ANN: GOZERBOT-0.8.1-BETA released

[Bart Thate]

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
bthate at gmail.com

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