nether added technic support on April 29, and technic added nether support on May 1, resulting in them both optionally depending on each other and becoming incompatible with each other.
To resolve this, technic will keep the nether support, the compressor recipe has been moved into technic (https://github.com/minetest-mods/technic/pull/644), and this commit reverts the technic-related parts of a6d1f55f, removing the technic dependency.
* respect protected areas when spawning remote portals
* Use portal_shape to determine area to check for natural/protected
* Log warning on deprecated function call
https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?t=15912
Don't place Book of Portals in dungeon chests if its contents can be written in the help modpack Encyclopedia instead, and don't add Book of Portals to dungeon chests if Nether portals are the only type of portal - A Nether mod doesn't need a Book of Portals if it's only being used to provide a Nether portal.