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@parg parg released this 10 Jul 18:30
· 1493 commits to master since this release
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Developer Blog posts are here: https://biglybt.tumblr.com/tagged/BiglyBT2800

FEATURE: Tag   | Support Tag Constraints in Library filter expressions [Parg]
FEATURE: Core  | Add hard-link option to revert-files [Parg]
FEATURE: Core  | Support hard-link option in 'search-for-existing-files' [Parg]
FEATURE: Core  | Support NAT testing for Light Seeds [Parg]
FEATURE: Core  | Added explicit 'Allocate' option to allocate files and stop download [Parg]
FEATURE: Core  | Treat file names of form "_____padding_file_<num>_..." as pad files [Parg]
FEATURE: Core  | Added 'piece' mode to search for existing files that copies correct ones [Parg]
FEATURE: UI    | Include tracker warning messages in Sources Status column info [Parg]
FEATURE: UI    | New 'download health' item to show queued IO, unchoking and requests [Parg]
FEATURE: UI    | Draw tags in Tags column instead of plain text. [TuxPaper]
FEATURE: UI    | Option to show/hide ETA in Speed sub-tab [Parg]
FEATURE: UI    | Show torrent thumbnail in GeneralView and allow setting/clearing [Parg]
FEATURE: UI    | Show unavailable pieces in Files View piece graph as per General View [Parg]
FEATURE: UI    | Support 'and' filter logic for dl history and archive views (+refactor) [Parg]
FEATURE: UI    | Option to force non-system colors to grayscale [TuxPaper]
FEATURE: UI    | Added info about last/next scrape time to tracker status [Parg]
FEATURE: UI    | Table column foreground/background color settings [Parg]
FEATURE: UI    | Use +/- keys to change priority in Files View [Parg]
FEATURE: UI    | New 'connect health' column to show success of outgoing connections [Parg]
FEATURE: UI    | Added last-piece-number column to Files View [Parg]
FEATURE: UI    | Allow first priority share ratio to be set to 'ignore' [Parg]
FEATURE: UI    | Added copy button to About info [Parg]
FEATURE: UI    | Added 'apply to all' option to torrent export dialog [Parg]
FEATURE: UI    | Add 'rename on top level folder change' item to 'More' menu in OTO win [Parg]
FEATURE: UI    | Added filter box for all-pieces view to filter download/file name [Parg]

CHANGE: Core   | Move transition from force-download -> not-force-seeding later [Parg]
CHANGE: Core   | Increase hash scheduler limits as current not stressing cpu [Parg]
CHANGE: Core   | Update download history on download rename [Parg]
CHANGE: Core   | Disable app-nap on OSX [TuxPaper]
CHANGE: Core   | Preserve file date attributes across backup+restore [Parg]
CHANGE: Core   | Consider pending move-tasks when queueing a seeding download [Parg]
CHANGE: Core   | Replace host name resolver queue with thread pool [Parg]
CHANGE: Core   | Spread the cost of file length checks during re-checking [Parg]
CHANGE: UI     | Better positioning of fancy menu when opened via keyboard [TuxPaper]
CHANGE: UI     | Reduce log level of hash fails to info for uninteresting cases [Parg]
CHANGE: UI     | Added .ico to image types [Parg]
CHANGE: UI     | Select relevant column in column setup window [Parg]
CHANGE: UI     | Use save location for icon if download has no primary file [Parg]
CHANGE: UI     | Row colours override column colours [Parg]
CHANGE: UI     | Added unallocated status info to stopped downloads [Parg]
CHANGE: UI     | Allow resize of donation window as some people have issues with fit [Parg]
CHANGE: UI     | Show Tag move-on-complete actions in Library column when no explicit [Parg]
CHANGE: UI     | pt_BR: Brazilian Portuguese translation update [Havokdan]
CHANGE: UI     | tr_TR: Turkish translation update [BouRock,Snn1452]
CHANGE: UI     | sl_SI: Slovenian translation update [upwinxp]
CHANGE: UI     | fi_FI: Finnish translation update [olavinto]
CHANGE: UI     | ru_RU: Russian translation update [jdPhobos]

BUGFIX: Core   | Fix possible startup fail due to invalid "locale" setting [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core   | Don't make reserved slots first-priority as it borks download limits [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core   | Some trackers return empty response on 'stopped' event [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core   | Remove buddy FP flag when untracking a download [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core   | Fix fallback detection of OSX app bundle location [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core   | Fix jnilib update path [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core   | Fix local tracker up/down stats recording [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core   | Mix aggregated scrape results into constraint vars; fix peer_count [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI     | Fix table row refresh and some other gunge [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI     | Make sure 'file not found' is included in error message [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI     | Draw off-screen for better performance [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI     | Queue up row refreshes triggered by DownloadManager state change [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI     | Fix program icon sometimes being small. [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI     | FilesView name item fixes (mouse button+update on storage type change) [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI     | Fix down-arrow into filter search history [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI     | Toolbar should only act on Files or Downloads, not both; Better tooltip [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI     | Fix search constraint caching [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI     | Fix next selection on ctrl+w close in classic UI [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI     | Don't re-affirm table selection if not focused [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI     | All Trackers view doesn't implement !regex correctly [Parg]

Historical change logs can be found in prior releases.

The release installers come with the ability to migrate (copy) your Azureus/Vuze config, downloads, and plugins.