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diff --git a/doc/en/README b/doc/en/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..427fbf71 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/en/README @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ + ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server + + (c)2001,2002 by Alexander Barton, + alex@barton.de, http://www.barton.de/ + + ngIRCd is free software and published under the + terms of the GNU General Public License. + + -- README -- + + Ilja Osthoff, <ilja@glide.ath.cx> + + +I. Introduction +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +ngIRCd is an Open-Source server for the Internet Realy Chat (IRC), which +is developped and published under the terms of the GNU General Public +Licence (URL: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html). ngIRCd means "next +generation IRC daemon", it's written from scratch and not deduced from the +"grandfather of IRC daemons", the daemon of the IRCNet. + + + +II. Status +~~~~~~~~~~~ + +At present, the ngIRCd is under active development, some features are not +implemented, some only partly. + +Till tody (more or less complete) implemented IRC-commands: + +AWAY, DIE, ERROR, ISON, JOIN, KILL, LINKS, LIST, LUSERS, MODE, MOTD, NAMES, +NICK, NOTICE, NJOIN, OPER, PART, PASS, PING, PONG, PRIVMSG, QUIT, RESTART, +SERVER, SQUIT, TOPIC, USER, USERHOST, VERSION, WHO, WHOIS. + + +III. Features (or: why use ngIRCd?) +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- no problems with servers which have dynamic ip-adresses +- simple, easy understandable configuration file, +- freely published C-Sourcecode, +- ngIRCd will be developed on in the future. +- supported platforms: A/UX; FreeBSD, Linux, MAC OS X/Darwin and Windows + with Cygwin + + +IV. Documentation +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +English documentation: + +- doc/en/README: the file that you are reading :-) +- doc/en/INSTALL: hints for the installation of the ngIRCd + +German documentation: + +- README: readme text in german +- INSTALL: german installation instructions +- NEWS: what do you think? :-) +- Changelog: the complete history of the ngIRCd +- doc/FAQ.txt: frequently asked questions and answers +- doc/CVS.txt: hints for the CVS-system +- doc/RFC.txt: information about the RFC's +- doc/sample-ngircd.conf: sample configuration file +- doc/README-AUX.txt: installation hints for A/UX +- doc/README-BeOS.txt: the same for BeOS + + +V. Download +~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The homepage of the ngIRCd is: <http://arthur.ath.cx/~alex/ngircd>; you +will find the newest information about the ngIRCd and the most recent +("stable") releases there. + +If you are interested in the newest developper-versions (which are not +always stable), then please read the section "CVS" on the homepage and +the file "doc/CVS.txt" which describes the use of CVS, the "Concurrent +Versioning System". + + +VI. Bugs +~~~~~~~~ + +If you find bugs in the ngIRCd (which might be there :-), please report +them at the following URL: + +<http://arthur.ath.cx/~alex/ngircd/#bugs> + +There you can read about kown bugs, too. + +If you have critics, patches or something else, please feel yourself free +to post a mail to: <alex@barton.de> or <alex@arthur.ath.cx> + + +-- +$Id: README,v 1.1 2002/05/08 15:43:00 alex Exp $ |