danne
12-20-2003, 03:14 AM
Azureus version 2.0.6.0 Changelog (2003-12-19)
Changes:
'Bind to local IP address' now binds outbound sockets as well
Status now shows when it is re-checking pieces on download completion
URL dialogs are initialized with the first valid link beginning with http:// from clipboard
Under linux, only use ~/.azureus dir if it already exists, otherwise use normal program dir for files
Auto-update: now writes a log to an 'update.log' file
Option to disconnect seeds when seeding is now checked by default
FilesView now shows files even in other states than Downloading (configurable)
Updated/additional menu buttons
Some speed optimizations with piece-picking
Generated PeerID only uses chars that don't need to be escaped, saving bandwidth for tracker communications
Can now identify BitComet, TurboBT, LibTorrent clients
Support for both SI byte units (KiB,MiB,GiB) and more well known, but incorrect KB/MB/GB units via config Interface param
locale choice can force prompt via new config param on "File" tab
Corrected bugs:
'Re-check pieces when done' now always ignores fast-resume data: Bug #825881
Fix some decoding bugs in Chinese torrent files due to missing locale encodings in dialog box
System tray icon re-shown after explorer.exe crash
Completed downloads shown in different color when Stopped
Fix possible data loss when moving complete files if not enough free space avail: Bug #855284
Fix for the incremental vs allocate choice in Config
DNS lookups are no longer cached for ever
OSX: Hang when closing: Bug #824459
New Features:
Intelligent Tracker Checking: optimizes tracker re-ask interval for quicker download speed ramp up
Azureus can now run all downloads off one shared incoming port: only need to open/forward one port in your firewall/NAT
Drag-n-Drop moving of downloads in MyTorrents; moving of downloads in MyTorrents with Ctrl + Arrow-Up/Down
Password protected access to tracker web and torrents
GUI Update interval is configurable
Images update interval is configurable
Auto sort on tables possible, interval configurable
MyTorrents view can now be customized (choice of columns and order)
Added new columns to MyTorrents : 'Share Ratio', 'Downloaded', 'Uploaded', 'Health'
Details view can now be customized (choice of columns and order)
SSL now supported for tracker web and tracker updates
Added Drag and Drop of URLs
Multi-Trackers torrents can now be created/edited
Menu option to force a re-check of downloaded data
End-Game Mode: Completes the last few pieces of a download faster
Attempts to download the very beginning of a file first - to support previewing
IPFiltering stats shown in status bar
Toolbar!
Logging of console output to disk
Option to confirm on exit
Bad Peer Detection
Inclusion of XSL stylesheed tag in stats XML file
Editing and selection of tracker announce URLs from general view
Plugin interface for tracker web serving
HTML template (http://html-tmpl-java.sourceforge.net/) support for tracker web serving from %az_home%/web folder
Opening a second torrent with same hash as existing download causes second torrent's announce urls to be merged into the first
Option to not accept multiple connections from the same IP
Option to use the IP Filter list as an 'ALLOW' list
Super-Seed Mode
Pressing a character selects the next download with a name beginning with this character in MyTorrents view
Option to move-on-complete only when data is inside the default save dir
Auto-import new .torrents from a chosen folder regularly
Create torrent allows manual piece size selection
New 'Activity' view (download and upload speed graphics)
Gzip encoding support for tracker announces
Tray icon: added Stop All Torrents
If .torrents are dropped in COPY state (with modifier key Ctrl under Windows), they will begin in STOPPED state
Ctrl + [Home/End/CursorUp/CursorDown] moves selected torrents to top/end/up/down, "Del" removes selected torrents
Ctrl + [S/R] stops/resumes(starts) selected torrents, Ctrl+Shift+S stops all torrents, Ctrl+A selects all torrents
Option to backup .torrent files
Option to play a sound on download finish
Download Basket: TrayWindow always visible for Drag-n-Drop of .torrents
Clickable Tracker URL in Details/General copies the announce URL into clipboard
Tab hot keys: F6 selects next Tab, Shift+F6 selects previous Tab, ESC or CTRL+F4 closes current Tab
