UnrealIRCd 4.2.4.1 and 4.x/5.x release plans

[Bram M. <sy...@un...>]

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Hi everyone,

A new 4.2.4.1 release and an update on UnrealIRCd 4.x and 5.x release plans:

*UnrealIRCd 4.2.4.1*
UnrealIRCd 4.2.4.1 (stable) is now available for download.

This fixes an issue with Debian 10 that was released this weekend.
On Debian 10 the list of permitted SSL/TLS protocols was ignored
(set::ssl::protocols).
Other than that, set::ssl::outdated-protocols and
set::ssl::outdated-ciphers are now configurable (rarely needed, though).

Needless to say, there's no reason to upgrade to 4.2.4.1 unless you are
(newly) installing on Debian 10.

*UnrealIRCd 5 and the UnrealIRCd 4 EOL date*
The development of UnrealIRCd 5 is going well. At this point it is not
public yet nor is there a (alpha) release, but the development looks
promising enough that we expect a stable UnrealIRCd 5 out by Q4 2019.
This also means we can communicate a (provisional) End Of Life date for
UnrealIRCd 4.x, which will be December 31, 2020. After that, all support
for 4.x will end, including bug fixes and security fixes.
This means all users will have 12+ months to upgrade from UnrealIRCd 4.x
to UnrealIRCd 5.x, which is the same 12 months that users had when
moving from UnrealIRCd 3.2.x to 4.x.

The following table summarizes the support periods:
https://www.unrealircd.org/docs/UnrealIRCd_releases
As you can see, UnrealIRCd 4 is now also effectively bugfix only. With
all new features being done on the 5.x branch.

More UnrealIRCd 5.x news can be expected at the end of July / early
August, 2019.

*Download*
As always, you can download UnrealIRCd from https://www.unrealircd.org/
All releases are signed with our PGP key (key id 0xA7A21B0A108FF4A9)

*Bug reports and feature enhancements
*Please report all bugs and feature suggestions at
https://bugs.unrealircd.org/
Our GitHub repository is available on
https://github.com/unrealircd/unrealircd/

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Bram Matthys
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