Comment 14 for bug 434979

I'm happy to see we came into the same conclusions:
There's no rush to patching the code when there might be better
alternatives; and there's nothing wrong with GPL and donation windows,
GPL is about freedom not about money. And finally, there's no need to
dis-service the users or the team, as Onkar pointed.

So I've spent the afternoon having a nice talk with Nolar and The_8472,
which came to good results -from their side, at the moment.

First, they eventually will provide the means for the user to disable
this notification window, so users that - as in your case-, are annoyed
by it's presence have the option to get rid of that.
The UI interface will provide then the functionality for those who
change their minds later.

Secondly, which was my strong point, they'll extend the timing among the
window is shown, so there will be more extensive time, so users won't
even remember the last time it appeared, in Nolar words.

So, for a workaround (bencode was another topic too) you could always
open the ~/.azureus/azureus.config file and search for the line:

> :donations.donatedi0e

and replace that by:

> :donations.donatedi1e

This should have the same effect that the patch that I posted before,
without messing with the code - there's no need to, now that upstream is
aware.

So my position here is to drop both patches and favor the workaround
until a fix is released, I hope you agree.

If there are any other questions, I'd be willing to answer.
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Best regards,
Adrian Perez <email address hidden>