(large commit, see bazaar log)

[Bantracker]
 * Less spaces in README.txt
 * Remove mention of table 'users' in README.txt
 * Add more detail on how to create the bans database in README.txt
 * Add note about supybot-wizard creating the initial database in README.txt
 * Don't hard-code default values in config.py:configure()
 * Tweak config.py
 * Clean up bans.cgi a bit

[Bugtracker]
 * Comment-out obsolete "bug reporting" variables in config.py
 * Update README.txt and remove "bug reporting" stuff, also remove extraneous license info
 * Comment-out obsolete "bug reporting" code
 * Don't import imaplib

[Encyclopedia]
 * Don't hard-code default values in config.py:configure()
 * Check for 'owner' capability before checking if the hostmask is ignored in plugin.py:checkIgnored()
 * Clean up README.txt

[PackageInfo]
 * Don't hard-code default values in config.py:configure()
 * Update default distributions in config.py:configure()
 * Update defaultRelease in config.py 
 * Update README.txt

* Add a few docstrings to commoncgi.py
* Update COPYING
* Update README.txt

README.txt

@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ setting up an ubottu clone for the first time.
 These plugins are designed to work with Python 2.5 and Python 2.6, they are
 untested and unsupported on Python 3.0. The recommended way to set-up these
 plugins is to first create a directory for the bot, then move this directory to
-there and rename it to "plugins". After that you should make sure you have the
-following installed on the system:
+there and rename it to "plugins". Alternatively you can create an empty plugins
+directory and create links to each separate plugin directory inside there.
+After that you should make sure you have the following installed on the system:
 
 Name            Debian/Ubuntu package       Website
 Python-apt      python-apt                  N/A Debian (and derivatives) only
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ SOAPpy          python-soappy               http://soapy.sourceforge.net/
 Launchpadlib    python-launchpadlib         https://launchpad.net/launchpadlib
 apt-file        apt-file                    N/A Debian (and derivatives) only
 
+Launchpadlib will become a required module for Bugtracker (and possibly others)
+
 Once these packages are installed, and in the bot directory containing the
 "plugins" sub-directory, run this command: "supybot-wizard".
 This wizard will guide you through the process of setting up the bot for an IRC
@@ -32,11 +35,11 @@ Bantracker      Helps to track bans/kicks/quiets/removes in channels
 Bugtracker      Show information on bugs for various bug trackers.
 Encyclopedia    A factoid encyclopaedia.
 IRCLogin        Allows password-less login from users identified to services.
-Lart            A database of "larts".
-Mess            Random mess, pulls random things from the internet.
+Lart            A database of "larts". (Unmaintained)
+Mess            Random mess, pulls random things from the internet. (Unmaintained)
 PackageInfo     Lookup information on Debian packages and file search.
-(works on Debian and derivatives only)
-Webcal          Updates a channel topic based on events in an iCal.
+(works on Debian and derivatives only, unless you take special measures)
+Webcal          Updates a channel topic based on events in an iCal. (Unmaintained)
 
 Note: Mess and Lart are largely unmaintained but are working, Webcal is
 unmaintained and mostly broken except for extremely simple iCal feeds.
@@ -44,12 +47,16 @@ unmaintained and mostly broken except for extremely simple iCal feeds.
 If you chose to enable Bantracker or Encyclopedia, initial databases will be
 created in the "data" directory. These are named "bans.db" for the Bantracker
 plugin and "ubuntu.db" for the Encyclopedia plugin. You can obtain the same
-database that ubottu uses by overwriting the "bans/ubuntu.db" file with the one
+database that ubottu uses by overwriting the "ubuntu.db" file with the one
 located at http://ubottu.com/ubuntu.db or by running the "@sync" command with
-the bot in IRC. If you enabled the PackageInfo plugin several .list files will
-be created in "data/aptdir/", these will be used with the "apt-cache" and
-"apt-file" commands to retrieve package information and find files within
-packages. When asked if you want to run the "update_apt" script you should
+the bot in IRC.
+The Bantracker database from ubottu is not available to the
+public, as it will contain logs of channels which are not publically logged.
+
+If you enabled the PackageInfo plugin several .list files will be created in
+"data/aptdir/", these will be used with the "apt-cache" and "apt-file" commands
+to retrieve package information and find files within packages.
+When asked if you want to run the "update_apt" script you should
 answer "y" to download the package information, this will take a while
 depending on the speed of your connection and proximity to the default servers.
 The same is true for the "update_apt_file" script, which will only be ran if
@@ -62,5 +69,7 @@ the user the bot is run as.
 Once you have selected the plugins you want to enable, you will be asked "Would
 you like to set the prefix char(s) for your bot?", you should answer "y" and
 set it to anything other than the prefix character for Encyclopedia and
-PacakgeInfo. If you weren't asked, it defaults to '!'. The recommended
-character is '@'.
+PacakgeInfo. If you weren't asked, it defaults to '!' for those plugins. The
+recommended character to use is '@'. Do not set the prefix chacter for commands
+and for the plugins to the same value, you will run into trouble.
+