- Changed the APRS-IS config section to be named IGATE instead.
- Output now displays IGATE as the source/destination instead of APRS-IS.
- Made IGATE a reserved name in the configuration, it cannot be used for a TNC name.
- Removed a catch-everything block, the result is exceptions will now cause the application to exit.
- Fixed several bugs specific to python3, should now work under python3.
- KISS TNC connections will now automatically reconnect if disconnected.
- Colorized the output from the plugins.
- Removed packet_cache argument from plugins, it is no longer needed.
- Mechanisms added to ensure plugins can not send the same packet twice, plugins no longer need to handle this explicitly.
- Fixed a bug where packets can be digipeated multiple times.
- Reordered changelog version entries.
- Fixed several mistakes in the README.
- The configfile command line argument added.
- When no configfile argument present APEX will now search multiple default paths to find a configuration file.
- Changed LICENSE file text to include the full text of the Apache Software License version 2.
- Colorized some of the output.
- Changed the way plugins are discovered, they can now be installed anywhere.
- Fixed a bug in the APRS-IS class which threw a broken pipe error.
- Refactored several classes and renamed them: Kiss class now has two subclasses and AprsInternetServer is renamed to IGate
- Encapsulated IGate connection with a buffer that automatically reconnects when disconnected.
- Removed a few obsolete and unused util functions.
- Fix several errors thrown due to missing sections in the configuration file.
- First release on PyPI.