NeoStats 3.0 Alpha3

NeoStats is a powerful and extendable set of *services* for IRC. By Services, we do not mean NickServ/Chanserv etc but additional services.
These additional services include things like StatServ which gives you statistics on the number of users/operators/channels/servers, and MoraleServ, which is a *fun* module, to send funny messages to users, and utility modules.
Some modules have a useful function on your network, other modules are developed for fun, and to make your IRC network more attractive to users.
Installation:
The `configure shell script attempts to guess correct values for various system-dependent variables used during compilation.
NeoStats uses those values to create a `Makefile in each directory of the package. It may also create one or more `.h files containing system-dependent definitions.
Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status that you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, a file `config.cache that saves the results of its tests to speed up
reconfiguring, and a file `config.log containing compiler output (useful mainly for debugging `configure).
If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try to figure out how `configure could check whether to do them, and mail diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README so they can be considered for the next release.
If at some point `config.cache contains results you dont want to keep, you may remove or edit it.
The file `configure.in is used to create `configure by a program called `autoconf. You only need `configure.in if you want to change it or regenerate `configure using a newer version of `autoconf.
The simplest way to compile this package is:
1. `cd to the directory containing the packages source code and type `./configure to configure the package for your system.
If youre using `csh on an old version of System V, you might need to type `sh ./configure instead to prevent `csh from trying to execute `configure itself.
Running `configure takes awhile. While running, it prints some messages telling which features it is checking for.
2. Type `make to compile the package.
3. Optionally, type `make check to run any self-tests that come with the package.
4. Type `make install to install the programs and any data files and documentation.
5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the source code directory by typing `make clean. To also remove the files that `configure created (so you can compile the package for a different kind of computer), type `make distclean.
There is also a `make maintainer-clean target, but that is intended mainly for the packages developers. If you use it, you may have to get all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came with the distribution.
Enhancements:
- Lots of bugfixes and code cleanups were done.
- Several new modules were added, including quoteserv, textserv, and limitserv.
- This version introduces the ability to write modules in Perl rather than C, as well as the ability to extend the existing modules with Perl code.
- Internally, the code was fixed up to not be as resource intensive as previous versions.
- The module API was enhanced to make it easier for module coders to take advantage of the advanced features of NeoStats.