v4.0.0

Changes between 3.2.0 and 4.0.0

Module changes

• The following modules have been moved to the willie-extras repository:
  • ai
  • bucket
  • fuckingweather
  • nws
  • roulette
  • twit
  • slap
  • oblique
• The information of the last URL seen in a channel can now be replayed with
  .title
• The YouTube module was reworked to use the YouTube JSON API
• The IP module is now independent of 3rd party services, and requires a local
  copy of the (free) GeoLite database. If such database is not installed,
  Willie will download it automatically.
• .commands now gives better output (no more truncated output due to message
  length limit)
• Added a unit conversion module
• Better handling for non-Unicode page titles in the URL titler
• Removed bing support from search
• Various minor improvements and bugfixes across all modules

Core changes

• Module discovery was reworked. Willie will now try to load additional modules
  from ~/.willie/modules by default, if installed.
• The home directory, usually ~/.willie, can now be configured by adding
  homedir under [core]
• The location of PID files can now be configured by adding pid_dir under
  [core]
• Willie can now be run as a systemd service
• Case sensitivity in nick blocking is fixed
• Better handling of ping timeouts (connection problems)
• Major code cleanup

API changes

• Improved Unicode UTF-8 support across all codepaths
• Triggers, and the appropriate attributes thereof, are now unicode objects
• Decorators were introduced for setting attributes on callables, available in
  willie.module
• The NOLIMIT return value was moved from the Willie class to
  willie.module
• Callables with the same name in different modules no longer override each
  other
• willie.channels is now properly maintained
• trigger.isvoice can now be used to determine if a user has voice privileges
• Added the max_messages parameter for willie.msg() and willie.say(). See
  documentation for details.
• Added interval callable support (see documentation for details)
• Numerous minor features, and stability and usability fixes