Azureus version 2.0.6.0 Changelog (2003-12-19)
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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
