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| -rwxr-xr-x | CHANGELOG | 65 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | GUIDELINES | 8 |
2 files changed, 52 insertions, 21 deletions
@@ -1,11 +1,35 @@ Firma CHANGELOG --------------- -30/08/2005 - 0.3-cvs (rev 1.33) - rhatto +02/09/2005 - 0.3-cvs (rev 1.34) - luis + + - Added two optional (and experimental) parameters to firma.conf: + USE_GPG_HIDDEN_RECIPIENT_OPTION and SEND_MESSAGES_USING_BCC. If + both are enabled, firma will use GnuPG's --hidden-recipient + option (available from version 1.4.0 onwards) and send list + messages to all subscribers at once, using BCC. This should + speed up message processing, specially on lists with several + subscribers. + + - Major changes on functions SendListMessage and SendWarningMessage + to implement the two options above, and some minor changes on + functions SendBounceMessage and ProcessMessage. + + - Added a new check on function CheckFirmaConfigFile, to make sure + GnuPG's version is 1.4.0 or later in case + USE_GPG_HIDDEN_RECIPIENT_OPTION is enabled. + + - Added/removed some local variables: + email -> ( removed ) + ( new ) -> subscriber, email_address, recipients + + - Corrected misspelled words and fixed typos on comments. + +30/08/2005 - v0.2.5 (rev 1.33) - rhatto - Added GPL copyright notice and firma contact email -23/08/2005 - 0.3-cvs (rev 1.32) - luis - released as firma 0.2.5 +23/08/2005 - 0.3-cvs (rev 1.32) - luis - Fixed a possible infinite loop (added on rev 1.30) on function GetMessageHeaders. It could be triggered, for example, by a @@ -25,7 +49,8 @@ Firma CHANGELOG - Changed project description to: "firma: GnuPG-based encrypted mailing list manager" - - Declared/renamed/removed variables and arrays: + - Added/renamed/removed variables and arrays: + o Configuration file variables: MAIL -> MAIL_AGENT MAIL_ARGS -> MAIL_AGENT_ARGS @@ -51,6 +76,7 @@ Firma CHANGELOG CONFIG -> LIST_CONFIG_FILE LINES, n, i -> ( removed ) ( new ) -> FIRMA_CONFIG_FILE + o Global arrays: MESSAGE -> ORIG_MESSAGE GPG_MESSAGE -> ORIG_GPG_MESSAGE @@ -71,7 +97,7 @@ Firma CHANGELOG LISTS_DIR, and a list specific file, containing the variables LIST_ADDRESS, LIST_ADMIN, LIST_HOMEDIR and PASSPHRASE. - - Edited the comments at the beggining of the script to reflect the + - Edited the comments at the beginning of the script to reflect the change above. - As suggested by the Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide (ABSG)[1], added @@ -118,6 +144,7 @@ Firma CHANGELOG same character in the PASSPHRASE; Other minor changes in the PASSPHRASE, LIST_ADDRESS and LIST_ADMIN checks. + o GetMessage: Added a check to see if the message was successfully stored in the ORIG_MESSAGE array. @@ -142,8 +169,8 @@ Firma CHANGELOG o ChooseUid: Declared keyid, uid_count and chosen_uid_number as local variables, moving them to the beginning of the function; - Minor syntax changes in the checkings; - Added lots of comments, explaining what the checkings and the + Minor syntax changes in the checks; + Added lots of comments, explaining what the checks and the expect script are doing. - Major changes on functions: GetGpgMessage, GetMessageHeaders, @@ -177,7 +204,7 @@ Firma CHANGELOG Changed "umask" from 0777 to 0077. Otherwise, function NewList cannot create configuration files for new lists; Improved parsing of option -a (--admin-task), removing - unecessary commands and routines from this part of the code; + unnecessary commands and routines from this part of the code; Again, new command-line options can be easily added to this new nested "case" structure. @@ -201,7 +228,7 @@ Firma CHANGELOG 07/05/2005 - 0.3-cvs (rev 1.13) - rhatto - Firma now uses sendmail or any smtp wrapper directly: - - Specify your smtp wrapper through MAIL var, eg: + - Specify your smtp wrapper through MAIL var, e.g.: MAIL=/usr/sbin/sendmail MAIL=/usr/bin/ssmtp - Command-line arguments passed to the wrapper must @@ -221,10 +248,10 @@ Firma CHANGELOG SUBSCRIBERS -> get_subscribers_list get_headers -> get_message_headers - New args: - -h: chama a usage() - -v: chama a version() + -h: calls function usage + -v: calls function version - Option -a passes STDIN line by line to list_admin - - Added some checkings in the main procedure + - Added some checks in the main procedure - Some minor syntax changes 02/08/2005 - 0.3-cvs - rhatto @@ -232,7 +259,7 @@ Firma CHANGELOG - Completed function newlist (still needs tests) - New function: gpg_args -25/05/2005 - v0.2.x - rhatto +25/05/2005 - v0.2.4 - rhatto - Message is now stored in two arrays, MESSAGE and GPG_MESSAGE. Temporary files are no longer needed. Deleted TMP var. @@ -289,7 +316,7 @@ Firma CHANGELOG configuration file. If any of these checks fail, firma exits and shows what should be corrected in the file. - - GPGLIST now lists public keys using the gpg option + - GPGLIST now lists public keys using GnuPG's option "--with-colons". Definitely much easier to parse. - added --no-permission-warning on $GPGCOMMAND. @@ -339,7 +366,7 @@ Firma CHANGELOG --no-use-agent" - Added two new functions: GPGSTDERR and SUBSCRIBERS. The first gets - gpg STDERR and discards its STDOUT and the later returns the + GnuPG's STDERR and discards its STDOUT and the later returns the subscribers list. function GPGSTDERR { @@ -367,13 +394,13 @@ Firma CHANGELOG Feb 2005 - v0.1 - rhatto - - First public release and proof of concept + - First public release and proof of concept. - Based on pgplist (http://www.rediris.es/app/pgplist/index.en.html), - but completely written from scratch - - Strips all mail headers - - Use keyring as database + but completely written from scratch. + - Strips all mail headers. + - Use keyring as database. - List variables are sourced from a configuration file. - - List subscription is managed through gpg public keyrings, one + - List subscription is managed through GnuPG's public keyrings, one keyring for each mailing list. - Message is read from STDIN, passed to it by postfix or some other MTA. @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Abstract: this policy helps control all development In the future this procedure will be automatic. -1 - After any adition to firma, check the following: +1 - After any addition to firma, check the following: ---------------------------------------------------- - Put all new variables in the variables list bellow @@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ In the future this procedure will be automatic. MAIL_AGENT MAIL_AGENT_ARGS LISTS_DIR + USE_GPG_HIDDEN_RECIPIENT_OPTION + SEND_MESSAGES_USING_BCC LIST_ADDRESS LIST_ADMIN @@ -93,7 +95,9 @@ In the future this procedure will be automatic. first_blank_line i j - email + subscriber + recipients + email_address keyid uid_count chosen_uid_number |