News Shogun

What's New

We expect this page to change often as we add features and fix bugs related to the package. Check back often.

• 6/16/01:
  • News Shogun 1.1.1 is now available for download.
• 6/10/01:
  • I've modified the sample config files to include descriptions of individual config rules.
  • Updated the versions page to include more info about the upcoming release.
• 9/19/99:
  • The News Gizmo is being renamed the News Shogun, just 'cos I hate the old name so much.
• 5/3/99:
  • Gizmo 1.1.0 is now available for download.
• 2/15/99:
  • The fourth beta of the of the gizmo is now available for download.
• 2/1/99:
  • The second beta of the perl version of the gizmo is now available for download. Still only useful for INN's with a "readers.conf".
  • Just a few hours later, the third beta of the perl version of the gizmo is now available for download. This version hopefully adds support for Typhoon's -postprog filtering interface, and brings feature-parity between INN and Typhoon.
• 1/28/99:
  • The first beta of the perl version of the gizmo is now available for download. This version is intended for use with recent snapshots of INN 2.3 and newer. If your version of INN does not include the "readers.conf" config file, this version of the News Gizmo is probably useless to you, but the old C-version should still suit you just fine.
• 10/15/98:
  • I've created the readers.conf configuration file for INN 2.3's (yes, 2.3 and not 2.2. 2.2 is going into feature freeze, and we all want to see it get out the door.) nnrpd. This configuration file allows hooks into the Gizmo's authentication methods.
• 10/7/98:

  • I'm planning on dropping support for INN versions less than 2.2. 2.2 should have many new reader features (which I'm working on adding now) which will allow an administrator to run the gizmo with no patches to INN, but modifying it to run without patches will require massive changes to gizmo internals. The current version of the gizmo will continue to work with INN versions between 1.4unoff4 and 1.7.2.

    In related news, I'll soon be changing the current implementation of the gizmo from a C patch to nnrpd to a perl filter. This should make extension much easier, and will make it easier to merge the INN version with the Typhoon 'post-filter' version.

    These changes will invalidate most of the web site. The feature set should remain the same, but the configuration, and the how of the gizmo, will probably be nearly unrecognizable.

• 5/4/98:
  • Version 1.0.2 is available for download. This is a maintenance release which mostly attempts to fix bugs in the installation.
• 4/30/98:
  • Typhoon -postprog compatible version posted.
• 3/18/98:
  • It took forever, but Version 1.0.0 is finally available for download.
  • Put up modified version of the Poison patch. Thanks, Russ Allbery!
• 2/20/98:
  • New gizmo and gizmo-announce mailing lists set up. See here for info.
  • New FAQ page.
• 2/2/98:
  • Version 0.4.10 is available for download.
• 12/23/97:
  • Version 0.4.9 is available for download.
  • I'm seriously considering a much more difficult (but ever-so-muchly-much-more powerful) configuration format and API. The API is still in the early planning stages, but the format is basically done.. See here for an example file.
• 11/12/97:
  • Version 0.4.8 is available for download.
  • New feedback page for the News Gizmo.
• 11/6/97:
  • Version 0.4.7 is available for download.
• 11/5/97:
  • Patch to allow poisoned newsgroups in hosts.nntp available from here.
  • Version 0.4.6 is available for download.
  • Work on the website:
    • Updated the API page to describe the libconf config loading hooks.
    • Updated the lowlevel page to reflect the current version of the software.
    • Updated the features page to reflect what the news gizmo can do for you.
• 10/28/97:
  • Version 0.4.5 is available for download.
• 10/27/97:
  • Version 0.4.4 available for download.