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AIUB Discobot Changelog

This page contains the latest announcements and the bot development changelogs from the AIUB Discobot developer Mushfiqur Rahman Abir. This is the official changelog maintaining site for AIUB Discobot. The page will only contain updates and announcements about the discobot not about the website or any other things. The updates will be posted here as soon as they are released. The page will be updated regularly with the latest updates and announcements. So, keep an eye on this page to get the latest updates and announcements about the AIUB Discobot.

Changelog

Announces

v3.1.1

Published on: 19 May, 2024

Patch Release - Version 3.1.1

This is a bug fix release of the AIUB Discobot. The update includes bug fixes and minor improvements.

Changelog:
  • Auto Notice Bugfix:Due to version 3 structure change, a bug was introduced to the auto notice sending function for which automatic notice sending was not working. This is fixed in this update now.
  • Minor ImprovementsSome minor improvements to the bot logic has been added

v3.0.0

Published on: 22 March, 2024

Major Release - Version 3.0

Major release cycle - V3.0.0 is now live. The update includes API changes, new features, and bug fixes. Also note that this update is mostly for developers as it changes backend technologies a lot.

Changelog:
  • Welcome Message: A welcome message is now added when the bot is added to the server.
  • Documentation Enrichment: The documentation of the bot has been improved
  • Error Notifications: Email notifications are now sent for errors that occur while running the bot. So devs can now take quick actions.
  • Logging System: Database logging systems have been implemented.
  • Terminal Output Colors: Colors have been added to the terminal output.
  • Slash Command Update: The slash command system has been updated.
  • CLA Introduction: Few new CLA - Command Line Argument has been introduced.
  • Remaining Time Display: For developers, the remaining time is now shown in the terminal.
  • Notice Fetching: Notice fetching is now done using the AIUB-API. The fetching method has drastically been changed in this version so hope to get more prominent and fast notice fetches as the fetching is now done using external API.
  • Configuration System: A configuration system has been added
  • Dynamic Presence: The bot's discord presence is now dynamic so it will show updates in realtime if a server joins or leaves or not
  • Automatic Channel Creation: The bot is now able to create the aiub-notice channel automatically if not present in the server.
  • COGS Architecture: The AIUB-DISCOBOT source code now follows the COGS system
  • Strong Exception Handling: Exception handling has been improved in this version.
  • Overall Output Messages Updates: The overall messages/responses output format has been updated quite a bit in some comman ds
Special Notes:
  • The discobot notice fetching now fully depends on an external project which is AIUB-API. So in order to keep the bot working the AIUB-API projects needs to be running successfully

v2.0.0

Major Release - Version 2.0

This is a major release of AIUB Discobot. The update includes major architecture changes along with new features & bug fixes.

Changelog:
  • The long-awaited slash commands are now available. You can just issue / in messagebox and AIUB Discobot will show available commands which you can issue now.
  • Discobot framework changed to a more newer version.
  • Depreciation of the old prefix-based commands. So !COMMANDS will not work anymore from v2.
  • Addition of new AIUB SDD link to /website command.
  • Architectural changes according to the new discord.py V2 changes.
  • Reformatted some outputs of the commands.
  • Bugfix for the /help command and the help subcommands.
Known Issues:
  • The server count does not update dynamically.
  • The auto notice fetching is posting late for some unknown reason. And sometimes also misses a notice. I will try to fix this ASAP in the next release.

Also, a dedicated landing page for the bot is available now: AIUB Discobot Website.


v1.3.0

Optimization Release - Version 1.3

This is an optimization release. There have been a lot of changes behind the scenes to the bot in this release. I have tried to fix the same notice auto posting. The release is mainly for developers.

Short Notes for Users:
  • New !botversion command available (This is mainly for developers)
  • Fixes for Auto Notice Send functionality
  • More persistent bot hosting. The uptime is now almost 99%
  • Migration of the notice system
  • Updated Help menu
  • Google Search discovery has been improved

A new dedicated landing page for the bot will be published soon.


v1.2.2

Version 1.2.2 Updates

  • AIUB CS website has been added to the website command.
  • Fixed bot hosting problem. Previously, the bot was continuously going down, causing delays in auto-updates.


v1.1.0

AIUB-DISCOBOT Version 1.1.0 Update

An update to AIUB-DISCOBOT has been given & is live now. The bot is now on version 1.1.0 with some new changes. Please do invite more AIUBans to this server so that these update notices get reached to them too. I am always working on making the bot stable and more useful for you all. Thank you for your support.

Notes:
  • The help for subcommands is available now i.e !help notice, !help logo.
  • New !aboutbot command added.
  • Unknown command response message is now sent as embed messages.
  • !botservers command has been updated with a new style.
  • Added new bot versioning system.
  • The Auto Notice function and the full bot codebase have been optimized.
  • The uptime of the bot will now be increased after this update.

Discobot Now Available On Discord App Directory

Discobot is now officially listed on discord app directory

AIUB Discobot is now officially listed on the Discord app directory. The bot is now available in the Discord bot list. You can search for the bot right from the discord app and start using it. Here is the link to the bot in the discord app directory.


AIUB Discobot Officially Verified!

AIUB Discobot Is Now Officially Verified By Discord

AIUB Discobot is now officially verified by Discord. The bot is now available in the Discord bot list. The bot can now be used in more than 100 servers.

The Official Mail Snap

AIUB Discobot Verification Email Snap