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AZUREUS CHANGELOG --------- 2004.12.18 | Azureus 2.2.0.2 FEATURE: Core | Manual peer upload blocking (when seeding) and kick-banning [Nolar] FEATURE: Core | Control added to not cache small files (default no cache for < 1MB) [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Ability to cancel torrent creation processes added [Parg, Gudy] FEATURE: Core | Ability to cancel sharing process added [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Ability to pass multiple torrents to Azureus.exe [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Added configuration items for tracker processing limits [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Option to open torrent for seeding in create-torrent Wizard [Parg,Gudy] FEATURE: Core | Auto-rescan of shared resources + addition/deletion of shares accordingly [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Persistence of download and tracker stats for shares [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Advanced network settings: MTU, SO_RCVBUF, SO_SNDBUF, IPTOS [Nolar] FEATURE: Core | Optimistic Connect: drop inactive connections in order to find better ones [Nolar] FEATURE: Core | Added ability to apply updates and shutdown Azureus instead of restarting [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Can now specify that password protected tracker web is only available via HTTPS, HTTP access -> access denied [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Can now specify comment to be added to share torrents [Parg] FEATURE: Core | resume data no longer saved to torrent files, stored in %user-dir%/active instead [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Plugin support for installing and uninstaling plugins [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Category support for shares [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Apply updates and defer applicaton to later restart/close [Parg/Gudy] FEATURE: UI | Added 'share' support to console UI [Nolar] FEATURE: UI | Option to show confirmation dialog on torrent Removal [Nolar] FEATURE: UI | Added Seed2PeerRatio item to MyTorrents view [Nolar] FEATURE: UI | Added detailed connection State to peers view [Nolar] FEATURE: UI | Added Connected Time item to peers view [Nolar] FEATURE: UI | Option to add torrent downloads silently (without activating main Azureus window) [Nolar] FEATURE: UI | Added download speed limit column to MyTorrents [Parg] FEATURE: UI | Telnet UI added [Fatal] FEATURE: UI | Auto-open stats option added [Parg] FEATURE: UI | Plugin install/uninstall wizards [Gudy] FEATURE: UI | Double click on status bar progress area to give details of update/install/uninstall progress [Parg] FEATURE: UI | SWT/Console share support for setting category [Parg] FEATURE: UI | Pick out links (anything prefixed with "http") in torrent comments in general view [Parg] FEATURE: Plug | Status mailer support for SMTP port, user + password [Parg] FEATURE: Plug | Status mailer support for plain text notifications [Parg] CHANGE: Core | Support azureus.install.path parameter, used by new linux launcher script [Nolar] CHANGE: Core | Moved config items for tracker client overrides + UDP to tracker client config [Parg] CHANGE: Core | Also do dynamic tracker re-announce interval overrides when seeding; uses peer count only [Nolar] CHANGE: Core | NAT check url changed to aelitis server [Nolar] CHANGE: Core | Reduce tracker re-announce frequency when incoming connections are accepted (unfirewalled) [Nolar] CHANGE: Core | Remove old auto-migration code [Nolar] CHANGE: Core | Update restart logic now preserves JVM max mem setting for Sun JVMs [Parg] CHANGE: Core | Cleanup and optimize choke-unchoke logic [Nolar] CHANGE: Core | Added an option to enable the prioritization of most completed Files, default is off [Gudy] CHANGE: Core | Default http tracker to disabled [Parg] CHANGE: UI | Create torrent wizard now initially defaults torrent save path from "save to" default [Parg] CHANGE: UI | Obey "start stopped" config item for dropped torrents [Parg] CHANGE: UI | Torrents no longer need to be stopped before removal is allowed [Nolar] CHANGE: UI | Graphical view item refresh optimizations [Nolar] CHANGE: UI | Change context menu selection for queue/stop/force-start/recheck to be "at least one can be..." rather than "all can be..." [Parg] CHANGE: UI | More pre-defined speed ranges for queue slot limits [Parg] CHANGE: UI | Improve wording of "delete torrent?" prompt [Parg] CHANGE: Plug | UPnP information messages now off by default [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Fix for kernel panics under MacOSX [ej32206, Nolar] BUGFIX: Core | Handle passing of torrents to already running but not fully initialised process better [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Default save dir was defaulting to ON, changed to OFF [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Tidied up UPnP error handing if action missing [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Scrape mult-tracker torrents correctly when download not running [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Upload/download/share ratio frig for newly added seeds made consistent [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Fix for stalls from system clock being set backwards in time [Nolar] BUGFIX: Core | Fixed up bad behaviour on out-of-disk-space falures [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Fixed torrents getting stuck in READY state [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Fix potential connection establishment backlog [Nolar] BUGFIX: Core | Fix potential DOS by timing out stalled connections [Nolar] BUGFIX: Core | Fix bug in