working to a new 0.8.1 release we make a BETA available to be tested by interested users.
new features: * ssl connections are now supported * third party software included into gozerbot: o feedparser (used by RSS) .. makes atom feeds possible o simplejson (used by COLLECTIVE) o BeautifulSoup (used to parse webpages) * renewed RSS plugin * renewed collective plugin * renewed webserver plugin .. new webserver API * tcp.py notification plugin as well as a totcp.py client program if you are using one of these features please test this BETA. the BETA can be downloaded from http://gozerbot.org and problems with it can be reported on http://dev.gozerbot.org or email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] about gozerbot: Requirements * a shell * python 2.4 or higher * if you want to remotely install plugins: the gnupg module * if you want mysql support: the py-MySQLdb module * if you want jabber support: the xmpppy module Why gozerbot? * provide both IRC and Jabber support * user management by userhost .. bot will not respond if it doesn't know you (see /docs/USER/) * fleet .. use more than one bot in a program (list of bots) (see / docs/FLEET/) * use the bot through dcc chat * fetch rss feeds (see /docs/RSS/) * remember items * relaying between bots (see /docs/RELAY/) * program your own plugins (see /docs/PROGRAMPLUGIN/) * run the builtin webserver (see /docs/WEBSERVER/) * query other bots webserver via irc (see /docs/COLLECTIVE/) * serve as a udp <-> irc or jabber gateway (see /docs/UDP) * mysql and sqlite support the gozerbot development team -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list