[PennMUSH-Announce] PennMUSH 1.8.2p3 and 1.8.3p1 Released

[Ervin Hearn]

The PennMUSH devteam is pleased to announce the release of PennMUSH 1.8.2p3,
which fixes several bugs and typos, including two crash situations in PennMUSH
1.8.2. This patch is highly recommended for all users of the "stable" series.

We're also pleased to announce the release of the PennMUSH 1.8.3p1. 1.8.3p1
includes all of the fixes in 1.8.2p3 as well as the addition of PAGEFORMAT,
support for alternate sql ports, and various other improvements. This patch is
highly recommended for all users of the "development" series.

Regards,

  Noltar, for the penndevs


Changes for 1.8.2p3:

Fixes:
  * Unterminated buffer in sortkey() fixed. Reported by Balerion.
    Patch by Javelin.
  * Memory leaks in setunion() and revwords() fixed by Javelin.
  * Crash bug in speak() fixed. Reported by Trinsec. Patch by Javelin.
  * Crash bug in buy fixed. Reported by Amy. Patch by Javelin.
  * If we should fail to clear a semaphore attribute for some
    reason (e.g., it's the branch of an attribute tree), reset
    the semaphore count on the attribute to 0. Patch by Javelin.
  * iter() dealt badly with freeing buffers when CPU_LIMIT or
    function_invocation_limit was hit. Found by Ashen-Shugar. [GM]
  * @ps/all displayed the wrong  queue entry count for mortals.
    Reported by Cheetah. [SW]
  * @hook/override of say would get an extra leading " if that was
    used instead of the literal say command. Reported by Tuxedo Ian.
    [SW]
  * Fixed a bug where speech seemed to come from the wrong
    object for nospoof information. Reported by Jules. [SW]
  * The help entry for @poll failed to mention @poll/clear.
    Reported by Cooee. [SW]


Changes for 1.8.3p1:

Minor changes:
  * page command now processes page output through PAGEFORMAT
    attribute, allowing user-set page messages. [GM]
  * sql_host configuration option now permits alternate tcp port.
    Suggested by Mercutio. Patch by Javelin.
  * Refactoring of fun_stringsecs to help function etime_to_secs.
    Patch by Javelin.
  * %1 in @aconnect works like in @adisconnect. Patch by Javelin.

Fixes:
  * restart script once again includes DATEMSK export for
    extended convtime support. Reported by KimikoMuffin.
  * Memory leak in 1.8.3p0 regedit fixed.
  * Fixes included from 1.8.2p3.
  * Document change in @chan/title behavior with commas.