re-announce interval override calculation when connection limit has been reached [Nolar] BUGFIX: Core | Fix for hangs when scraping due to slow DNS resolves [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Fix for UPnP failing if trailing spaces in 'action name' [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Fixed bug in choke/unchoke logic when number of connected peers < max upload slots [Nolar] BUGFIX: Core | Updater problems with non-ascii chars in user dir (again!) [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Created torrents had name.utf-8 tag in wrong place [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | UDP scrape responses being handled incorrectly [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Fixed the "high priority" piece-picking for files [Gudy] BUGFIX: UI | Old language files in user dir causing !missing! item texts [Nolar] BUGFIX: UI | Fix for window state not being remembered between sessions [Nolar] BUGFIX: UI | Fix for messages window being closed while animated [Gudy] BUGFIX: UI | Fix for BUG 1059432 : Download bars spawning multiple times when set to auto open [Gudy] BUGFIX: UI | Fix for BUG 1061538 : /0 error if no pieces [Parg] BUGFIX: UI | Fix create-torrent wizard to remember paths properly [Parg] BUGFIX: UI | Fixed up opening of torrent files not ending in ".tor" or ".torrent" [Parg] BUGFIX: UI | Fix Health icons sometimes not refreshing [Nolar] BUGFIX: UI | Fix bug with Azureus crashing when quitting on OSX if the Stats view has been opened [Gudy] BUGFIX: UI | Fix the fuzzy Azureus icon bug under OSX [Gudy] BUGFIX: UI | IPFilter config view slow to display when thousands of ranges are set [Gudy] BUGGIX: UI | Fixed bug with sharing window re-animating even when opened [Gudy] BUGFIX: UI | Fixed bug 1081886 : stats graphics can now be 2000 pixels wide, instead of only 1600 before [Gudy] BUGFIX: Plug | UPnP plugin support for multi-homed machines improved [Parg] 2004.10.31 | Azureus 2.2.0.0 FEATURE: Core | Disk cache [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Ability to set IP type-of-service (TOS) field for outbound data [Nolar] FEATURE: Core | Show current upload and download limits in status area [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Locale selection - options to add in all defined encodings + show lax list [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Change the incoming data port without restarting [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Display "warning message" responses in announce replies [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Added option for tracker to perform a connectability check to peers [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Have message aggregation, for bandwidth savings/efficiency [Nolar] FEATURE: Core | Torrent HTTP urls now accepted as program command line parameter [Nolar] FEATURE: Core | Option added to disable system tray [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Concurrent hashing for >1 CPU [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Added ability to not outward connect to a defined set of port numbers [Parg] FEATURE: Core | SOCKS V4, V4a and V5 (no auth/user+password methods) support for outgoing data connections [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Torrents created by Azureus now include .utf-8 fields [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Dynamic piece request queue scaling [Gudy] FEATURE: Core | Added torrent name to authentication dialog [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Per-torrent upload speed limits [Nolar,Gudy] FEATURE: Core | Ability to change the sound played on torrent completion added [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Added session uptime to stats [Nolar] FEATURE: UI | 'Download' menu added with start/stop all + pause/resume options [Parg] FEATURE: UI | Table col sort order default option added, thanks to Charnobo! [Parg] FEATURE: UI | URL Downloader window now support to set-up referrer and saves last used referrers [Parg, Gudy] FEATURE: UI | New Statistic page about the disk cache (yeah more CPU consuming graphs) [Gudy] FEATURE: UI | Down/Up speed indicators in main view are now double-clickable to open the Stats View [Gudy] FEATURE: UI | Added Path and # Remaining Pieces to Files view, Tracker Name to MyTorrents view [Nolar] FEATURE: Plug | webui support for torrent encoding choice [Parg] FEATURE: Plug | Tracker torrent stats available via xml/http interface [Parg] CHANGE: Core | Show time to re-announce/scrape in general view using hh::mm::ss [Parg] CHANGE: Core | Timeout tracker server operations [Parg] CHANGE: Core | Torrent opener will now report errors opening torrents better [Parg] CHANGE: Core | Complete core networking/messaging rewrite [Nolar] CHANGE: Core | Stop scrape on UDP V2 torrents when download running [Parg] CHANGE: Core | Refactor of DiskManager [Parg] CHANGE: Core | Protocol tweaking for significantly reduced discard rates [Nolar] CHANGE: Core | Tracker now treats port value of 0 as 'explicitly firewalled' [Parg] CHANGE: Core | Tracker client will revert to "initialised" state after explicit failure from tracker [Parg] CHANGE: Core | Locale selection changed to show more possible encodings [Parg] CHANGE: Core | XML stats - downloads ordered by downloading/index then seeding/index [Parg] CHANGE: Core | Reworked connection establishment to conform to new WinXP SP2 limits [Nolar] CHANGE: Core | When restarting torrents are checked in smallest->largest size [Parg] CHANGE: Core | Reworked the piece picking so that slow peers don't "block" pieces to be completed [Gudy] CHANGE: Core | JAR signing for webui (etc) now based on "tools.jar" from Sun JDK due to changes with their 1.5 JRE [Parg] CHANGE: Core | "Pause" command now greyed out if there is nothing to pause [Parg] CHANGE: Core | Create-torrent wizard now remembers comment data on back button + defaults for open/save dirs [Parg] CHANGE: Core | Reduced memory used of ipfilter list to help support large list sizes [Parg] CHANGE: Core | Added "*.