Van de BitTorrent-client Azureus is een bètarelease uitgekomen die voluit 2.2.0.3 beta 54 meegekregen heeft. Het programma wordt ontwikkeld in Java en draait onder andere op Linux, MacOS X en Windows. Azureus heeft features zoals het geven van prioriteiten over bepaalde torrents of zelfs over afzonderlijke bestanden in een torrent, en het heeft een ingebouwde tracker zodat zelf bestanden delen ook tot de mogelijkheden behoort. Daarnaast kunnen er door middel van plugins de mogelijkheden nog verder worden uitgebreid. Om deze CVS-snapshot te kunnen gebruiken zal dit jar-bestand moeten worden gedownload. Deze moet dan worden hernoemt naar Azureus2.jar en over het reeds bestaande bestand in de folder waar Azureus geïnstalleerd is heen gekopieerd worden. Het changelog van deze release ziet er als volgt uit:
FEATURE:CHANGE:
- Core | Client support for the 'trackerid' announce extension [Nolar]
- Core | Client support for the 'min interval' announce extension [Nolar]
- UI | Option to disable small fonts under OSX [Nolar]
- Core | Added options to disable scrape entirely or just for non-running torrents [Parg]
- UI | Console support for aliases [Fatal]
- Plug | Added local host configuration setting for statusmailer [Parg]
- Plug | Reworked CSS for tracker web pages to create old and new styles [Gouss]
- Plug | RSS Feed added to tracker web pages [Parg]
- Plug | Tracker stats added to tracker web pages [Parg]
- Core | RSS Feed parse APIs added to plugin interface [Parg]
- Core | Non-blocking sockets based TCP tracker implementation [Parg]
- UI | Torrent export option added to SWT UI [Parg]
- Core | Client identification plugin interface [Parg]
- UI | Keyboard shortcut parsing system [CrazyAlchemist]
- UI | System tray menus for setting global upload and download bandwidth limits [CrazyAlchemist]
- UI | Synthesized speech alerts for Mac OS X; Go to Azureus / Preferences to enable it [CrazyAlchemist]
- UI | New file icon for Mac OS X [CrazyAlchemist]
- Plug | Generic Messaging API: inter-client message passing [Nolar]
- Core | Separate protocol payload and overhead stats [Nolar]
- Core | Data deletion can now defer to Recycle Bin and Trash under Windows and Mac OS X, respectively [Parg, CrazyAlchemist]
BUGFIX:
- Core | Smarter re-announce interval handling, especially for lopsided swarms [Nolar]
- Core | Added many new peerid identifications [Nolar, Gouss]
- Core | First piece priority option now also prioritizes last piece of file [Nolar]
- Core | NAT check functions even when downloads have already been started [Nolar]
- UI | Reintroduced download completion alerts in Mac OS X (use System Preferences / Sound to set the alert sound of choice) [CrazyAlchemist]
- UI | For Mac OS X, contextual menu items no longer carry images for better compliance with Apple Human Interface Guidelines [CrazyAlchemist]
- Core | Update check can now check via configured proxy [Nolar]
- Core | Rewritten download code: decreased cpu usage and faster speeds in LAN network environments [Nolar]
- UI | RFE #1092614: Informational popup messages now auto-close after 5 seconds - unless the message window is closed manually, or if the mouse is over it / details view is open (the timing will be 'reset' then) [CrazyAlchemist]
- UI | Miscellaneous cosmetics updates for Mac OS X [CrazyAlchemist]
- UI | Bug #1112278: https:// URLs now autopaste in Open URL window [CrazyAlchemist]
- UI | Main menu bar should now be more streamlined in its arrangement [CrazyAlchemist]
- UI | Console view will now display information logged (for the duration of the application session) when the Console view is closed [CrazyAlchemist]
- Core | Network IP_TOS option now sets required registry setting under Win2K/XP [Parg, Nolar]
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- Core | IPFilters loaded from static config file weren't working [Parg]
- Core | Fix re-announce interval bug when zero peers in swarm [Nolar]
- UI | Corrected save dialog behaviour on Make Torrent Wizard regarding file selection [CrazyAlchemist]
- UI | Bug #953619 concerning Mac OS X: Double-clicking .torrent files now activate Azureus with the expected Finder dialogs (Dragging files to the Dock icon will continue to malfunction for the indefinite future) [CrazyAlchemist]
- UI | Bug #1120995: Improper validation could allow unreasonably low global upload cap [CrazyAlchemist]
- UI | Main window no longer tries to steal focus on opening (Mac OS X) [CrazyAlchemist]
- UI | Pop up messages no longer try to steal focus (Mac OS X) [CrazyAlchemist]
- UI | Resolved fuzzy dock icon display under Mac OS X if Column Setup is opened [CrazyAlchemist]
- UI | Upload caps for individual transfers now display more sensible values if global upload cap is set to unlimited [CrazyAlchemist]
- UI | In My Torrents, a category view will no longer prevent its corresponding table view's horizontal scrolling [CrazyAlchemist]
- UI | Download bars should no longer disappear when the main window is minimized (Mac OS X) [CrazyAlchemist]
- UI | Certain table column contents no longer 'disappear' when a row is selected (Mac OS X) [CrazyAlchemist]
- Core | Send uninterested message when complete while using do-not-download feature [Nolar]