Shareaza 2.7.5.0

Shareaza 2.7.5.0 change log

This lists the major changes between Shareaza v2.7.4.0 (r9378 "Tagged version 2.7.4.0." on April 1, 2014) and v2.7.5.0 (r9453 "Tagged version 2.7.5.0." on July 13, 2014). There have been a total of 75 code revisions.

Note that non-informative log messages, such as "Addition to rXXXX.", "Clean-up." and similar messages have been taken out of the list and sometimes several changes on the same subject have been combined into one statement.

Network support

• (Fix) - Fixed bug with random port selection (issue #215).
• (Update) - Added forced re-connection on port number change in Settings dialog.
• (U) - Added automatic port change on TCP/UDP-port conflicts.
• (U) - Enabled UPnP for server version of Windows.
• (F) - Changed Datz's web-cache URL
• (F) - Fixed negative "Downloads.MaxFileTransfers" value (issue #135).
• (U) - Added "Foxy" to default list of blocked user agents.
• (U) - Changed default ZLib compression ration up to 9.
• (F) - Fixed bad sources - http://bit.ly/1p4qtrY
• (U) - Updated Default services list (Jul 2014).
• (F) - Fixed download renaming according to HTTP redirection.

BitTorrent

• (F) - Fixed torrent-file extra slash bug - http://bit.ly/1kSOoHM
• (New) - Implemented regular download mutation into torrent download when BTIH hash/source added to it and vice versa and added new option "BitTorrent.EnablePromote" ("true" by default).
• (F) - Fixed memory overrun in BitTorrent tracker requests.

Internal and functional changes

• (New) - Added support for .sd-files (Shareaza Download) opening (also by double click), note that .sd-file re-saved to Incomplete folder but corresponding .partial-files left in the original place. Also improved handling of existing .partial-files when Incomplete folder was moved.
• (F) - Fixed a lot of warnings.
• (F) - Fixed parsing of magnet link numbered parts.
• (U) - Added "/" to escaped chars in URI (compatibility).
• (U) - Added support for "id" attribute (help context) of "menu" tag of Shareaza skin (primarily for "ID_WEBSERVICES_LIST" menu).
• (U) - Refactored file code.
• (F) - Fixed multi-file magnet parsing (but not supported yet) - http://bit.ly/1jZGG1a
• (F) - Fixed many potential errors and warnings.
• (U) - Implemented getting of file properties from Windows via IPropertyStore interface.
• (F) - Fixed potential deadlock when pausing many download sources at once.
• (F) - Fixed 10 minutes penalty on download pausing.
• (U) - Thread code refactored: changed thread handle to thread id.
• (U) - Optimized thread checks.
• (F) - Added workaround for negative uptime in the web cache.

Plugins

• (N) - Added plugin support for Downloads window.
• (U) - Removed the Bitzi.com support, as the Bitzi service has been discontinued.
• (U) - Extended Shareaza plugin COM-interfaces.
• (U) - Updated VirusTotal Plugin for new plugin interfaces, added to Hit Monitor and Browse Host windows.
• (U) - Updated SearchExport Plugin for new plugin interfaces, added to Hit Monitor and Browse Host windows.
• (N) - Added URL Shortener Plugin for magnet links (currently using http://is.gd service only).
• (N) - Added http://tinyurl.com and http://v.gd URL shorteners.
• (N) - Added FLV-file metadata extractor.
• (U) - Optimized FLV metadata extraction.
• (U) - Removed useless (and incorrect) internal metadata extraction for BMP, GIF, PNG and JPEG files. Fixed inverted "Library.ScanProperties" option.
• (U) - Optimized GFL-based plugins.
• (F) - Fixed internal PDF metadata extractor.
• (N) - Added primitive DJVU-file metadata parser.
• (U) - Updated plugin icons.

Graphical / GUI changes

• (U) - Added flags to Profile dialog country combobox.
• (U) - Increased height of "Download File or Torrent" dialog.
• (U) - Enabled the usage of the "Shift" key to change "Copy URI" menu item to "Export URI" even when only one file selected.
• (U) - Improved "Existing File" dialog (now incremental torrents must be downloaded without any questions).
• (N) - Performance optimization: Added opened search/browse windows limits, new options "Interface.SearchWindowsLimit" and "Interface.BrowseWindowsLimit", 10 windows by default, also windows saving can be completely turned off by setting this options to "0".
• (U) - Changed "Display simple progress bar" to more useful "Open a download monitor window" option in general settings dialog.
• (F) - Fixed stuck progress bar of main window title when last download canceled.
• (N) - Added Download Monitor opening on: external link, search window download, eMule import. Fixed context menu of Download Monitor. Changed "Hide" button of Download Monitor from monitor closing to hiding to tray instead.

Library updates

• (U) - Updated GeoIP database (02 Apr 2014).
• (U) - Updated SQLite version to 3.8.4.3.
• (U) - Updated UnRAR version to 5.10.2.1194.
• (U) - Updated BitTorrent DHT library up to version 0.22.
• (U) - Updated BugTrap library up to version 1.3.3718.38316.
• (U) - Updated GeoIP database (02 Jul 2014).
• (U) - Updated SQLite version to 3.8.5.

Tools

• (N) - Added Shareaza Connection Test php-script (c) jlh, 2009.
• (U) - Updated "Shareaza Connection Test" forum and wiki URLs.

Compiling

• (U) - Dropped Visual Studio 2008 support.
• (N) - Added Visual Studio 2013 project, fixed incompatibilities.
• (U) - Removed Windows 2000 code (Win2k support has already been dropped some time ago.)
• (U) - Updated VS2013 projects.
• (U) - Updated VS2010 project delay loaded DLLs.
• (U) - Updated VS2013 64-bit projects.
• (U) - Disabled plugin registration during VS2010 build.
• (U) - Enabled "Edit And Continue" for VS2013 Debug Win32.
• (U) - Updated setup script for VS2013.

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