*" to list of selectable file types in open-torrent dialogs [Parg] CHANGE: UI | Added a legend to the Pieces View [Gudy] CHANGE: UI | Pieces View now display if the blocks are in the cache or not [Gudy] CHANGE: UI | New Tools menu, Configuration --> Options, Plugins root menu, Language selection moved to config [Nolar,Gudy] CHANGE: Plug | UPnP plugin now only uses plugin interfaces [Parg] CHANGE: Plug | Differentiate UDP and TCP mappings in UPnP desc as some routers need this [Parg] CHANGE: Plug | UpdateLanguagePlugin removed, as no longer maintained [Nolar] BUGFIX: Core | Throw an error message if existing data file length is too large [Nolar] BUGFIX: Core | Fix new bug with tracker announce every 10s when no peers were connected [Nolar] BUGFIX: Core | Fix for renaming files across volumes [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Torrent auto-import now works with console UI [Nolar] BUGFIX: Core | Bug when setting upload to unlimited (forced download to unlimited too) [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Set downloaded amount correctly when opening a torrent with existing download data [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Detect changed file sizes (smaller) when resuming torrents [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Random shuffling of multi-tracker torrent URLs fixed [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Fix occasional 60sec delay on initial tracker announce [Nolar] BUGFIX: Core | Fix for reading piece data from a too-long file [Nolar/Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Stop scraping all announce URLs in a torrent when removing torrent [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | File handle closing [Parg/Nolar] BUGFIX: UI | Labels with '&' displaying incorrectly [Parg] BUGFIX: UI | Torrent Downloader Window : retry button now placed correctly [Gudy] BUGFIX: UI | Fix for clicking the plugins directory and open the folder from the Configuration>Plugins view [Gudy] BUGFIX: UI | Fix for animated message windows not being at the right place on dual monitors. [Gudy,Bluelive] BUGFIX: Plug | Netgear WGT624 was crashing when processing UPnP requests [Parg] BUGFIX: Plug | Webui 'view' mode wasn't working [Parg] BUGFIX: Plug | Webui - excessively long status text messing up table [Parg] BUGFIX: Plug | azplugins - web tracker pages wasn't picking up "show details" option [Parg] BUGFIX: Plug | webui - fixed bug with re-ordering of columns [Parg] 2004.07.08 | Azureus 2.1.0.4 FEATURE: Core | Show built-in plugins in config view [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Fallback encoding for torrents (a-zA-Z0-9 type encoding with hex chars for others) [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Numbers now localized to selected language [TuxPaper] FEATURE: Core | More "polite" hash checking...doesn't stress the cpu/system as much [Nolar] FEATURE: Core | Tracker seed retention limit added to limit tracker memory on torrents with high seed counts [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Show Bad ips/banned ips in ipfilter window + allow clear/reset [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Option to start torrents in a stopped state [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Torrent removal rules. Initially to handle unauthorised torrents + AZ update torrents [Parg] FEATURE: Dev | More features for torrent creation [Parg] FEATURE: UI | New peer columns to help track leechers [TuxPaper] FEATURE: Plug | Experimental data upload facility for tracker web pages [Parg] FEATURE: Plug | WebUI support for "host" operation [Parg] FEATURE: Plug | Run the web interface standalone (outside of a browser) [Parg] FEATURE: Plug | Option to keep hold of UPnP port mappings when closing Azureus [Parg] CHANGE: Core | More sensible merging of plugin.properties on plugin update [Parg] CHANGE: Core | Retuned tracker connect failure retry interval [Nolar] CHANGE: Core | Torrents downloaded by URL now named after torrent if not already .torrent [Parg] CHANGE: Core | Performance of ipfilter checking improved [Parg] CHANGE: Plug | Green colour used on tracker web pages now more legible [Nolar] BUGFIX: Core | 99.X% / continuous hash fails fix [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Basic plugin config model parameters not working in non-swt (e.g. console) mode [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Fix for 'completed' announce event not being sent on occasion [Nolar] BUGFIX: Core | Fix for occassional missing of resume data write -> recheck on start up [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Bad peers not being detected on hashfail if they contributed all blocks [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Better handling of "auto import" + default torrent save dir being the same [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Strip resume data on open of new torrent [Parg] BUGFIX: UI | Fix bug where failed-hashcheck pieces never reappeared in Pieces view [Nolar] BUGFIX: Plug | Web UI authentication for torrent download not working with default port URLs [Parg] 2004.06.21 | Azureus 2.1.0.2 FEATURE: Core | Health items now show if a torrent is being shared/published [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Creation of self-signed certificates for SSL (etc) via UI [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Set download