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+git log c342c299af286083a60e447f3f4cbdc84f5cfbfa.. --pretty=format:"%s%n%b%n----------------" > NEWS.0.9.0.1_RC1
+
+Tag and release OpenSim_SC 0.9.0.1 RC1.
+
+----------------
+
+
+git log 4e1a8967847b93442ec3e4e0d254c5d6c1edffb7..c342c299af286083a60e447f3f4cbdc84f5cfbfa --pretty=format:"%s%n%b%n----------------" > NEWS.0.9.0.1.6_RC0
+
+Docs++
+
+----------------
+Actually link to the web pages document.
+
+----------------
+Document the web pages.
+
+----------------
+More branding, sorta.
+
+----------------
+One more empty doc page.
+
+----------------
+Now with favicons.
+
+----------------
+New web background image.
+
+----------------
+Make start-sim -d 30 actually work.
+
+----------------
+Remove a remnant of Etcd I had forgot to remove when I got rid of that.
+
+----------------
+Bump build number to 6.
+
+----------------
+
+
+git log 2c4a60c5d686168e54d71b0582b8d78eafec00a1..4e1a8967847b93442ec3e4e0d254c5d6c1edffb7 --pretty=format:"%s%n%b%n----------------" > NEWS.0.9.0.1.5_RC0
+
+Gods can do anything they want, including bypassing OhSilly threat levels.
+
+----------------
+Forgot to update this when I changed "month" -> "day30" for stats.
+
+----------------
+typo--
+
+----------------
+Allow anyone to create NPCs.  Thought I did this before?  Twice?
+
+----------------
+We don't use IP in create-sim anymore.
+
+----------------
+Update documentation.
+Write some more.
+
+Correct some spelling errors.
+
+Clean up some out of date stuff.
+
+Make it consistant.
+
+Rearrange things.
+
+----------------
+Update the differences.
+
+----------------
+Shuffle some coder level docs to it's own directory.
+
+----------------
+config/ROBUST/RobustExtra.ini
+
+----------------
+Bump build number to 5.
+
+----------------
+
+
+git log 14616c8438fef749c5e7cb6bdcefe9b7c9554597..2c4a60c5d686168e54d71b0582b8d78eafec00a1 --pretty=format:"%s%n%b%n----------------" > NEWS.0.9.0.1.4_RC0
+
+More stats, and an actual stats web page.
+
+----------------
+Function for MYSQL joins.
+
+----------------
+When the generate map command is given, generate the map.
+The month check seems a bit dodgy, but I'll let it ride for now.
+
+----------------
+OhSillyThreatLevels should throw an exception when not allowed.
+
+----------------
+Unclutter the tmux status line.
+Not everyone has YUUUGE terminals like I do.
+
+----------------
+Bump build number to 4.
+
+----------------
+
+
+git log 8f280962f019d46e0367b29246283a1e34ceb955..14616c8438fef749c5e7cb6bdcefe9b7c9554597 --pretty=format:"%s%n%b%n----------------" > NEWS.0.9.0.1.3_RC0
+
+Disable the account manager for now, and anything else HTTPS related.
+Bump it to the next version.
+
+----------------
+TYPO--
+
+----------------
+Optimise account name validation.
+
+----------------
+TODO++
+
+----------------
+Bump build number to 3.
+
+----------------
+
+
+git log c4fe094ce0293f9438e51117490479be0130001a..8f280962f019d46e0367b29246283a1e34ceb955 --pretty=format:"%s%n%b%n----------------" > NEWS.0.9.0.1_RC0
+
+Various additions to the web account manager.
+Track if we are accessed via HTTP or HTTPS, and the server name.
+
+Track cookies.
+
+HEAD method.
+
+Various security clean ups.
+
+Force HTTPS for account.html.
+
+Poor mans Bobby Tables protection.
+
+Security token.
+
+Validate inputs.  Looking up the DNS records for email domain name.
+Don't allow creation of accounts with god names, leave that for the
+console.  Check if created user name exists already.  Double check the
+passwords and emails.
+
+Error messages on dynamic pages.
+
+Various clean ups.
