Bitlbee no longer permits auto-login with ChatZilla

[Chascon]

ChatZilla's Auto-Perform used to log me in automatically with the identify command. It no longer works and apparently because Bitlbee does not follow standard IRC protocol.

I filed a bug with ChatZilla's bugzilla and one dev had this to say, "I spoke with Rob Marshall about this one, basically Bitlbee doesnt sent a 251 message after the 005 - which is what we use to decide that autoperform is ready.".

As Bitlbee is supposed to be compliant with IRC, that's why it's IRC client agnostic, this should be changed.

The bug is reported at <​https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=443698>.

[mauritsd@…]

Could you quote the part of the RFC saying you have to send a 251 after a 005? I can't find anything about it...

Also, why doesn't Chatzilla just trigger its autoperform list on a 005?

[mauritsd@…]

Sorry, to clarify my reply: there are several documents specifying the IRC standard in detail. None of them seem to specify that you have to send a 251 (RPL_LUSERCLIENT) after a 004 (RPL_MYINFO). Also, after double-checking, a 005 (RPL_BOUNCE) is sent to indicate that a different server should be connected to, so I guess it's ChatZilla which isn't implementing the standard properly. The only thing I could find about RPL_LUSERCLIENT was this: "In processing an LUSERS message, the server sends a set of replies from RPL_LUSERCLIENT, RPL_LUSEROP, RPL_USERUNKNOWN, RPL_LUSERCHANNELS and RPL_LUSERME. When replying, a server MUST send back RPL_LUSERCLIENT and RPL_LUSERME. The other replies are only sent back if a non-zero count is found for them."

[wilmer]

Actually these days all IRC implementations use 005 to announce/detect features supported by the IRCd. It's a somewhat documented new standard. Not sure if any client still interprets the old-style 005. Still, it could've been nice to use 006 or whatever was still available instead.

[wilmer]

BitlBee has nothing useful to say in 251 responses, so I don't see why it should be sent. I don't want to have to deal with all the 392175827 different ways in which various IRC clients decide to trigger their auto-identification.

Also, you can auto-identify by sending your identify password using the IRC PASS command (at connect time).