Lucid's Transmission beta is outdated -- latest version is 1.80 beta 3

Bug #502197 reported by Dylan Taylor
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #496503: Update transmission to 1.80b5. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: transmission

The current version of Transmission found in Lucid Lynx is 1.80 beta 1, however there have been 2 releases since then. The latest release is 1.80 beta 3. This is mostly a bug-fix release. Not many new features were implemented, but a few crash causing bugs were fixed. Changelog:

Transmission 1.80 beta 3 (2009/12/14)
All Platforms

    * Tracker announcement improvements
    * Encrypted handshakes to peers now use less CPU
    * Filter out spurious IP addresses obtained through LTEP
    * Fix 1.80 beta 1 bug that incorrectly displayed some scrapes as failed
    * Fix minor memory leaks

Mac

    * Fix favicons in the tracker inspector tab
    * Fix 1.80 beta 1 potential crash when removing trackers
    * Fix 1.80 beta 1 crash when removing data files
    * Fix 1.80 beta 1 issue with revealing the window when clicking on the dock icon
    * German localization
    * Various interface tweaks

GTK+

    * Fix 1.80 beta 1 crash in the torrent properties dialog

Web Client

    * Ensure the context menu goes away when clicking on torrents
    * Fix bug where the context menu could extend past the window's right or bottom edge

Transmission 1.80 beta 2 (2009/12/10)
All Platforms

    * Fix 1.80 beta 1 tracker connection / announce bug
    * Fix 1.80 beta 1 crash "Assertion failed: (a->byteCount == b->byteCount)"
    * Fix 1.80 beta 1 crash when being controlled by transmission-remote-dotnet
    * Fix 1.80 beta 1 crash when a malformed magnet link is given to Transmission
    * Better prefetching of local data that's being uploaded to peers

Mac

    * Fix 1.80 beta 1 IPv6 port check issue on 10.6
    * Fix 1.80 beta 1 bug when pasting a URL into the torrent window
    * Updated Spanish, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese localizations

GTK+

    * Fix 1.80 beta 1 bug in "Copy Magnet Link to Clipboard" on non-GNOME desktops
    * Support org.gnome.SessionManager? interface for inhibiting hibernation
    * Minor GNOME HIG improvements

Web Client

    * Fix the turtle drop-down in IE
    * Add "Start When Added" checkbox when adding torrents
    * Add Select All / Deselect All buttons

Revision history for this message
Dylan Taylor (dylanmtaylor) wrote :

I believe that this bug should be rather high priority due to the large number of important crash fixes.

Revision history for this message
Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has already been reported, but please feel free to report any other bugs you find.

Changed in transmission (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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