speed per torrent [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Universal Plugin and Play (UPnP) support [Parg] FEATURE: Dev | ToolTip access functions for table cells [TuxPaper] FEATURE: Plug | Tracker plugin supports simple category view [Parg] FEATURE: Plug | Webui support for password protected trackers [Parg] FEATURE: Plug | Webui attempts to get access to system clipboard to fix copy/paste issues [Parg] FEATURE: Plug | Plugin interface extensions for basic plugin config [Parg] FEATURE: Plug | External authorisation framework [Parg] FEATURE: Plug | WebUI + XML/HTTP i/f now have separately configurable username/password via Plugin config (*not* plugin.properties) [Parg] FEATURE: Plug | WebUI can now use signed jars, if configured, so that clipboard access doesn't require local config [Parg] FEATURE: UI | Better scrape result reporting, including new "Next Tracker Access" column [TuxPaper] FEATURE: UI | Tooltip for Health Icon [TuxPaper] FEATURE: UI | New language: Japanese [Gouss] CHANGE: Core | Core update checker now uses aelitis.com server to grab latest version instead of SF's one [Gudy] CHANGE: Core | Default socket write buffer now a more conservative 1460 bytes for smoother uploading [Nolar] CHANGE: Core | Central control of global outgoing peer connection rates...i.e. a better SlowConnect [Nolar] CHANGE: Core | Unused potential peer connections are cached for later use [Nolar] CHANGE: Core | Tracker now doesn't return peer list on "stopped" event [Parg] CHANGE: Plug | Tracker web plugin configuration moved to plugin config from core config [Parg] CHANGE: Plug | Tracker web contexts now have the option to not apply IP Filters - this affects the web plugin and xml/http interface [Parg] CHANGE: UI | About Window is closeable by hitting the 'ESC' key [Gudy] BUGFIX: Core | Fix for Library Paths using single quotes [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Fixed shared plugin dir location on OSX [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | File Open dialogs now correctly remember their last path [Nolar] BUGFIX: Core | Plugin loader picking up .zip files instead of corresponding .jar files [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Don't delete the imported .torrent file if the import dir happens to also be the Save torrent dir [Nolar] BUGFIX: Core | Torrents leave READY state quicker after other torrents are re-queued [TuxPaper] BUGFIX: Core | Fix for Fast Resume not working when a 0-byte file exists in the torrent [Nolar] BUGIFX: Core | Fix for Fast Resume not working when Incremental File Creation is enabled [Nolar] BUGFIX: Core | Show error message if previously-allocated data cannot be found, instead of re-creating it [Nolar] BUGFIX: Core | Force a file handle recycle every 50M read so the OS cache clears (Win2k, possibly other OSes) [TuxPaper] BUGFIX: Core | Tracker stats wrong [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Not deleting backup torrents (.bak) when MyTorrent->remove + delete [Parg] BUGFIX: UI | # Column now on by default again [TuxPaper] BUGFIX: UI | Fix for Bug #966867: Context Menu not appearing after setting up columns on Linux [TuxPaper] BUGFIX: UI | IP column now sorts by hex groups [TuxPaper] BUGFIX: UI | Fix for .torrent icons with new Azureus.exe [Parg] BUGFIX: UI | Fix for text color on some Table cells not moving when row moved [TuxPaper] BUGFIX: UI | Moving torrent from Uncategorized category to new category now removes the row from the display [TuxPaper] BUGFIX: UI | Fix for empty table rows appearing in Peers Details tab and Pieces tab [TuxPaper] BUGFIX: UI | Windows : Tray Icon should come back after explorer crash (needs latest SWT build) [SWT team, Gudy] BUGFIX: UI | 192 bytes memory leak fixed on OSX [SWT Team, Gudy] 30.05.04 | Azureus 2.1.0.0 FEATURE: Core | Ability to limit global download speed [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Added ability to automatically exclude files when making torrents (e.g. .DS_Store & Thumbs.db) [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Caching of peer info to disk for quick restarts if tracker is unavailable [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Detection of plugin updates [Parg] FEATURE: Core | HTTP scrapes to same tracker combined into one request if tracker supports it [TuxPaper] FEATURE: Core | Support for scraping trackers like http://tracker.boxtorrents.com:6969/ that scrape with /scrape but don't have "announce" in announce URL [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Tracker connections proxy support (peer connections not supported yet) [Nolar] FEATURE: Core | UDP authentication protocol added [Parg] FEATURE: Core | UDP tracker version 2 support added [Parg] FEATURE: Core | Generic update mechanisms for core, updater and swt [Parg/Gudy] FEATURE: Core | Support for loading user-specific plugins from user dir and shared ones from app dir [Parg] FEATURE: Dev | Column management for any of Azureus' table views. [TuxPaper] FEATURE: Dev | Easy to use "basic plugin view": see PluginInterface::getUIManager::getBasicPluginViewModel [Parg, Gudy] FEATURE: UI | Ability to upload torrents with xml/http interface [Parg] FEATURE: UI | All columns sortable and configurable [TuxPaper] FEATURE: UI | Added "Remaining", "DLing For" (time) and "Seeding For" (time) columns to "My Torrents" [TuxPaper] FEATURE: UI | Added option to auto-update language file from web (Config -> Interface -> Language) [TuxPaper] FEATURE: UI | Added option to show transfer rates in bits/sec [Parg] FEATURE: UI | In the Details view, the peer's pieces that we already have are shown in a faded color [TuxPaper] FEATURE: UI | Linux system tray support [Gudy] FEATURE: UI | MyTracker row right-click support for