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  • exec/chksetup.js

    From Rob Swindell (on Debian Linux)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Sat Jan 27 20:33:41 2024
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/00e2d7be16e4019f0d75d457
    Modified Files:
    exec/chksetup.js
    Log Message:
    An additional conference (Tech Talk) was recently added to DOVE-Net

    So increase the expected number of subs in DOVE-Net by one.
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  • From Rob Swindell (on Debian Linux)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Thu Mar 13 05:16:30 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/28aaaf3746755c08d494a4ad
    Modified Files:
    exec/chksetup.js
    Log Message:
    Perform a Synchronet version check and warn if it's not equal to the latest

    ... so yeah, most *nix sysops will get a warning about running something newer than the latest release.
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  • From Rob Swindell (on Debian Linux)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Fri Apr 11 23:17:16 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/a20ba60503f53a7175f54621
    Modified Files:
    exec/chksetup.js
    Log Message:
    Use system.check_password() to report on low-quality passwords
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  • From Rob Swindell (on Debian Linux)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Sat Dec 20 04:45:21 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/9cdfaa8efe0ed5e2c9c84005
    Modified Files:
    exec/chksetup.js
    Log Message:
    Use system.check_name() and system.check_realname()

    These are the most-correct way of check user name/alias and real name validity. ---
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  • From Rob Swindell (on Debian Linux)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Sat Jan 3 06:05:44 2026
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/a9857b2cc580b2c539ba66da
    Modified Files:
    exec/chksetup.js
    Log Message:
    Don't report issue if "Guest" has an invalid real name
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  • From Rob Swindell (on Debian Linux)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Sat Jan 31 19:30:19 2026
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/ed95082cbf39176710e6d075
    Modified Files:
    exec/chksetup.js
    Log Message:
    Work-arounds for Synchronet v3.20 compatibility

    also: add more details to http-get request failure error message
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