Contact Information:
  * Home Page:
    - https://www.ircd-hybrid.org
  * GitHub:
    - https://github.com/ircd-hybrid
  * Bug Reports:
    - bugs@ircd-hybrid.org
  * General Discussion and Support mailing list:
    - https://lists.ircd-hybrid.org/mailman/listinfo/hybrid
    - hybrid@lists.ircd-hybrid.org
  * IRC contact:
    - #ircd-coders on irc.ircd-hybrid.org

Recommended IRC services packages:
- Anope 2.0.9 and above, which can be found on https://anope.org
- HOPM (hybrid open proxy monitor), which can be found on https://ircd-hybrid.org

******************************* IMPORTANT *************************************

  ************ Note for those who don't bother reading docs ***************
  * - Reading INSTALL is now a must, as the old DPATH is now specified    *
  *   when configure is run.                                              *
  *   You now need to ./configure --prefix="/path/to/install/it"          *
  * - The old config format WILL NOT WORK. Please see doc/reference.conf !*
  * - The old kline, dline, xline format WILL NOT WORK.                   *
  *************************************************************************

  ALSO, IF YOU ARE UPGRADING YOUR CURRENT SOURCE TREE, AND YOU TRY TO BUILD
  IN IT WITHOUT PERFORMING AT LEAST 'make clean', THINGS _WILL_ BREAK. IT IS
  RECOMMENDED THAT YOU RUN 'make distclean' AND THEN RERUN './configure'!

******************************* REQUIREMENTS **********************************

Necessary Requirements:
- A supported platform (look below)
- A working dynamic load library

Feature Specific Requirements:
- For TLS server links, as well as TLS client connections, a working TLS
  implementation such as, OpenSSL, LibreSSL, GnuTLS, or wolfSSL is required
- For encrypted operator, server and auth passwords, a working DES, MD5, or
  SHA library

*******************************************************************************

- See the INSTALL document for info on configuring and compiling ircd-hybrid.

- Please read doc/index.txt to get an overview of the current documentation.

- TESTED PLATFORMS: The code has been tested on the following platforms, and
  is known to run properly.
  CentOS 5.8, 6.7, 7.0
  Red Hat Linux 9
  Ubuntu 10.10, 12.04, 14.04, 18.04, 19.04
  FreeBSD 9.1
  OpenBSD 5.2, 5.7, 5.8
  Arch Linux 2012.12.01
  Debian GNU/Linux 7.6, 8.0, 8.5, 9.3, 9.4
  Debian GNU/Hurd 0.3
  Raspbian Jessie
  openSUSE 13.1
  Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)

- /etc/resolv.conf must exist for the resolver to work.

- Please read NEWS for information about what is in this release.

- Development process can be followed on GitHub at https://github.com/ircd-hybrid/ircd-hybrid

- Anonymous SVN access is also available:
  Latest cutting-edge: svn co svn://svn.ircd-hybrid.org/svnroot/ircd-hybrid/trunk
  Latest stable branch (8.2.x): svn co svn://svn.ircd-hybrid.org/svnroot/ircd-hybrid/branches/8.2.x

$Id: README 9679 2020-10-24 15:08:50Z michael $