copying torrent URL to clipboard [Parg] FEATURE: UI | Right-click menu sorting of columns (Sorting for OSX) [TuxPaper] FEATURE: UI | Send text in My Torrents to clipboard [TuxPaper] FEATURE: UI | When torrent data is missing, you can change directory via the context menu [TuxPaper] FEATURE: UI | OSX : About and Preferences items are listed under 'Azureus' menu [Gudy] FEATURE: UI | Added an option not to use units bigger than MB [Gudy] FEATURE: UI | Option to show peer host names instead of IP address [Parg] FEATURE: UI | Embedded tracker IP blocks shown in Blocked IPs List [Parg] FEATURE: WebUI| Web Plugin now can set upload rate [Parg] FEATURE: WebUI| Web Plugin support for uploading torrents [Parg] FEATURE: WebUI| Webui + xml/http "access" property support for IP range [Parg] FEATURE: WebUI| Webui + xml/http plugins have had basic plugin view added [Parg] CHANGE: | IRC and Tracker Web Pages moved to separate plugin [Parg] CHANGE: Core | Auto-imported .torrent files are moved (not copied) to default .torrent save dir if enabled [Nolar] CHANGE: Core | Auto-imported .torrent files are renamed *.imported if default .torrent save dir is not enabled [Nolar] CHANGE: Core | Can set per-torrent and global peer connection limits [Nolar] CHANGE: Core | Config/pref/torrent file saving uses intermediate .saving file for more reliability [Nolar] CHANGE: Core | Currently-connected peer connections are dropped when IPFilter is enabled [Nolar] CHANGE: Core | File descriptor handles increased from default of 256 to 8192 under OSX [Nolar] CHANGE: Core | Ignore Share Ratio can now be non-integer [TuxPaper] CHANGE: Core | New SHA-1 hasher: up to 25% faster [Gudy / Nolar] CHANGE: Core | Scrape interval now based on # of seeds (15min minimum) [TuxPaper] CHANGE: Core | Socket writes now done in full MSS-sized chunks [Nolar] CHANGE: Core | Upload limit can now be set less than 5KB/sec. However, doing so limits download speed too [Parg] CHANGE: Core | User config/pref/plugins dir culled from Windows' Registry (needs aereg.dll) [Parg] CHANGE: Core | OSX user- pref/plugin dir moved from ~/Library/Azureus/ to ~/Library/Application Support/Azureus/ to meet osx standards [Nolar] CHANGE: Core | Unix user- pref/plugin dir moved from ~/Azureus/ to ~/.Azureus/ to meet unix standards [Nolar] CHANGE: UI | All progress/piece bars re-done (again) [TuxPaper] CHANGE: UI | Azureus should work with SWT 2.12 until we break backwards compat. again [TuxPaper] CHANGE: UI | Shrink "My Torrents" Context menu [TuxPaper] CHANGE: UI | Systray4j removed: system tray support now from SWT built-in code (Requires SWT-M8+) [Gudy] CHANGE: UI | Torrent name shown with IPs in the blocked-IPFilter list [Nolar] CHANGE: UI | The Donation Window is now Closeable using the 'Esc' Key [Gudy] CHANGE: UI | In the Donation Window the OK button should be on top of other Controls [Gudy] CHANGE: UI | Added a "what's new" item in help menu, pointing to changelog for current version [Gudy / Gouss] BUGFIX: Core | Files incorrectly shared if contents not a torrent when opening [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | First Priority rules based on time now work across sessions [TuxPaper] BUGFIX: Core | Fix for saving of .torrent file in wrong dir: Bug #916137 [Nolar] BUGFIX: Core | Fix for some discarded data due to occasional duplicate request [Nolar] BUGFIX: Core | Fix for system clock changes stalling downloads: Bug #918193 [Nolar] BUGFIX: Core | Fix for system clock running faster when using Azureus [Nolar] BUGFIX: Core | Fix for underlying socket handles not closing under linux ("Too many open files") [Nolar] BUGFIX: Core | Individual file priorities remembered after Stop-Start [Nolar] BUGFIX: Core | Multiple shares of same resources causing problems (e.g. share contents+share contents recursive of same dir) [Parg] BUGFIX: Core | Simpler and more reliable file allocation...won't b0rk existing data [Nolar] BUGFIX: Core | Re-check on completion no longer sends Have messages [Nolar] BUGFIX: UI | Fix for the General View in a torrent details, not being layout correctly [Gudy] BUGFIX: UI | Fix for the toolbar on linux / OS X [Gudy] BUGFIX: UI | Fix for the Torrent Maker not getting the correct Tracker when choosing from the Combo on OS X [Gudy] BUGFIX: UI | Fix for the Freeze on exit under OSX [Gudy] 16.03.04 | Azureus 2.0.8.4 CHANGE: WebUI plugin included in mainline (see http://azureus.sf.net/CVS/web.interface.howto.htm) [Parg] CHANGE: Much more reliable SF mirror auto-update handling [Nolar] BUGFIX: Fix for loading .torrent files via web-browser/shell/doubleclick/etc [Nolar] 15.03.04 | Azureus 2.0.8.2 FEATURE: Show last time IPFilter list was updated in status area [Parg] FEATURE: Support for "compact" tracker announce protocol [Parg] FEATURE: Support for "key" tracker announce protocol [Parg] FEATURE: Download Speed column in "My Torrents" turns red if below speed set in Queue config. [TuxPaper] FEATURE: Webplugin swing ui has status area with total ul/dl [Parg] FEATURE: XML over HTTP remote plugin interface (initially to support GTS) - mail parg@users.sf.net for details [Parg] CHANGE: All config/pref files utilize .bak backup files [Parg] CHANGE: Option to limit outstanding disk writes and piece hash checks [Parg] CHANGE: Can delete shares in QUEUED state [Parg] BUGFIX: Fix of startup issues under Win95/98/Me [TuxPaper] BUGFIX: Locale-specific dir creation [Parg] BUGFIX: Hebrew language works now [TuxPaper] BUGFIX: Fixed long load times under Linux of Configuration view and General tab [TuxPaper] BUGFIX: Popup windows now center in main monitor on multi-monitor setups [TuxPaper] BUGFIX: Fix for Pieces and Files views off-by-one row drawing glitch under linux [TuxPaper] BUGFIX: Sort on Health and Availability