Extended Plugin interface
Changes:
'Bind to local IP address' now binds outbound sockets as well
Status now shows when it is re-checking pieces on download completion
URL dialogs are initialized with the first valid link beginning with http:// from clipboard
Under linux, only use ~/.azureus dir if it already exists, otherwise use normal program dir for files
Auto-update: now writes a log to an 'update.log' file
Option to disconnect seeds when seeding is now checked by default
FilesView now shows files even in other states than Downloading (configurable)
Updated/additional menu buttons
Some speed optimizations with piece-picking
Generated PeerID only uses chars that don't need to be escaped, saving bandwidth for tracker communications
Can now identify BitComet, TurboBT, LibTorrent clients
Support for both SI byte units (KiB,MiB,GiB) and more well known, but incorrect KB/MB/GB units via config Interface param
locale choice can force prompt via new config param on "File" tab
Corrected bugs:
'Re-check pieces when done' now always ignores fast-resume data: Bug #825881
Fix some decoding bugs in Chinese torrent files due to missing locale encodings in dialog box
System tray icon re-shown after explorer.exe crash
Completed downloads shown in different color when Stopped
Fix possible data loss when moving complete files if not enough free space avail: Bug #855284
Fix for the incremental vs allocate choice in Config
DNS lookups are no longer cached for ever
OSX: Hang when closing: Bug #824459
New Features:
Intelligent Tracker Checking: optimizes tracker re-ask interval for quicker download speed ramp up
Azureus can now run all downloads off one shared incoming port: only need to open/forward one port in your firewall/NAT
Drag-n-Drop moving of downloads in MyTorrents; moving of downloads in MyTorrents with Ctrl + Arrow-Up/Down
Password protected access to tracker web and torrents
GUI Update interval is configurable
Images update interval is configurable
Auto sort on tables possible, interval configurable
MyTorrents view can now be customized (choice of columns and order)
Added new columns to MyTorrents : 'Share Ratio', 'Downloaded', 'Uploaded', 'Health'
Details view can now be customized (choice of columns and order)
SSL now supported for tracker web and tracker updates
Added Drag and Drop of URLs
Multi-Trackers torrents can now be created/edited
Menu option to force a re-check of downloaded data
End-Game Mode: Completes the last few pieces of a download faster
Attempts to download the very beginning of a file first - to support previewing
IPFiltering stats shown in status bar
Toolbar!
Logging of console output to disk
Option to confirm on exit
Bad Peer Detection
Inclusion of XSL stylesheed tag in stats XML file
Editing and selection of tracker announce URLs from general view
Plugin interface for tracker web serving
HTML template (http://html-tmpl-java.sourceforge.net/) support for tracker web serving from %az_home%/web folder
Opening a second torrent with same hash as existing download causes second torrent's announce urls to be merged into the first
Option to not accept multiple connections from the same IP
Option to use the IP Filter list as an 'ALLOW' list
Super-Seed Mode
Pressing a character selects the next download with a name beginning with this character in MyTorrents view
Option to move-on-complete only when data is inside the default save dir
Auto-import new .torrents from a chosen folder regularly
Create torrent allows manual piece size selection
New 'Activity' view (download and upload speed graphics)
Gzip encoding support for tracker announces
Tray icon: added Stop All Torrents
If .torrents are dropped in COPY state (with modifier key Ctrl under Windows), they will begin in STOPPED state
Ctrl + [Home/End/CursorUp/CursorDown] moves selected torrents to top/end/up/down, "Del" removes selected torrents
Ctrl + [S/R] stops/resumes(starts) selected torrents, Ctrl+Shift+S stops all torrents, Ctrl+A selects all torrents
Option to backup .torrent files
Option to play a sound on download finish
Download Basket: TrayWindow always visible for Drag-n-Drop of .torrents
Clickable Tracker URL in Details/General copies the announce URL into clipboard
Tab hot keys: F6 selects next Tab, Shift+F6 selects previous Tab, ESC or CTRL+F4 closes current Tab
Extended Plugin interface