+
+TODO++
+
+----------------
+Add HTTPS configs.
+
+----------------
+Better consistency with the other config.ini files.
+
+----------------
+Implement HEAD in our simple web server.
+
+----------------
+Allow a place for Robust.ini extras.
+
+----------------
+VArious additions to account manager.
+First and last names merged into one name.
+
+Is name two words check, a suprisingly effective spam blocker.
+
+Poor mans Bobby Tables protection.
+
+Various other input checking.
+
+Added account creation confirmation page.
+
+Some text and length tweaks.
+
+----------------
+Simple web server gets HTTPS.
+
+----------------
+Bump build number.
+I should have done this after tagging RC0.
+
+----------------
+Actually calculate the sample money modules fake balance.
+
+----------------
+Teleport home from off grid shouldn't land on roofs either.
+
+----------------
+Bandaid for ghost users, check and remove them from Presence when they log on.
+Once again OOP proves it's worse that spaghetti, but cutting up the
+spaghetti and hiding it all over the kitchen.
+
+Note the commented out bits from GateKeeperService.cs, this stuff is
+checked TWICE, though this time is for HGers, or not.
+
+----------------
+Reload splash page every couple of minutes, to get fresh stats.
+
+----------------
+Beef up the web server a bit.
+Sanatize the path.
+
+Add support for Last-Modified, If-Modified-Since, and Cache-Control:
+no-cache.
+
+Teach the base server about more binary content types.
+
+----------------
+Godliness can be in the first name as well.
+As it is in IG.
+
+----------------
+ThisSim.ini -> Actual_Name.ini
+And a minor typo I'm suprised survived.
+
+----------------
+Make [Region] InternalAddress and ExternalHostName reasonable defaults.
+Also AllowAlternatePorts isn't actually in the code anywhere, get rid of
+it.
+
+----------------
+Missed this link for the start-sim all moved to left pane thing.
+
+----------------
+Modify start-sim to start up everything, with the output in the left tmux window.
+
+----------------
+Stop using num2name() in scripts.
+Turns out I was feeding "01" to it, so that's why it thought things
+where octal, and "01" is the result we wanted anyway.
+
+----------------
+Remove the left overs from the check4096 crap that is obsolete.
+
+----------------
+WebServerInConnector -> WebServerConnector
+Just a name change.
+
+----------------
+Various clean ups.
+
+----------------
+More account manager.
+Select with more parameters.
+
+Tables, with member accounts.
+
+Print the query values.
+
+----------------
+Testing MySQLRaw's SELECT.
+
+----------------
+Swap out MySQLGenericHandler and swap in MySQLRaw.
+Smaller, simpler, works better.
+
+----------------
+The beginnings of an account management web page.
+Just some simple dynamic pages that don't actually do anything.
+
+----------------
+The knomes have been obsconded with by hippos.
+
+----------------
+Reduce the width of the splash page divs.
+
+----------------
+Maybe now we can properly count locals and hypergridders on the web page?
+
+----------------
+Be more inclusive in the monthly online count.
+
+----------------
+Typo--
+
+----------------
+Add actual grid stats to the web page.
+Except HGers, still trying to sort that one out.
+
+----------------
+Add a more direct MySQL handler.
+
+----------------
+More splash page fiddling.
+
+----------------
+Clean up the contributors.  Mostly white space.
+
+----------------
+Splash page CSS from Taylor.
+
+----------------
+Pass -q through to ROBUST on start them all mode of start-sim.
+
+----------------
+start-sim -w waiting for ROBUST isn't working.
+
+----------------
+Running start-sim in scripts now starts everything up, with a delay.
+
+----------------
+ROBUST now reports INITIALIZATION COMPLETE FOR ROBUST.
+
+----------------
+Limits -= 2
+Low Y regions are no longer reserved for HG links.
+
+Varregions don't have to be square.
+
+Both now report a warning, but continue anyway.
+
+Cool VL Viewer handles non square regions, Singularity crashes.  Not
+tested on others.
+
+----------------
+More basic web server.
+
+----------------
+Warning--
+
+----------------
+Minor tweak to let inventory backup script work again.
