changelog

libbt-1.04

-- 1.04
Peer only assigns overlapping requests if fewer than 10 seeds, and even then
limits the overlapping requests to four at a time.
Bugfix for [ 1083910 ] bug in btString_cmp()
Bugfix for [ 998162 ] bug in btcheck
Bugfix for [ 1101174 ] Assertion failures in peer.c
Fixed a problem with download strategy for torrents where almost all peers
are complete.
Bugfix for 1017044: ANSI compatible code
Bugfix for 1034376: portability issue for Solaris
Bugfix for 1023172: integer format specifier used for long long type
Patch number 991427: fix header include order for compiler optimization
Tamzdrgn added experimental support for peers that participate in a cloud
without any idea what the packets are that they are sharing (hash mode).
-- 1.03
Bugfix for 977984: two errors in implementation of compact mode
Bugfix for 968288: btcheck doesn't check its command args.
Bugfix for 963996: Fix compilation bugs for gcc296
-- 1.02
Removed core dump on missing .torrent
Implemented suggested security changes from James Antill:
    Removed some unused functions
    Cleanup vsnprintf() calls 
    Changed assert()'s to DIE_UNLESS()
    Error checking malloc's
Fixed bugs with very large torrents (55G tested)
-- 1.01
Queue a larger number of requests with fast peers for better throughput
Use fixed size requests (16k)
Bug fix for snub handling & detection code
Added new option (-b) to disable snubbing altogether
Choke peer when they request an invalid block
Implemented cancels for overlapping requests
Added key= & compact= for the tracker protocol
New peers are accepted from the tracker mid transfer 
(used to only accept incoming connections post startup - this is needed for
clients behind firewalls)
-- 1.0
Multi-torrent downloads
Fixes for >2G torrents
malloc()/free() cleanup; configurable to build with dmalloc
New options:
  -q<timeout>     quit when all peers are complete
  -u		  download torrent from URL
  -s              seed mode (assume that file is ok)
  -e<multiplier>  exaggerate upload speed when talking to the tracker

-- 0.03
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