now enabled [TuxPaper] BUGFIX: Various memory leaks (DiskManager instances not being freed) [Parg] 08.03.04 | Azureus 2.0.8.0 FEATURE: QUEUED status. Torrents that are queued are stopped, but available for automatic starting [TuxPaper] FEATURE: Partial support for Read-Only data (for seeding) [TuxPaper] FEATURE: Added "Forced-Start" to force a torrent to start, ignoring download limits or seeding rules [TuxPaper] FEATURE: Auto-positioning of finished torrent based on how badly the torrent needs seeding [TuxPaper] FEATURE: Added Availability, Seeding Rank, SavePath, Max # Uploads, and Total Speed columns to My Torrents view [TuxPaper] FEATURE: Categories to group your torrents in (right click on My Torrents and select Set Category to get started) [TuxPaper] FEATURE: More auto-seeding options [TuxPaper] FEATURE: Ability to limit maximum number of file handles open/in-use at any given time [Parg] FEATURE: Tracker - various performance enhancements such as announce/scrape caching. Tested to 500,000 peers on single torrent [Parg] FEATURE: Tracker activity logging to %azhome%/tracker.log [Parg] FEATURE: Tracker bytes in/out + scrapes recorded [Parg] FEATURE: Tracker - ability to limit number of peers returned [Parg] FEATURE: Share ratio now shown on tracker web pages [Parg] FEATURE: Tracker/client support for "no_peer_id" spec for bandwidth savings [Parg/Nolar] FEATURE: More plugin stuff - alert raising, ipfilter reloading, various other stuff [Parg] FEATURE: Applet UI enhanced into usable state (start/stop/add/remove downloads) + auto refresh [Parg] FEATURE: Added torrent hashes for G2 + ED2K (ala http://www.torrentaid.com/) [ Parg] FEATURE: Added colours to file view to show: grey -> requested; red -> data recently written [Parg] CHANGE: Split torrents in My Torrents view into 2 lists: Downloading and Seeding (Completed) [TuxPaper] CHANGE: STOPPED status now means the torrent never auto-starts [TuxPaper] CHANGE: Moved icon from Rank column to Name column [TuxPaper] CHANGE: Removed Lock Priority. No longer an issue since priority only gets autochanged once [TuxPaper] CHANGE: Remove "Lock Start/Stop" menu option. Stop now means no auto-starting/stopping [TuxPaper] CHANGE: Re-design of Configuration view [TuxPaper] CHANGE: Language files (MessagesBundle_xx_XX.properties) are read in the following order: Azureus user directory, Azureus application directory, JAR file [TuxPaper] CHANGE: Remember sorted column and order for all views [TuxPaper] CHANGE: Core performance optimizations and major cpu usage reductions [Nolar] CHANGE: User prompt when (1) tracker listens fails (2) incoming server port bind fails [Parg] CHANGE: Config files/dirs and plugins now stored in OS user dir (Win: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Azureus\, OSX: /Users/username/Library/Azureus/, Linux: /home/username/Azureus/) [Nolar] CHANGE: Tracker log now includes date as well as time [Parg] BUGFIX: Once a torrent is complete, and you remove the data, it wil no longer start downloading again when seeding rules are on [TuxPaper] BUGFIX: 1st column of MyTorrents no longer has a gap if there's no icon. (Windows Only Bug) [TuxPaper] BUGFIX: Fix for download stalls at 99% / 100% cpu usage bug introduced in 2070 [Parg/Gudy] BUGFIX: Fix for minimize/close causing the program to disappear from view under OSX [Nolar] BUGFIX: Fix for icon bar buttons not being flat (Bug #890166) [Gudy] BUGFIX: More reliable .config and .torrent file save/load management [Nolar] BUGFIX: Better handling of failures when performing "move on complete" [Parg] BUGFIX: Handle torrent file names with trailing spaces and CR/NL (from Mac) [Parg] 02.02.04 | Azureus 2.0.7.0 FEATURE: Under Linux + GTK, added an option to setup a vertical offset to re-align graphics [Gudy] FEATURE: SSL tracker client now gives option to import certificate rather than manually doing so via "keytool" [Parg] FEATURE: Start All Downloads option on tray icon [Nolar] FEATURE: Support for trackers that do not return peerIDs on announce [Parg] FEATURE: Sharing - allows files/dirs/dir contents (recursive) to automatically have torrents created for them and torrents hosted The shared resources will automatically have their torrents recalculated if they change (over Azureus restart) [Parg] FEATURE: Tracker allows number of peers returned to be limited [Parg] FEATURE: Experimental UDP tracker protocol (see Config->Tracker->Extensions). Azureus client/tracker supports this, as does the XBT tracker (http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbtt/) [Parg] FEATURE: Tracker support for GZIP encoding [Parg] FEATURE: Tracker support for multiple pages [IAmChrist] FEATURE: Tracker pages skinable by placing pages in %azhome%/web [Parg] FEATURE: Major extensions to plugin interfaces [Parg] FEATURE: Simple Swing based remote admin interface (over SSL+password auth) - email parg@users.sourceforge.net for details [Parg] FEATURE: Click on hash in general view to copy hash to clipboard [Parg] CHANGE: Azureus now identifies itself via User-Agent in tracker http communications [Nolar] CHANGE: Less flickering, on all platforms (tested on both windows and linux+GTK) [Gudy] CHANGE: Azureus now responds as Server: Azureus <version> in tracker http comms [Parg] CHANGE: Unwritten blocks in Pieces view shown in red [Gijs Overvliet] CHANGE: Prioritizing first piece of file(s) now optional in config [Nolar] CHANGE: Confirmation on data deletion now optional in config [Nolar] CHANGE: More intelligent announce url '&numwant=' handling [Nolar] CHANGE: On tracker announce errors, retry interval now uses exponential backoff [Nolar] CHANGE: Removed multi-port listening, as shared single port is far superior [Nolar] CHANGE: More reliable .config and .torrent