+
+----------------
+Add a basic generic web server, and a login page, plus stubs for the other basic pages.
+And update everyone to suit.
+
+----------------
+Don't wait_for_text for anything between [], coz that's a grep thing.
+
+----------------
+start-sim wait for the [RegionReady]: INITIALIZATION COMPLETE FOR message.
+
+----------------
+Better sim startup finished messages.
+Inform neighbours we are up before the finished messages.
+
+Always send the "[RegionReady]: INITIALIZATION COMPLETE FOR" message.
+
+----------------
+Don't inform neighbours that we are up twice.
+
+----------------
+Tweaking create_sim.
+ExternalHostName = "${Const|HostName}"
+
+Move size to the third argument.
+
+----------------
+Hypergridders have their full name in firstname, and their grid in lastname.  Sometimes.
+Code filled with gotos may be spaghetti code, but object oriented code
+can be like chopped spaghetti.  At least with gotos you can follow them.
+
+----------------
+Another attempt at sorting out the auto group chicken and egg problems.
+Are you a local?  Asking for a friend.
+
+----------------
+Bump sim ports up by 2 when creating, coz 5 is silly.
+
+----------------
+Oops, move the GridService Region_ stuff to grid specific config files.
+
+----------------
+Tag and release OpenSim_SC 0.9.0.1 RC0.
+
+----------------
+
+
+git log f7232e4210b0758cedc4d838d77ec03e60edc61d..c4fe094ce0293f9438e51117490479be0130001a --pretty=format:"%s%n%b%n----------------" > NEWS.0.9.0.1
+
+AddDefaultGroup and AddHGDefaultGroup_ config options added.
+
+----------------
+Comments++ about how to build and test debug builds.
+
+----------------
+TODO--  These got fixed a while ago.
+
+----------------
+ROBUST does support includes, so use them.
+
+----------------
+Automatically add members to certain groups, and HGers from specific grids to certain other groups.
+It doesn't let them know, though the last group added will be their
+active group.  This replaces a PHP script I used to use, that got broken
+by a PHP update.  It also didn't let people know, no one complained.
+This is better.
+
+----------------
+OpenSim found a new way for archiving to be spammy.
+The few resources that I have checked are actually missing from the
+database.  All the ones I tried in world are not missing anything.
+
+----------------
+Opensim user needs a proper shell.
+
+----------------
+Move from IG to SC flavour.
+
+----------------
+A few typoes slipped through.
+
+----------------
+Forgot to update a script comment.
+
+----------------
+Update and add more docs.
+I can feel a release coming.  B-)
+
+----------------
+Jiggle the grid specific configs.
+Add GodNames.
+
+Move the Groups and AuthorizationService sections back to config_*.
+
+Fix up the AuthorizationService for some sims.
+
+Add the so far not written AddDefaultGroup options.  I'll write this
+soon.
+
+----------------
+Make the stats log file sim specific.
+
+----------------
+apt-get -> apt.
+
+----------------
+Merge LureModule into HGLureModule.
+
+----------------
+Gatekeeper -> GatekeeperURI
+Coz it says all over the source code -
+// Legacy. Remove soon!
+
+And has since later OpenSim 0.7s.
+
+----------------
+OpenSim dev typo--
+
+----------------
+Combine LureModule and HGLureModule.
+Still need to clean up after this, LureModule.cs isn't needed anymore.
+
+----------------
+Allow sitting on attachments, and attaching tings with people sitting on them.
+Now we have to fix all the viewers that though it would be great to
+enshrine this bug in viewer side.
+
+----------------
+Make the installation more robust.
+
+----------------
+Move the terrain.raw file out of tree to a sim specific name.
+
+----------------
+For the "teleport from above" case, do the right thing.
+Which includes looking for designated floor prims, which have ^ as the
+first character of their description.
+
+Don't do "teleport from above" when we have proper coords.
+
+----------------
+Revert list content type check.
+https://sledjhamr.org/mantisbt/view.php?id=19
+
+----------------
+Warnings--
+
+----------------
+TODO--
+
+----------------
+Add a test script for the unit tests.
