CHANGELOG FOR EMULE
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- Jan 05th, 2004 -
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bluecow: Fixed several flaws in client and server overhead computation. (Note: You will see somehow increased overhead).
bluecow: Added Kademlia overhead statistics.
bluecow: Added client protocol handshake validation.
bluecow: To avoid spreading of false meta data, any (already) received meta data is dropped and locally created by examining file contents only.
bluecow: Fixed bug server connection duration statistics [Gnaddelwarz]
Unk: We delay publishing keywords to avoid spamming network with users that only stay connected for a very short time.
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- Jan 04th, 2004 -
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bluecow: Added thread safe synchronous command processing to Kad listener socket.
bluecow: Added explicit removing of file block requests for disconnected client to avoid file completion problems.
bluecow: Fixed sorting problems in shared files list control.
bluecow: Fixed very tricky bug in structured exception handling of client TCP socket.
bluecow: Already received but not processed packets are discarded after a client was disconnected.
bluecow: Fixed a potential client deletion crash bug related to IP filter.
bluecow: Added client protocol procedure state error log messages.
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- Dec 31th, 2003 -
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Unk: Changed Log messaging from Kad to Emule to a thread safe method. win98 should be able to run a little better now.. But, there seem to still be
issues.
Ornis:Sharefileslistcontrol offers rename,delete,open it's folder via contextmenu for files
(deletes to recycle bin! use preferences.ini: RemoveFilesToBin=false, to have a eternal deletion)
Unk: Until a fix is found, we only update the clients ID when adding a Kad Contact to the list. This seems to avoid the win98 freeze.
Unk: Small change in Kad search tolerance and bootstraping.
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- Dec 30th, 2003 -
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Ornis: Downloadfile-Details, Filenametab: improved listing and sorting of the available filenames
Ornis: Allocating new filesize for tempfiles not blocking anymore (threading+buffering)
Ornis: Downloadlist: Sorting of the remain column for files now in 4-way-mode, to sort by remaining size OR by remaining time
Unk: Auto Kad bootstrap if you are trying to connect and see a Kad client.
Unk: The client now detects conflicts between UDP ports to prevent the client from freezing..
Unk: Bootstrap selectable by IP:Port or by a known Kad-client (searches your known client list for a Kad client to boot from)
bluecow: Reworked part file details dialog; added showing of several accumulated values for multiple selected part files.
bluecow: Removed Permissions column from Shared Files window (don't worry, it was never used).
bluecow: Reworked all Server-, Search-. Download- and Shared Files window context menus for supporting multiple selections.
bluecow: Fixed bug with first runtime wizard and enabled startup minimized option.
bluecow: Added option to restore the last used main window dialog at startup; (specify "RestoreLastMainWndDlg=1" in preferences.ini)
bluecow: Added Ornis' 4-way sorting for shared column in shared files window.
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- Dec 28th, 2003 -
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Unk: Added a lot of exception catching to Kad and SMIRC.
Unk: Gave incoming and outgoing Kad UDP packets same priority to keep outgoing packets from backlogging.
Unk: We now keep track on how many packets are sent with Kad Node lookups.
Unk: Search Jumpstarts are now only used when the search appears to have stalled.
Unk: IRC: /hop added.
Unk: Joined channels get focus now.
Unk: Fixed several memleaks with the Kad client
Unk: Added some flags to the Node lookups for future special purposes. (Can't be used until most client upgrade)
Unk: Small change to contact tree. More nodes known so that you find your target faster.
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- Dec 22th, 2003 -
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bluecow: Fixed problem with servers with IP 255.255.255.255 which could be added to the server list.
bluecow: Resolved IPs of DynDNS servers are now verified and optionally filtered (IP-filter).
bluecow: Reduced memory usage of client instances.
Ornis: Option for automatic removal of completed downloads from list
Ornis: Create lang-folder if neccessary on language download
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- Dec 21st, 2003 -
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Unk: Fixed a bug with rechecking firewall.
Unk: You can bootstrap into kad even if your not connected.
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- Dec 18th, 2003 -
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bluecow: Improved reading of UL/DL priorities read from known.met and part.met files to avoid usage of unknown values.
bluecow: Fixed mem leak and possible stall in server UDP socket related to failed DNS queries.
Unk: Adjusted disconnect timeout for Kad.
Unk: IRC: Small tweak to add friend.
Ornis: Fix of auto resume next file of same category
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- Dec 17th, 2003 -
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bluecow: Optimized processing of keyword publish list.
bluecow: Removed multiple part file source lists for more performance.
Unk: Search requests now send up to 300 results
Unk: Keywords now publish in Clusters of 150 files making use of the keyword publish list.
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- Dec 13th, 2003 -
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bluecow: Added more memory and C++ object check code for debug builds.
bluecow: Fixed wrong usage of some internal lists [rayita]
bluecow: Improved updating of GUI for donwload queue [rayita]
bluecow: Removed automatically resuming of files with state Insufficient diskspace.
bluecow: Addeded manually resuming of files with state Insufficient diskspace.
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- Dec 10th, 2003 -
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bluecow: Improved sending of OP_CANCELTRANSFER.