file writing [Nolar] CHANGE: Tracker scraper now honors a 'flags: min_request_interval' response [TuxPaper] CHANGE: Plugins can be initialised from plugin.properties freestanding (not just in .jar file) [Parg] BUGFIX: Problem with tracker not responding with "Connection: close" causing SSL session maintainance with HttpsURLConnection to stuff up and fail clients with "recv fail" [Parg] BUGFIX: Fast resuming with Chinese directories: Bug #869749 [Parg] BUGFIX: System tray icon re-shown after explorer.exe crash (again) [Rele] BUGFIX: Fix for potential memory leaks [Nolar] BUGFIX: Fix for stalled piece writing [Gijs Overvliet] BUGFIX: Fix for .torrent file data not being fully written on shutdown [Parg] BUGFIX: Fix for OutOfMemoryError in DiskManager: Bug #865553 [TuxPaper] BUGFIX: Fix for 'Open a URL' downloading of .torrent file which contains white spaces: Bug #878990 [Parg] BUGFIX: Fix for Fast Resume with Chinese torrents: Bug #878015 [Parg] BUGFIX: Fix for excess thread creation when tracker does not support single-infohash scrapes [Nolar] BUGFIX: Fix for hash checking 0-byte files: Bug #853126 [Nolar] BUGFIX: Fix for opening files via Files tab when using MoveOnComplete: Bugs #860822, #878795 [Nolar] BUGFIX: Fix for 100% cpu usage after network disconnect/reconnect: Bugs #873957, #879498 [Nolar] BUGFIX: Fix for downloaded blocks not being written to disk, due to write-thread stall under high load [Nolar] BUGFIX: Fix for various non-unicode torrent encoding issues regarding resume data [Parg] 19.12.03 | Azureus 2.0.6.0 FEATURE: Intelligent Tracker Checking: optimizes tracker re-ask interval for quicker download speed ramp up [Nolar] FEATURE: Azureus can now run all downloads off one shared incoming port: only need to open/forward one port in your firewall/NAT [Parg] FEATURE: Drag-n-Drop moving of downloads in MyTorrents; moving of downloads in MyTorrents with Ctrl + Arrow-Up/Down [Rele] FEATURE: Password protected access to tracker web and torrents [Parg] FEATURE: GUI Update interval is configurable [Gudy] FEATURE: Images update interval is configurable [Gudy] FEATURE: Auto sort on tables possible, interval configurable [Gudy] FEATURE: MyTorrents view can now be customized (choice of columns and order) [Gudy] FEATURE: Added new columns to MyTorrents : 'Share Ratio', 'Downloaded', 'Uploaded', 'Health' [Gudy] FEATURE: Details view can now be customized (choice of columns and order) [Gudy] FEATURE: SSL now supported for tracker web and tracker updates [Parg] FEATURE: Added Drag and Drop of URLs [Rele] FEATURE: Multi-Trackers torrents can now be created/edited [Gudy] FEATURE: Menu option to force a re-check of downloaded data [Nolar] FEATURE: End-Game Mode: Completes the last few pieces of a download faster [Gudy] FEATURE: Attempts to download the very beginning of a file first - to support previewing [Nolar] FEATURE: IPFiltering stats shown in status bar [Gudy] FEATURE: Toolbar! [Gudy] FEATURE: Logging of console output to disk [Parg] FEATURE: Option to confirm on exit [Rele] FEATURE: Bad Peer Detection [Gudy] FEATURE: Inclusion of XSL stylesheed tag in stats XML file [Parg] FEATURE: Editing and selection of tracker announce URLs from general view [Gudy] FEATURE: Plugin interface for tracker web serving [Parg] FEATURE: HTML template (http://html-tmpl-java.sourceforge.net/) support for tracker web serving from %az_home%/web folder [Parg] FEATURE: Opening a second torrent with same hash as existing download causes second torrent's announce urls to be merged into the first [Parg] FEATURE: Option to not accept multiple connections from the same IP [Gudy] FEATURE: Option to use the IP Filter list as an 'ALLOW' list [Gudy] FEATURE: Super-Seed Mode [Gudy] FEATURE: Pressing a character selects the next download with a name beginning with this character in MyTorrents view [Rele] FEATURE: Option to move-on-complete only when data is inside the default save dir [Nolar] FEATURE: Auto-import new .torrents from a chosen folder regularly [Rele] FEATURE: Create torrent allows manual piece size selection [Parg] FEATURE: New 'Activity' view (download and upload speed graphics) [Gudy] FEATURE: Gzip encoding support for tracker announces [Parg] FEATURE: Tray icon: added Stop All Torrents [Rele] FEATURE: If .torrents are dropped in COPY state (with modifier key Ctrl under Windows), they will begin in STOPPED state [Rele] FEATURE: Ctrl + [Home/End/CursorUp/CursorDown] moves selected torrents to top/end/up/down, "Del" removes selected torrents [Rele] FEATURE: Ctrl + [S/R] stops/resumes(starts) selected torrents, Ctrl+Shift+S stops all torrents, Ctrl+A selects all torrents [Rele] FEATURE: Option to backup .torrent files [Rele] FEATURE: Option to play a sound on download finish [Rele] FEATURE: Download Basket: TrayWindow always visible for Drag-n-Drop of .torrents [Rele] FEATURE: Clickable Tracker URL in Details/General copies the announce URL into clipboard [Rele] FEATURE: Tab hot keys: F6 selects next Tab, Shift+F6 selects previous Tab, ESC or CTRL+F4 closes current Tab [Rele] FEATURE: Extended Plugin interface [Parg,Gudy] CHANGE: 'Bind to local IP address' now binds outbound sockets as well [Nolar] CHANGE: Status now shows when it is re-checking pieces on download completion [Nolar] CHANGE: URL dialogs are initialized with the first valid link beginning with http:// from clipboard [Rele] CHANGE: Under linux, only use ~/.azureus dir if it already exists, otherwise use normal program dir for files [Nolar] CHANGE: Auto-update: now writes a log to an 'update.log' file [Nolar] CHANGE: Option to disconnect seeds when seeding is now checked by default [Gudy] CHANGE: FilesView now shows files even in other states than Downloading (configurable) [Rele] CHANGE: Updated/additional