+Now that nant wont work anymore.
+
+----------------
+Updated for Mono 6.
+
+----------------
+TPs from scripts avoid all that silly raycasting nonsense, just go where we ask.
+
+----------------
+Randomise the spawn points by default.
+Seems it works after all.
+
+----------------
+Allow menu items longer than 24 characters once more.
+I've never seen any problems with allowing this, my NPC tool does that.
+
+----------------
+Switch to using the internal offline message URL by default.
+
+----------------
+Tweak the login logging a bit, especially for impersonations.
+
+----------------
+Fix up prebuild stuff.
+
+----------------
+OpenSim changed the way FSAssets directory structure works by default, sort that out.
+Otherwise updating from 0.8 to 0.9 with FSAssets will fail to find new
+assets.
+
+----------------
+Attempt to render "[LLUDPSERVER]: Malformed data, cannot parse" into something human readable as an aid to diagnosis.
+Beats hand translating the big block of hex codes it was spewing.
+
+----------------
+Use F1 instead of ? as the in command help key.
+"?" was a silly choice, what if you wanted to use it in a command?
+
+Alas this doesn't seem to work, but at least you can type "?" now.
+
+----------------
+Log FS asset base and spool directory.
+The assets cache directory is already logged.
+
+----------------
+Put ConfigPath back in.
+ROBUST needs it.
+
+----------------
+Silly script to get around the lack of includes in ROBUST.
+This'll be temporary until I get around to adding includes to ROBUST.
+
+----------------
+Move the MG configs to their own file.
+
+----------------
+Comment++ about the DebuggerSafe config option.
+
+----------------
+Properly combine Robust.ini path.
+
+----------------
+Comment++.
+
+----------------
+Deal with "passwordless" Mariadb installs.
+Thanks to Taylor for helping me figure this out.
+
+----------------
+IG godliness is different.
+
+----------------
+A Robust.ini setting that slipped through unmolested.
+
+----------------
+Warnings--
+
+----------------
+Adjust [AuthorizationService] sections to use the new DefaultRegionAccess.
+
+----------------
+Add DefaultRegionAccess in [AuthorizationService] section.
+
+----------------
+Better build script.
+Clean out last build the dumb way.
+Check for Mono version.
+
+----------------
+Instructions for latest Mono.
+
+----------------
+A little tweaking of log levels.
+
+----------------
+Have some "avatar has left" mesasge hit the INFO console.
+
+----------------
+Typo--
+
+----------------
+Maps at full rez with coords is the default now.
+
+----------------
+Add [Region] .ini block.
+For including actual region definition in the normal .ini stack.
+
+Same as the usual Region.ini format, except we add a RegionName
+parameter.
+
+----------------
+Management scripts encounters the real world, needs patching up.
+
+----------------
+Update the tmux config.
+I do wish they would stop changing config options.
+
+----------------
+A bit more installation doco.
+
+----------------
+Update the install docs.
+Add a section for those in a hurry.
+
+----------------
+Major tweaking of the scripts to suit the new setup.
+
+----------------
+Renamed branch to SledjChisl.
+To match the style.
+
+----------------
+Move install related scripts and stuff into their own directory.
+
+----------------
+Typo--
+
+----------------
+Initial tweaks of the installation stuff.
+
+----------------
+Add old TODO.
+
+----------------
+Remove Etcd thing, not used anywhere.
+Also needs an obscure dependency that I can't track down.
+
+----------------
+Update example config.ini.
+
+----------------
+SledjChisl?
+
+----------------
+Add WARNINGS about not being ready for use yet.
+
+----------------
+Example sim startup script.
+
+----------------
+Make examples directory, and shuffle all the out of tree stuff into it.
+
+----------------
+New TODO.
+
+----------------
+Clean up .gitignore.
+
+----------------
+Don't read .ini region files, use .xml instead.
+Coz OpenSim can get confused, and I have a better idea.
+
+----------------
+Some extra examples and performance .ini files.
+
+----------------
+Major clean up of .ini files.
+Sorry about the lack of details.
