12/28/2000
Release of version 1.4.
This release features the introduction of the long-awaited disk-based
article assembly capability. ubh can now accumulate the
article(s) to be decoded into a disk file rather than system RAM.
This now allows ubh to download arbitrarily large binaries,
limited only by available disk space.
This new version is due to the painstaking and tireless work of
special guest programmer Jt "The
Squeegy" Chiodi. Not only did he submit the disk-based article
assembly modification, but he also incorporated all the pending
bug fixes and suggestions from the ubh-discuss mailing list.
Here is a summary of the changes for this version:
- Disk-based article assembly (-A). TEMPDIR keyword to
specify where the temporary file goes.
Thanks to Jt "The Squeegy" Chiodi.
- PERMISSION keyword to control default permission of
created subdirectories.
Thanks to Jt "The Squeegy" Chiodi.
- Made uudecode search for "end" case insensitive.
Thanks to Michael Tiedge.
- Use "/o" modifier to only compile regexp's once.
Thanks to Adam Rice.
- -O option to force overwriting of duplicate files
instead of prepending article number.
Thanks to coder_at_mindspring.com
- Default single and multi-part inclusion filter greatly
expanded to be (?i)asf|avi|gif|jpg|mov|mpg|mpeg|rm|[cdertsu]\d\d|rar|ace|zip|\d\d\d|nfo|sfv|mp3
Thanks to Jeff Hedgpeth and Andi L6hmus.
- Fixed documentation for -f and -l to say that they
update the .newsrc. Thanks to Jeff Hedgpeth.
- Example ubhrc mentions OPT_c - should be OPT_C
instead. Thanks to Ying Zhang.
- Tested on Mac OS X.
Thanks to Michael J Paluka.
- -g was not updating .newsrc.
Thanks to 3Jane Tessier Ashpool.
- -n was not documented. Thanks to 3Jane Tessier Ashpool.
- MacPerl platform support.
Thanks to Mike W. mw487_at_yahoo.com
- -g was not obeying -I or -X filters.
Thanks to Andreas Wenzel a.wenzel_at_aon.at
Upgrading from any previous version to v1.4 is easy - just
replace the executable. Your existing .ubhrc and
.newsrc files are entirely forward compatible
with v1.4.
10/10/2000
Release of version 1.3.
This is a maintenance release which fixes several particularly
nagging problems:
- Will detect a dropped NNTP connection during
group() and body() calls, and will
automatically reconnect, re-authenticate (if necessary),
re-issue the group() call, and proceed from where
it left off. Thanks to Adam Rice!
- Eliminated the ugly goto's in the reconnect
code.
- Made uudecode search for "begin" case insensitive.
Thanks to Michael Tiedge!
- Now ignores trailing whitespace in ubhrc values.
Thanks to Hsiao-Yu Chen!
Upgrading from any previous version to v1.3 is easy - just
replace the executable. Your existing .ubhrc and
.newsrc files are entirely forward compatible
with v1.3.
8/29/2000
Release of version 1.2.
This is a maintenance release which fixes a
nasty bug which was preventing the processing
of single-part articles which contained a
part/whole desginator "(1/1)". This is
a one-line change, but you are strongly urged
to upgrade.
Upgrading from v1.1 to v1.2 is easy - just replace the
executable. Your existing .ubhrc and
.newsrc files are entirely forward compatible
with v1.2.
8/10/2000
Release of version 1.1.
This is a maintenance release which primarily improves the
usability and robustness of ubh.
Be sure to review the CHANGES file for
details on all the new features that were added for
this new version.
Upgrading from v1.0 to v1.1 is easy - just replace the
executable. Your existing .ubhrc and .newsrc
files are entirely forward compatible with v1.1.
This version of ubh features the work
of special guest developer Mark Sullivan
(ubh@markbs.com).
Thanks, Mark!
Unfortunately, disk-based article assembly did not make it
into this version. I know many of you are anxiously awaiting
this capability. Hopefully it will be ready in time for the
next version. The v1.1 was long overdue; I didn't want to
hold it up any longer.
The Unix .tar.gz has been getting anywhere from 50-100 downloads
per week. The Windows .zip gets 5-15 downloads a week.
Thanks for downloading and trying ubh. Extra
special thanks to everyone who has linked to
the ubh page.
3/22/2000
First public release, version 1.0.
1/20/2000
Second beta distribution, version 0.4.
1/16/2000
First beta distribution, version 0.3.
1/4/2000
Initial creation of web site. |