

  * distribute log4net.dll
  * removed the --logfile option
  * use log4net in exception handlers and more
  * load legacy scripts from local/src and local/lib if present
  * moved main BaseDirectory declaration to Config
  * configure config file and base directory on the command line
  * command line arguments are no longer case insensitive
  * understand "--debug", "--profile", "--service"
  * added directories to Config:
    - ConfigDirectory = BaseDirectory + "/Data"
    - SaveDirectory = BaseDirectory + "/Saves"
    - BackupDirectory = BaseDirectory + "/Backup"
  * moved bootstrapping code to Bootstrap.cs
  * change to base directory
  * GameServerListConfig.GameServers returns IList
  * removed zlib workaround which should be in scripts
  * MultiConOut is a dummy now that log4net is being used
  * disable console in service mode
  * added Config.Features
    - disable-context-menus
    - prefer-ascii
    - delocalize
    - oldschool
    - disable-tile-patch
    - age-of-shadows, samurai-empire
  * support StringQuery
  * Config.MultiThreading renamed to Config.Features["multi-threading"]
  * moved config classes to namespace Server.Config
  * Config.GameServerList implements IEnumerable
  * all unsafe code replaced with managed implementations
  * added property Mobile.LastCombatTime
  * added interface IGold
  * optimized memory allocations during world load
  * cache DateTime.Now
  * don't allocate an ArrayList when empty:
    - Mobile.SkillMods
    - Mobile.StatMods
    - Mobile.Stabled
    - Mobile.Virtues
  * don't allocate empty Skill objects
  * added GenericReader.ReadMobileListOrNull()
  * use string.Intern() in BinaryFileReader.ReadString()
  * use AutoResetEvent to notify Timer and main loop
  * Gump.GetTypeID() uses ToInt64()
  * encryption is disabled by default
  * login: use proprietary timestamp format for now
  * login: initialize all columns
  * login: print name of failed game server
  * login: log account creation
  * login: initialize new account with Flags=0
  * login: support the "young" flag
  * login: reject empty username or password
  * login: optionally hide game servers which are down
  * debian: symlink base/Data to /etc/sunuo
  * debian: symlink base/var/log to /var/log/sunuo
  * debian: install SunUO.exe.config in /etc/sunuo/
  * debian: install third party libraries in /usr/share/sunuo/
  * debian: start SunUO in service mode
  * debian: support multiple shards
  * debian: recommend runuo-skeleton and sunuo-legacy-scripts
  * debian: removed runuo-installer

 -- Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>  Sun,  5 Feb 2006 21:02:13 +0100

sunuo (0.2.3) unstable; urgency=low

  * explicitly ignore HardwareInfo packets

 -- Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:25:41 +0100

sunuo (0.2.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * don't use nested Makefiles
  * distribute Mysql.Data.dll and Npgsql.dll
  * SunLogin responds to UOG queries

 -- Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:59:06 +0100

sunuo (0.2.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * ignore misconfiguration in Scripts/Misc/DataPath.cs, just like RunUO
    does
  * implemented a stripped down SunUO server as login server, with account
    database in ODBC
  * ExtendedCommand does its own in-game check, removed requirement
  * added ExtendedCommand 0x5555 which will serve as container for our
    protocol extensions
  * configuration option for "super clients"
  * login server can send auth ID to game servers

 -- Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 15:51:13 +0100

sunuo (0.2.0) unstable; urgency=low

  * make NetState.PacketEncoder non-static (patch from Sebastian Hartte)
  * added RunUO-Encryption-2.1.zip to core (from Sebastian Hartte)
  * fixed remote vulnerability in Network/PacketHandlers.cs, thanks to
    Barakat for reporting that
  * show a clear message when MCS is not installed

 -- Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>  Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:45:18 +0100

sunuo (0.1.9) unstable; urgency=low

  * created debian package (not yet done)
  * fixed typo in Config.cs which disabled <ignore-type/>
  * write etc/sunuo.xml only if it did not exist
  * fixed NullReferenceException in overlay error handler
  * home page changed to http://www.sunuo.org/
  * the mailing list is now hosted on BerliOS
  * added option to disable a script library
  * added option to set the C# compiler's warning level
  * fixed NullReferenceException in binary library loader
  * library names are case insensitive
  * added the --logfile option