+
+----------------
+Build instructions ++
+
+----------------
+Better archiver console spam.
+
+----------------
+Remove some script distance limits.
+
+----------------
+One last big source of script slowness removed.
+No need to artificially slow stuff down.  lol
+
+----------------
+More script speed ups.
+Don't waste time collecting bogus statistics.  At least I think they are
+bogus.
+
+----------------
+Less Oh Silly Threat detection.
+Scripts run a little faster if they don't stop to be overly paranoid all
+the time.
+
+----------------
+Better sim startup console notification.
+
+----------------
+ProfileServiceURL not ProfileURL
+
+----------------
+Various IRC fixes.
+
+----------------
+Clean up maptile directory creation code.
+
+----------------
+Upgrade sim height.
+
+----------------
+Merge Warp3DCachedImageModule from Christopher Latza.
+Plus some of my own tweaks.
+Minus some of his.
+
+----------------
+Remove silly 4096 sim TP check for a client bug that was fixed long ago.
+
+----------------
+Various logging fix ups.
+Mostly removing console spam.
+Default to INFO on the console and DEBUG in the log files.
+More time stamp resolution.
+
+----------------
+Update version number stuff, and hack it into the money display.
+
+----------------
+Remove useless executable bit that Windows adds.
+
+----------------
+Move cache, config, logs out of tree, and various related clean ups.
+
+----------------
+Move db directory out of tree.
+
+----------------
+Various database fixups.
+InnoDB -> MyISAM
+utf8
+if not exists
+white space
+
+----------------
+Dump OpenSim 0.9.0.1 into it's own branch.
+
+----------------
+
+
+git log 81685a72b07d7615b3fe69a6927815cb07ac1e75..f7232e4210b0758cedc4d838d77ec03e60edc61d --pretty=format:"%s%n%b%n----------------" > NEWS.0.8.2.1
+
+Add a build script.
+
+----------------
+Ignore some more.
+
+----------------
+Various script fixups.
+
+----------------
+Kill it with fire!
+
+----------------
+Remove double [] from the tmux tabs.
+
+----------------
+Add ionice to gitAR.
+
+----------------
+Update URL in readme.
+
+----------------
+Stop it from not stopping.
+
+----------------
+A few more install script tweaks.
+
+----------------
+Re-arrange the install script, and build OpenSim in it.
+
+----------------
+Include some more .ini files.
+
+----------------
+Fix up the install script a bit.
+
+----------------
+Include some missing dlls that should be in the source repo.
+
+----------------
+More docs.
+
+----------------
+Fix up creating sims.
+
+----------------
+Update .gitignore.
+
+----------------
+Script to setup the monit contral files.
+
+----------------
+Script to create a sim.  I should test it.
+
+----------------
+Only move the writable directories if they haven't been moved yet.
+
+----------------
+Move the example sim to a sim skeleton, suitable for scripting.
+
+----------------
+Use IG sims instead of 'Gabba project sims.
+
+----------------
+Various little clean ups.
+
+----------------
+Add asset fixing Perl script, though likely to convert it to Lua later.
+
+----------------
+Scripts run much faster now, there might be more events flying around.
+
+----------------
+Try to avoid avatars sinking through terrain.
+
+----------------
+Twiddle avatar baking settings.
+
+----------------
+Script for migrating groups to the built in core version.
+
+----------------
+New script for backing up everything.
+
+----------------
+Comment out the crontab, we are doing this a different way.  Should probably delet this later.
+
+----------------
+Fix up startup a little.
+
+----------------
+Various little backup system fixes.
+
+----------------
+Fix "only backup people that have logged in since last time", due to OpenSim changing the way they store that.
+
+----------------
+Backup one more level.
+
+----------------
+Sleep between backups based on size of the backup file.  Poor mans "wait for it to finish" guess.
+
+----------------
+Break out common script bits into their own file.
+
+----------------
+Rejig the logging so that -
+INFO on the console, DEBUG in the log files.
+
+Greater time resolution in the log files.
+
+Trying out the built in log roller.
+
+----------------
+Don't throw exceptions on threat level checks and a few other script function errors.
