From 8bb57959fefa7b7a628761381d3052bedff0de76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Charles Kerr Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:11:28 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (trunk) update NEWS --- NEWS | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 18ec794fc..c6f765402 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,27 +1,26 @@ === Transmission 1.80 (2010/MM/DD) === [http://trac.transmissionbt.com/query?milestone=1.80&group=component&groupdesc=1&order=severity All tickets closed by this release] ==== All Platforms ==== - * Magnet link support - * If a torrent has multiple tracker tiers, announce to them in parallel + * Add support for magnet links + * Add support for trackerless torrents * Add optional "incomplete directory" where partial downloads are stored - * Trackerless torrent support - * Append .part to incomplete files + * Add .part to incomplete files' filenames + * Get peers from each tier in a torrent's tracker list, rather than only one + * Fix vulnerability from maliciously-crafted torrent files that could overwrite other files * Improved IPv6 support - * Faster management of very large peer lists - * IPv6 support for the DHT (dht-0.13) - * Improved DHT bootstrapping - * Improved PEX support - * Better prefetching of data - * Protect against potential data loss by maliciously-crafted torrent files - * Brand-new torrents with no downloaded data don't have to wait in the "Verify Local Data" queue + * Improved PEX sharing with other peers + * Faster management of large peer lists + * DHT improvements to bootstrapping and IPv6 + * Newly-added torrents without local data don't wait in the "Verify Local Data" queue anymore + * Add an OS hint to not cache local data during torrent verification * Encrypted handshakes to peers now use less CPU - * Fix "too many open files" issue in some environments - * Filter out spurious IP addresses obtained through LTEP - * Fix potential crash on shutdown when port forwarding is disabled - * Fix 1.7x error that could unpause or repause a torrent on startup - * Add an OS hint to not cache torrent files during torrent verification - * Various smaller bug fixes and performance tweaks - * Add first-time user prompt as per the proposed "Informed P2P User Act" + * Better filtering of malformed IP addresses + * Fix bug that gave "too many open files" error messages + * Fix bug that could crash Transmission on shutdown + * Fix bug that could unpause or repause a torrent on startup + * Slightly better IO performance by prefetching data to upload + * Other minor bug fixes and performance tweaks + * Portability fixes for embedded systems ==== Mac ==== * Redesigned trackers inspector tab with favicons and copy-paste functionality (paste lists of multiple trackers) * Message log stores all messages and does real filtering @@ -32,13 +31,13 @@ * German and Simplified Chinese localizations * Removed Turkish localization because of lack of localizer ==== GTK+ ==== - * When creating a torrent, make it easier to auto-add that new torrent - * Added support for adding torrents by URL - * Add optional "download complete" sound using the XDG sound naming spec * Support org.gnome.SessionManager interface for inhibiting hibernation + * Added support for adding torrents by URL or magnet link + * Add optional "download complete" sound using the XDG sound naming spec + * When creating a torrent, make it easier to auto-add that new torrent * New statusbar "Ratio" icon submitted by jimmac * Fix minor memory leaks - * Minor GNOME HIG improvements + * GNOME HIG improvements ==== Daemon ==== * Reload settings.json when receiving SIGHUP * When running as a daemon, send log messages to syslog @@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ * Add Select All / Deselect All buttons to the file inspector * Add version information in the preferences dialog * Ensure the context menu goes away when clicking on torrents - * Fix bug where the context menu could extend past the window's right or bottom edge + * Fix bug that obscured part of the context menu * Fix the turtle drop-down in IE === Transmission 1.77 (2010/01/04) ===