Changelog 2.2.4

Version 2.2.4 - The "we didn't have a .4 version since... well... long ago" version.

2009-04-03

freddy77:

• Plugged various memory leaks.

FreeToGo:

• Add comment to desktop file to allow autostart in Gnome

gabrielix:

• Compilation fix for gcc-4.3.2.

Gaznevada:

• Compilation fix for IRIX.
• Fixed file handles on IRIX.

GonoszTopi:

• Fixed compilation of Format.cpp for some platforms.
• Fixed wxWidgets socket library initialization.
• Fixed partfile importer destroying imported data.
• Separated GUI and core code in partfile importer, thus fixing occasional crashes/hangs.
• Fixed GeoIP-enabled builds crashing on 64b boxes.
• Added another common URN ID to the Magnet link handler.
• Switch to the 'busy' cursor while bringing up the preferences window.
• Ported several Kademlia fixes and improvements from eMule0.49c:
  • Fixes on handling incoming packets with port zero.
  • The Kad UDP firewalltest now asks several clients for its external port, avoiding to get a wrong "Open" state on NATs which change the source port on each request but behave like a Full-Cone otherwise.
  • Made sure a received Kad routing answer doesn't contain more contacts than requested. [Xin Sun]
  • Kad no longer allows more than 2 IPs from the same subnet within one routing query reply (except on LANs).
  • Kad routing query contacts are checked against the routing table.
• Implemented non-interactive mode for amulecmd/amuleweb.
• Fixed detection of crypto++ library for versions >= 5.6.0.
• Fixed saving wrong window position when exiting while minimized.
• Fixed rare case when we tried to connect to a LowID client.
• MSW: detect WinSock API version needed by GeoIP.
• Fixed libbfd sometimes depends on libintl, with help from PacoBell.

iz0bbz:

• Fixed static linking with GeoIP on MinGW/MSYS.
• Fixed detecting GeoIP library when building for MinGW.
• Compilation fix with GeoIP-1.4.6.

Stu Redman:

• Fix crash on global search on Windows
• Fix splitter bar position in transfer window not restored properly
• Caught some insane upload requests
• Fixed finished files sometimes getting rehashed (thanks to Skolnick)
• Added restart warning if the ED2K network was re-enabled.
• Fixed Windows lag when opening preferences dialog
• Fixed creation of ED2K links with AICH (thanks to Archmage)
• Remote Gui shows a dialog box with a reason on connection failure
• Changed fix for wrong ordering/placing of clients in the download window so that sort order is again like in 2.2.2.

Wuischke:

• Add Asturian language
• Updated INSTALL file
• When EC authentication fails, close connection before we send the response.
• Tell the user why the EC connection failed.

Special Thanks To:

• wires for the strenuous testing on 64-bit