+Instead, just complain quickly and return without doing the function.
+
+----------------
+Actually tell us what the problem object is with sculpties in map generation.
+
+----------------
+Reduce various console spam.
+
+----------------
+Remove zero length XML blob spam.
+
+----------------
+Alas "make IARs for those that logged on since the last time" failed, 8.2 broke it.
+Bring it back after that gets fixed.
+
+----------------
+Keep the password a secret.
+
+----------------
+Install script links properly.
+
+----------------
+Installation script.
+
+----------------
+New README and TODO I forgot to commit before.
+
+----------------
+Lots of hacking up the scripts to work with the new setup, and more.
+
+----------------
+Reduce default logging level to INFO.
+
+----------------
+A bit more sanity in the IRC bridge.
+
+----------------
+Fiddle with README files.
+
+----------------
+Add more external directories.
+
+----------------
+Fix file execute permissions, coz Windows.
+
+----------------
+Example config.ini, for the basic grid / sim configuration.
+
+----------------
+Adjust basic .ini files.  See below for details.
+Move more into defaults.
+
+Arrange them into the same sort order.
+
+Make some things more sane.
+
+Space cleanups.
+
+Misc cleanups.
+
+----------------
+XBakes directory.
+
+----------------
+Adjust OS script functions threat levels, and don't bother wasting time checking those with no threat level.
+Some went up, some went down.  Should be more sane now.
+
+----------------
+Remove silly rezzing distance limits.  They just make scripters work around them.
+
+----------------
+More caches directory fixes, including moving console history there.
+
+----------------
+Sims are 16 km high now, about the maximum before prim jitter starts getting too much.
+Impy had been modified long ago to 16 km.
+
+----------------
+More config path fixes.
+
+----------------
+Fix up maptiles location.
+
+----------------
+Sleep is for the weak.  No wonder the standard script engines are so slow.
+
+----------------
+Links to addin-db-*, coz that's a Mono thing we can't control.
+
+----------------
+Attempt to move everything writable, and the configs, out of the bin directory.
+Log configs are still in the bin directory.
+
+----------------
+Even OpenSim removed the silly IAR avatar presence check.  Purge it with fire.
+
+----------------
+Fix up lures.  Maybe.
+
+----------------
+Remove a bunch of spammy console messages.
+
+----------------
+No, we don't need to enshrine viewer bugs in the server, we need to fix the viewer, which is half done.
+Less to delete this time.
+
+----------------
+MyISAM is still much better performing for OpenSim.
+This time we got the file system asset server, even better still.  B-)
+
+----------------
+Usual IG version number in money hack.
+
+----------------
+Fix version stuffs.
+
+----------------
+Initial update to OpenSim 0.8.2.1 source code.
+
+----------------
+
+
+git log 442ebdd8dfb9d2878f86726c7e8368402b86f5cd..81685a72b07d7615b3fe69a6927815cb07ac1e75 --pretty=format:"%s%n%b%n----------------" > NEWS.0.7.5.4
+
+More changing to production grid.  Double oops.
+
+----------------
+Only recreate tables if they don't exist.
+
+----------------
+Fix local lures.
+
+----------------
+Comment out NPC spam.
+
+----------------
+Bump build number.
+
+----------------
+
+
+git log a830e09bad0e1bf5408278dde731808f883ec692..442ebdd8dfb9d2878f86726c7e8368402b86f5cd --pretty=format:"%s%n%b%n----------------" > NEWS.0.7.5.1
+
+Skeleton config directory.
+
+----------------
+Add empty cache directories.
+
+----------------
+Add grid server web scripts.
+
+----------------
+Add the SQL update scripts.
+
+----------------
+Add backups directory.
+
+----------------
+Add IG specific config.
+
+----------------
+Rejig version number.
+
+----------------
+Let's ignore hg.  B-)
+
+----------------
+Add Flotsam license.
+
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+Add profile and search modules.
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+No, we don't need to enshrine viewer bugs in the server, we need to fix the viewer, which is half done.
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+Crude hack for simplified economy.
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+MyISAM is much better performing for OpenSim.
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+Add IG version bits.
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