menu buttons [Gudy] CHANGE: Some speed optimizations with piece-picking [Nolar] CHANGE: Generated PeerID only uses chars that don't need to be escaped, saving bandwidth for tracker communications [Nolar] CHANGE: Can now identify BitComet, TurboBT, LibTorrent clients [Nolar] CHANGE: Support for both SI byte units (KiB,MiB,GiB) and more well known, but incorrect KB/MB/GB units via config Interface param [Parg] CHANGE: locale choice can force prompt via new config param on "File" tab [Parg] BUGFIX: 'Re-check pieces when done' now always ignores fast-resume data: Bug #825881 [Nolar] BUGFIX: Fix some decoding bugs in Chinese torrent files due to missing locale encodings in dialog box [Akilgard] BUGFIX: System tray icon re-shown after explorer.exe crash [Rele] BUGFIX: Completed downloads shown in different color when Stopped [Nolar] BUGFIX: Fix possible data loss when moving complete files if not enough free space avail: Bug #855284 [Nolar] BUGFIX: Fix for the incremental vs allocate choice in Config [Gudy] BUGFIX: DNS lookups are no longer cached for ever [Parg] BUGFIX: OSX: Hang when closing: Bug #824459 [Nhilep] 20.11.03 | Azureus 2.0.4.2 FEATURE: Added tooltip general support [Gudy] FEATURE: Default torrent encoding selection added to Config->File [Parg] FEATURE: Public tracker support - config item allows external use of tracker [Parg] CHANGE: Full scrape of embedded tracker now supported as SN requires this for hosting [Parg] CHANGE: Better peer client identification [Nolar] CHANGE: Added AZ version + torrent size to stats [Parg] CHANGE: Added 'comment' field to torrent create [Parg] CHANGE: Moving of .torrent to completed dir now optional [Nolar] CHANGE: Additional upload speed options [Nolar] CHANGE: Cleanup of Configuration tabs [Nolar] CHANGE: Rewrite of locale selection code for torrents. Only one encoding allowed per torrent [Parg] CHANGE: File->Open... now opens to the default download/torrent dirs set in config [Parg] CHANGE: ETA/TimeRemaining now uses just two significant measures, and "kB" changed to "KB" [Nolar] BUGFIX: Torrent hosting - resetting of tracker url to original after hosting cancelled [Parg] BUGFIX: Allow for torrent files with '.tor' extention [Nolar] BUGFIX: Renamed file not reused after torrent Stop-Start: Bug #842750 [Nolar] BUGFIX: No longer deletes files if the 'completed' dir points to the download dir: Bug #842896 [Nolar] BUGFIX: Fast resume data no longer duplicated [Nolar] BUGFIX: File 'downloads.config' kept better up-to-date [Nolar] BUGFIX: % Completed is now correct again in MyTorrents view on stopped downloads [Gudy] BUGFIX: Non-UTF8 encoded 'comment' fields in torrents not showing properly [Parg] BUGFIX: Some dead-lock issues (especially on startup) [Gudy] BUGFIX: Better recovery on connection closing [Nolar] BUGFIX: Uncleaned buffers in peer handling code [Nolar] BUGFIX: Outgoing message correctness verification [Nolar] BUGFIX: Text scroll is now ok in irc view [Gudy] BUGFIX: Size is now displayed even when the torrent is stopped [Gudy] BUGFIX: Sorting by 'Discarded', 'Overall Down Speed', 'Stat Up' in Details view [Nolar] BUGFIX: Torrent 'discarded' and 'hash fails' now remembered between sessions [Nolar] BUGFIX: Corrected sorting by DownSpeed, UpSpeed, ETA in MyTorrents view [Nolar] BUXFIX: Irc input text area gets focus correctly now [Gudy] BUXFIX: On Windows bundle, systray4.dll as been updated to support chinese characters [evilcai] 13.11.03 | Azureus 2.0.4.0 FEATURE: Disable (per torrent) the auto priority setting when seeding [Gudy] FEATURE: Disable (per torrent) the rules to start / stop a seeding torrent [Gudy] FEATURE: Move files to a directory upon completion [Nolar] FEATURE: Slowly establish new connections to peers (for those with internet disconnection issues) [Nolar] FEATURE: Bind to local IP address [Nolar] FEATURE: Export/import torrent file to/from XML file [Parg] FEATURE: Export of runtime statistics to XML file [Parg] FEATURE: Hosting of torrents using built-in tracker [Parg] FEATURE: Trackers used in the 'make torrent' wizard are now remembered. FEATURE: Embedded tracker [Parg] FEATURE: Enhanced peer client identification [Nolar] FEATURE: Publishing of torrents to tracker (as opposed to hosting them) [Parg] FEATURE: Choosable color for the progress bars [Gudy] FEATURE: Plugin support [Gudy] FEATURE: Open a torrent file without using the default save location [Gudy] FEATURE: Added a FAQ and a Donate link in Help menu [Gudy] FEATURE: New languages : Brazilian-Portuguese, Czech, Lithuanian [Gouss - Translators] CHANGE: Some GUI Changes, so that SWT WinXP theme is better supported [Gudy] CHANGE: Saving of torrent files to central dir now optional [Nolar] CHANGE: Checking after crash now remembers Fast Resume data [Nolar] CHANGE: Internal refactorization of core classes [Parg] CHANGE: More logging of reasons for connection closed [Gudy] BUGFIX: Fixed snub/unsnub multiple peers on the peers list [Gudy] BUGFIX: Save file dialog now opens as a 'save' dialog, and not 'open' (for OSX) [Gudy] BUGFIX: DNS name resolution caching no longer infinite [Nolar] BUGFIX: Better recovery checking of partially-allocated files [Nolar] BUGFIX: Re-check file(s) integrity after completion [Nolar] BUGFIX: Max torrent file size was limited to 1MB - limit removed [Parg] BUGFIX: Fix for several exceptions thrown during socket reads/writes [Nolar] BUGFIX: Fix for exception thrown when peer sends an invalid bitfield [Nolar] BUGFIX: AZ was reporting cumulative upload/download stats to tracker - should be per session [Parg] BUGFIX: Fix for handling single data files larger than 2GB [Nolar] BUGFIX: Corrected socket writing [Gudy] BUGFIX: Weren't sending "complete" event to tracker on download->seeding transition [Parg] 
