Log Message:
Updated irclib to version 8.5.4

8.5.4

    Issue #32: Add logging around large DCC messages to facilitate
    troubleshooting.
    Issue #31: Fix error in connection wrapper for SSL example.

8.5.3

    Issue #28: Fix TypeError in version calculation in irc.bot CTCP version.

8.5.2

    Updated DCC send and receive scripts (Issue #27).

8.5.1

    Fix timestamp support in schedule.DelayedCommand construction.

8.5

    irc.client.NickMask is now a Unicode object on Python 2. Fixes issue
    reported in pull request #19.
    Issue #24: Added DCCConnection.send_bytes for transmitting binary data.
    privmsg remains to support transmitting text.

8.4

    Code base now runs natively on Python 2 and Python 3, but requires six to
    be installed.
    Issue #25: Rate-limiting has been updated to be finer grained (preventing
    bursts exceeding the limit following idle periods).

8.3.2

    Issue #22: Catch error in bot.py on NAMREPLY when nick is not in any visible
    channel.

8.3.1

    Fixed encoding errors in server on Python 3.

8.3

    Added a set_keepalive method to the ServerConnection. Sends a periodic PING
    message every indicated interval.

8.2

    Added support for throttling send_raw messages via the ServerConnection
    object. For example, on any connection object:

        connection.set_rate_limit(30)

    That would set the rate limit to 30 Hz (30 per second). Thanks to Jason \ 
Kendall for the suggestion and bug fixes.

8.1.2

    Fix typo in client.NickMask.

8.1.1

    Fix typo in bot.py.

8.1

    Issue #15: Added client support for ISUPPORT directives on server \ 
connections. Now, each ServerConnection has a features attribute which reflects \ 
the features supported by the server. See the docs for irc.features for details \ 
about the implementation.

8.0.1

    Issue #14: Fix errors when handlers of the same priority are added under \ 
Python 3. This also fixes the unintended behavior of allowing handlers of the \ 
same priority to compare as unequal.

8.0

This release brings several backward-incompatible changes to the scheduled commands.

    Refactored implementation of schedule classes. No longer do they override \ 
the datetime constructor, but now only provide suitable classmethods for \ 
construction in various forms.
    Removed backward-compatible references from irc.client.
    Remove 'arguments' parameter from scheduled commands.

Clients that reference the schedule classes from irc.client or that construct \ 
them from the basic constructor will need to update to use the new class \ 
methods:

- DelayedCommand -> DelayedCommand.after
- PeriodicCommand -> PeriodicCommand.after

Arguments may no longer be passed to the 'function' callback, but one is \ 
encouraged instead to use functools.partial to attach parameters to the \ 
callback. For example:

DelayedCommand.after(3, func, ('a', 10))

becomes:

func = functools.partial(func, 'a', 10)
DelayedCommand.after(3, func)

This mode puts less constraints on the both the handler and the caller. For \ 
example, a caller can now pass keyword arguments instead:

func = functools.partial(func, name='a', quantity=10)
DelayedCommand.after(3, func)

Readability, maintainability, and usability go up.
7.1.2

    Issue #13: TypeError on Python 3 when constructing PeriodicCommand (and thus \ 
execute_every).

7.1.1

    Fixed regression created in 7.0 where PeriodicCommandFixedDelay would only \ 
cause the first command to be scheduled, but not subsequent ones.

7.1

    Moved scheduled command classes to irc.schedule module. Kept references for \ 
backwards-compatibility.

7.0

    PeriodicCommand now raises a ValueError if it's created with a negative or \ 
zero delay (meaning all subsequent commands are immediately due). This fixes \ 
#12.

    Renamed the parameters to the IRC object. If you use a custom event loop and \ 
your code constructs the IRC object with keyword parameters, you will need to \ 
update your code to use the new names, so:

    IRC(fn_to_add_socket=adder, fn_to_remove_socket=remover, \ 
fn_to_add_timeout=timeout)

    becomes:

    IRC(on_connect=adder, on_disconnect=remover, on_schedule=timeout)

    If you don't use a custom event loop or you pass the parameters \ 
positionally, no change is necessary.

6.0.1

    Fixed some unhandled exceptions in server client connections when the client \ 
would disconnect in response to messages sent after select was called.

6.0

    Moved LineBuffer and DecodingLineBuffer from client to buffer module. \ 
Backward-compatible references have been kept for now.
    Removed daemon mode and log-to-file options for server.
    Miscellaneous bugfixes in server.

5.1.1

    Fix error in 2to3 conversion on irc/server.py (issue #11).

5.1

The IRC library is now licensed under the MIT license.

    Added irc/server.py, based on hircd by Ferry Boender.
    Added support for CAP command (pull request #10), thanks to Danneh Oaks.

5.0

Another backward-incompatible change. In irc 5.0, many of the unnecessary getter \ 
functions have been removed and replaced with simple attributes. This change \ 
addresses issue #2. In particular:

        Connection._get_socket() -> Connection.socket (including subclasses)
        Event.eventtype() -> Event.type
        Event.source() -> Event.source
        Event.target() -> Event.target
        Event.arguments() -> Event.arguments

The nm_to_* functions were removed. Instead, use the NickMask class attributes.

These deprecated function aliases were removed from irc.client:

- parse_nick_modes -> modes.parse_nick_modes
- parse_channel_modes -> modes.parse_channel_modes
- generated_events -> events.generated
- protocol_events -> events.protocol
- numeric_events -> events.numeric
- all_events -> events.all
- irc_lower -> strings.lower

Also, the parameter name when constructing an event was renamed from eventtype \ 
to simply type.
4.0

    Removed deprecated arguments to ServerConnection.connect. See notes on the \ 
3.3 release on how to use the connect_factory parameter if your application \ 
requires ssl, ipv6, or other connection customization.

3.6.1

    Filter out disconnected sockets when processing input.

3.6

    Created two new exceptions in irc.client: MessageTooLong and InvalidCharacters.
    Use explicit exceptions instead of ValueError when sending data.

3.5

    SingleServerIRCBot now accepts keyword arguments which are passed through to \ 
the ServerConnection.connect method. One can use this to use SSL for \ 
connections:

    factory = irc.connection.Factory(wrapper=ssl.wrap_socket)
    bot = irc.bot.SingleServerIRCBot(..., connect_factory = factory)