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- Dec 8th, 2003 -
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bluecow: Reworked includes of entire source branch.
bluecow: Added showing of server attributes to MyInfo panel.
bluecow: Fixed very rare occuring bug with decompressing of high compressable blocks.
bluecow: Improved error handling for decompressing corrupted blocks.
bluecow: Upgraded to zlib 1.2.1
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- Nov 27th, 2003 -
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bluecow: Added Drag&Drop support for Windows Shell URLs and more IE URL formats. This means you can drag&drop eD2K-URLs which are stored as Windows Shell
URLs (like the entries in IE Favorites folder) into the eMule window. Works for eD2K-file-, server- and serverlist-links.
bluecow: Couple of code optimizations for processing the sources lists.
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- Nov 25th, 2003 -
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bluecow: Added Drag&Drop support for ANSI Text and HTML Text clipboard data formats. This means you can drag&drop eD2K-URLs from Internet Explorer Windows
into eMule window. HTML fragments means: everything which is currently selected within the HTML page and which is allowed to contain more than just
one eD2K-URL. Works for eD2K-file-, server- and serverlist-links.
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- Nov 24th, 2003 -
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bluecow: Fixed crash bug when file date of local files was out of range.
bluecow: Fixed performance issue with log files which got too large.
bluecow: Log files which are larger than 1MB are renamed to a filename with the start of the log and the current log file is restarted. Max. log file size
can be specified in preferences.ini section "eMule" keyword "MaxLogFileSize=
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- Nov 23th, 2003 -
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bluecow: Fixed context menu support in IRC and Message window.
bluecow: All listview context menus are positioned correctly when invoked with keyboard interface.
bluecow: Statistics graphs are not deleted if according property page was opened and closed without changing values.
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- Nov 22th, 2003 -
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bluecow: Added support for selectable text, copy to clipboard, save log to disk and rotating log for IRC Chat windows.
bluecow: Fixed handling of windows shutdown message (WM_QUERYENDSESSION).
bluecow: Added support for external performance logging with NT Performance Monitor compatible log files.
bluecow: Changed socket creation code for non-proxy connections to reduce system resource usage.
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- Nov 21th, 2003 -
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bluecow: Fixed performance problem with rotating log which could create very high CPU usage in some cases.
bluecow: Fixed mem leaks in UDP sockets [rayita]
bluecow: Added support for selectable text, copy to clipboard, save log to disk and rotating log for Message windows.
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- Nov 20th, 2003 -
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bluecow: Fixed window resizing problem related to customizable toolbar and system color/theme change.
bluecow: Main windows are maximized correctly (depending on toolbar style/height) at startup.
bluecow: Fixed string format buffer overflow with status command line argument [KuSh].
bluecow: Fixed several problems with skinnable icons which were not updated on the fly.
bluecow: Added background colors (skinnable) for IRC channel window and nick window.
bluecow: Removed closeable tab control for IRC windows.
bluecow: Added close command to context menus of IRC/Message windows.
bluecow: Added tripple click feature to search term edit control.
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- 7. November 2003 -
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Ornis: Abspeichern von Chats (IRC/Messages) , übers Kontextmenü (Req. Celvyn)
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- Nov 5th, 2003 -
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bluecow: Fixed rare occuring problem with staled server source request related to invalid part.met file contents.
bluecow: More safety in part.met file reading.
bluecow: Fixed problem with too frequently occuring server connection attempts with very short server lists.
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- Nov 2nd, 2003 -
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bluecow: Fixed minor issue with queued local server source requests after new server connect.
bluecow: Fixed sorting of buffered part file blocks to achive less HD stress.
bluecow: Fixed memory leaks and flushing of buffered data to HD of paused files when file was canceled.
bluecow: Files which could not be completed because of not enough free disk space can be resumed manually to try another file completion process.
bluecow: Fixed bug in check min. free disk space which could cause endless low disk space notifications.
bluecow: Improved check min. free disk space for better handling NTFS compressed/sparse files.
bluecow: Fixed a bug where an NTFS compressed file could not be created because there was not enough free disk space to hold the uncompressed file.
Unk: Several bugs noted in the forum. Tried to check most of them.
* Sources to a Paused or Stopped file will be removed once an hour to remove old sources..
* We no longer send sources to Paused or Stopped files.
* A better check of valid sources to Part files for source exchange.
* Source exchanges for complete files now sends sources with obtained parts first.
Unk: Removed some redundent For Loops to save CPU in the DownloadQueue..
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- Oct 30th, 2003 -
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bluecow: Added grouping of local server source reasks packets into one TCP frame
bluecow: Fixed bug with check diskspace
bluecow: Fixed problem with lost read-only settings in preferences.ini after version change
bluecow: Fixed server TCP overhead statistics
bluecow: Fixed HTTP download dialog string resources
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- Oct 29th, 2003 -
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Unk: Fixed a non thread safe area that moved Kad Contacts in the list.
Unk: Fixed a area that would stop Kad sources from being added.
Unk: Added zz upload throttler.
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- Oct 23th, 2003 -
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bluecow: Fixed multi threading problem with a completing file which was concurrently uploaded.
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- Oct 22th, 2003 -
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bluecow: Fixed bug in webserver which can cause memory corruption [MoNKi]
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- Oct 21th, 2003 -
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bluecow: Changed creation of Kademlia threads for proper RTL initialization.
bluecow: Fixed some glitches in shared directories control; added keyboard interface; added volume labels
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- Oct 19th, 2003 -
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bluecow: Fixed bug with friends where a client without an IP or hash could be added as a friend.
bluecow: Fixed bug with ed2k URL registry key where path contains special characters.
bluecow: Fixed system and tray context menu items for connecting/disconnect to/from both networks.
bluecow: Added new MyInfo control; shortcuts for Ctrl+C=copy selected text; Ctrl+A=select all text