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Tuesday, 08 July 2008 18:36 |
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Unfortunately, a couple of bugs have arisen with the coming of LottaNZB 0.3. On the bright side: they have all been fixed in LottaNZB 0.3.1! We would really like the thank the two users (ocilent1 and Wilbert) and of course Steph for reporting the bugs we overlooked. Get LottaNZB 0.3.1 here! Changelog:- Usenet server ports are correctly saved again. (LP: #245787)
- Fixed support for Usenet servers that don't require a username and a password. (LP: #205326)
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 08 July 2008 19:58 )
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Tuesday, 01 July 2008 00:00 |
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It's here! We know it has been a while since the last stable release, but finally we can launch LottaNZB 0.3! As you can see below, the changelog is quite large and this indeed means that we have some neat new features, but a lot of bugs got fixed as well! Enjoy! You can download LottaNZB 0.3 HERE! Learn how to upgrade to LottaNZB 0.3.x, in case you've been using a previous version of the source package.Changelog:
- A brand-new usage mode selection window, which replaces the first-run wizard and the front-end mode preferences window. The new underlying code is much better at handling problems such as connection issues and configuration errors. You can now switch between different usage modes on the fly.
- Newzbin.com support! Downloads can be added to the download queue by simply entering the corresponding Newzbin.com file ID.
- New message log window. You can monitor both the messages from LottaNZB and HellaNZB, save them to a file or filter them as you'd like to. This is a convenient way to provide error messages if you encounter a bug.
- A new application icon, which more or less follows the Tango icon style guidelines and thus integrates LottaNZB much better into different desktops. NZB files have their own nifty icon on GNOME desktops.
- If the Python wrapper for OpenSSL isn't available, it will prevent the user from activating SSL in the server dialog and display an information dialog instead. (LP: #217773)
- In the front-end mode, no connection information are needed anymore. All it needs it to select the location of the HellaNZB configuration file and LottaNZB will parse it in order to know how to connect to the HellaNZB daemon and where the download directory is.
- The LottaNZB threading stuff has been rewritten so that the GUI remains responsive while HellaNZB is being started etc. This might also have fixed some weird crashes in older versions of LottaNZB.
- When saving the preferences, LottaNZB automatically restarts HellaNZB if it's required to make the changes take effect.
- If you'd like to specify a custom HellaNZB executable to be used in stand-alone mode, you can do this in the new usage mode window.
- LottaNZB ensures that only one instance is alive at any given time.
- LottaNZB now lets you enqueue NZB files and Newzbin IDs via command line: lottanzb [FILES and/or NEWZBINIDS...]
- More intelligent input controls: For example, if only numerical or ASCII characters are valid, LottaNZB will take care of it. The 'Download directory' button and the Newzbin menu entry are disabled when they're not meant to be clicked on.
- Remote frontend connection issue was fixed.
- Enhanced preferences handling: LottaNZB is very unlikely going to produce invalid HellaNZB configuration files and should be able to interpret existing files better than before. It also perserves already defined music types. (LP: #216547, 213509, #216566)
- Enhanced distribution mechanisms: Once installed, LottaNZB can be easily uninstalled using "python setup.py uninstall". And it's easier for us to generate source tarballs, create Debian and RPM packages etc.
- LottaNZB is registered as an application to handle NZB files, so that a simple click on a NZB file is required to enqueue it in LottaNZB. This should also work when downloading such a file using a web browser.
- Debug messages aren't shown on the console by default. Instead the --debug argument can be used.
- And finally: numerous other bug fixes.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 08 July 2008 20:08 )
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Sunday, 30 March 2008 00:00 |
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Great news! LottaNZB version 0.2 has just been released. Below you can find a list of changes. For us it's great to see that people are helping us out by translating LottaNZB and by offering packages. We'd like to thank you all very much! Changelog:- New backend code, which is much more flexible than the old one, allowing us to add new features with less effort and to provide a more responsive user interface.
- The information bar both shows the total progress and the progress of the active download.
- UI improvements all-over the application: For example, buttons are disabled whenever the user is not allowed to click on it and if they have no effect.
- Python 2.4 support. Thanks to Majestic for reporting this. (Fixes #200949)
- Changing the maximum download speed instantely takes effect after hitting the save button.
- Downloads can be reordered using drag 'n drop.
- LottaNZB doesn't crash anymore if HellaNZB is shut down unexpectedly. Instead, a tiny reconnect dialog is shown. (Fixes #198055)
- Support for newsservers that don't require authentication.
- Documentation, documentation! LottaNZB now ships with detailed help information in English, French, Danish, German and Dutch. The documentation can be viewed from within LottaNZB using GNOME's help application.
- New toolbar button, which opens the download directory in the file manager.
- In the first-run assistant, a hint is displayed, which helps the user to choose a usage mode.
- Danish and Spanish translation added. Kuddos to Kim Tholstorf and Miguel Latorre García for their great contribution!
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 01 July 2008 16:22 )
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Sunday, 09 March 2008 00:00 |
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The LottaNZB development team is proud to present the first non-beta release of LottaNZB. Since there have been so many changes compared to version 0.0.2, it would be too hard to give a changelog. The entire codebase has basically been rewritten. Therefore we hereby present a list of features of LottaNZB 0.1: Features:- Run LottaNZB as a front-end for HellaNZB or as a stand-alone NZB Usenet client
- Add multiple NZB files to the download queue at once
- Support for multiple Usenet servers
- Monitor download/processing progress
- Bandwidth throttling support
- Easy-to-use configuration assistant
- Language support: English, Dutch, French and German
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 01 July 2008 16:22 )
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