lalita is yet another IRC bot, one where new functionality is simple to create just adding easy-to-write plugins.

lalita is written with some goals in mind:

• Twisted! (we don't like threads)
• Pluggable: easy to implement new functionalities
• Have fun: yes, it's Python

All the code in lalita is licensed under GNU GPL v3. See LICENSE.txt for further info.

The project page is:

https://edge.launchpad.net/lalita

To run the bot, create a config file (you can use the sample lalita.cfg.sample) as a guideline, and run:

ircbot.py -c <configfile> <server>

There're a lot of test cases! You can try them running "nosetests" (you need to have Nose installed).

To create a plugin, check the plugins/example.py one, and use it as a start.

We don't have a mail list for the project, but you can check in #pyar on Freenode, most of developers are around there.

Enjoy it!

The --manhole[-*] options enable a manhole ssh server the provides an interactive interpreter to poke the bot instance(s).

Example:

Start the bot with "--manhole" option:

$ python ircbot.py --manhole

From another terminal, connect to the machine where the bot is running, port 2222:

$ ssh admin@localhost -p 2222
admin@localhost's password: admin

This will drop you in a python shell:

>>> bot = servers['<server name>']
# bot is a IrcBot instance
>>> bot.say('<channel>', 'something')

WARNING: this is a potential security hole if the port 2222 (or the one you configure with --manhole-port) is accesible from internet or other machines.

From the top-level directory run:

PYTHONPATH=. python lalita/ircbot.py

For example, setting logs in debug mode, pointing to the sample configuration, and choosing a server in localhost:

PYTHONPATH=. python lalita/ircbot.py -o DEBUG lalita.cfg.sample localhost

• edit setup.py and increment the version number.
• 'python setup.py sdist'
• look at the contents of the tarball created in dist/ to be sure they are ok
• step into the dist directory for the following commands

• sign the tarball by a command like:

  gpg -a --detach-sign lalita-VERSION.tar.gz this should create a file like lalita-VERSION.tar.gz.asc

• Upload the new release to launchpad with a command like:

  lp-project-upload lalita VERSION lalita-VERSION.tar.gz

• Announce the release, ping someone to build updated packages for the PPA and Ubuntu.

• "dch -e" and touch the version for lucid
• debuild -S -sa
• go to parent directory where you find the .changes
• dput ppa:laliputienses/lalita-ppa lalita_VERSION_source.changes

** repeat this procedure for every Ubuntu version you want the PPA