 -- Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 23:55:12 +0200

sunuo (0.1.8) unstable; urgency=low

  * more NetStat.Dispose() tweaks:
    - a second Dispose() call continues with FinishDispose()
    - call FinishDispose() in CheckAlive()
  * remove duplicate data directories
  * replaced World.MultiProcessor by Core.Config.MultiThreading
  * added configuration file option for Core.Config.MultiThreading

 -- Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>  Tue, 10 May 2005 00:23:05 +0200

sunuo (0.1.7) unstable; urgency=low

  * wait for send transfers to be finished before killing the connection
    in NetState.Dispose()
  * added test program "UOGQuery" which queries the UOGateway status of a
    freeshard
  * Mono 1.1.7 is now recommended
  * moved documentation to doc/sunuo.xml in DocBook format

 -- Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>  Sun,  8 May 2005 22:37:47 +0200

sunuo (0.1.6) unstable; urgency=low

  * introduce the "path" element in the library configuration, allowing
    the administrator to specify arbitrary source paths
  * dependencies for libraries
  * overlays for libraries

 -- Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>  Thu,  5 May 2005 21:14:32 +0200

sunuo (0.1.5) unstable; urgency=low

  * now really fixed a null cast in ScriptCompiler.CheckStamps()

 -- Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>  Thu, 10 Mar 2005 21:48:12 +0100

sunuo (0.1.4) unstable; urgency=low

  * fixed a lot of C# compiler warnings
  * workaround for the RunUO faction bug: Reflection.cs assumes
    alphabetically sorted directory entries; ScriptCompiler.cs now sorts
    filenames before passing them to the compiler
  * fixed a null cast in ScriptCompiler.CheckStamps()

 -- Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>  Thu,  3 Mar 2005 21:04:41 +0100

sunuo (0.1.3) unstable; urgency=low

  * work around mono-mcs 1.1.4 bug #72771: "Response file specified
    multiple times"
  * removed "/debug /optimize" parameters from ScriptCompiler
  * added a hack to work around the zlib portability bugs in the scripts

 -- Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>  Sun, 20 Feb 2005 19:53:46 +0100

sunuo (0.1.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * another Mono bug workaround: pointer increments are 8 byte aligned,
    although Pack=1 is specified in the structure
  * exit on compiler error, don't allow the user to retry compilation
  * added BINFMT_MISC instructions, thanks to Wulf Krueger
  * added Mono 1.1 installation instructions

 -- Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>  Wed, 16 Feb 2005 23:20:34 +0100

sunuo (0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * show operating system and runtime version in start banner
  * removed several compatibility fixes for old pre-0.1.0 versions of
    SunUO
  * recompile libraries automatically when a file has been changed,
    deleted or added added
  * added documentation for [restart workaround

 -- Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>  Mon, 14 Feb 2005 22:40:42 +0100

sunuo (0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low

  * imported RunUO 1.0.0 sources, fork is called SunUO 0.1.0
  * wrote Makefile
  * some minor mono-mcs compilation fixes
  * replaced the overcomplex mono-compatibility unsafe code in
    TileMatrix.cs and TileMatrixPatch.cs by a simple Marshal.Copy
  * repaired pointer arithmetic in Serialization.cs and TileMatrix.cs
  * pass script file names in a temporary files, to go around the
    "argument too long" limitation on most POSIX systems
  * moved the World.Load() call from ScriptCompiler to Main
  * ScriptCompiler.m_Assemblies converted to ArrayList
  * removed method TileMatrix.Force(), which was good for nothing
  * added Core.BaseDirectoryInfo, Core.CacheDirectoryInfo,
    Core.LocalDirectoryInfo
  * support for multiple script libraries in ./local/src/ and
    ./local/lib/, every one of them is built into a separate DLL
  * log to ./var/log/console.log instead of ./Logs/Console.log
  * implemented a lot of exception handlers in Network/PacketHandlers.cs,
    Item.cs and Mobile.cs, to prevent the server from crashing when an
    exception in a script occurs
  * catch exceptions from Core.VerifySerialization(); dump
    LoaderExceptions
  * ignore case on data file names
  * implemented the configuration file "./etc/sunuo.xml", class
    Server.Config
  * added source and type ignores in LibraryConfig
  * wrap a script library in the new Library class
  * World.Load() dumps exceptions
  * added option to ignore AuthID
  * use string.Intern() to save memory

 -- Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>  Sat,  5 Feb 2005 01:55:03 +0100