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Hi all! :D
The current version of aMule in Ubuntu 8.04 is not a stable version
(2.2.0~svn20080218-0ubuntu4, it is a svn snapshot). Yet at the time was
more stable than 2.1.3 so it was included.
Now it has published the final version 2.2.2 that can be considered stable
(at least more than a snapshot svn)
The main reasons (ARE NOT ALL. I continued looking for specific errors) why I
am requesting that the upgrade program are as follows:
* High importance:
-> Version 2.2.2 has fixes to defy routing attacks
-> The extended version of the Kademlia network, Kad2, wasn't complete
in the svn ubuntu has. That was Bad (tm), to the extent of damaging the
network, especially when dealing with firewalled users, but also when
indexing files >4GB. that's serious, from the network perspective. (from
Kry, aMule dev)
-> Also the new network code reinforces the security of the network
about attacks to its nodes, and it's important not to have old clients
around. (from Kry, aMule dev)
-> In the connection process amulegui exchanges some information with
the target, including some 'protocol version'. If the client and server
don't agree on this number the connection is rejected. The number
interchanged is different in the SVN version. In the function
ExternalConn::Authenticate it states that
// For release versions, we don't want to allow connections from any
arbitrary SVN client.
It seems that a SVN version gui cannot communicate with a 'release'
version daemon. (bug #206648)
* Medium importance:
-> It solves many problems of stability of svn that caused unexpected falls.
+ https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/amule/+bug/230015/comments/3
+ Also bug #230015, bug #213586, bug #207178
+ in 2.2.2: bug #242220
* Low importance:
-> Copy ED2K link to clipboard works strange (bug #244670)
-> aMule makes bad hashlinks (ed2k://) (bug #94231)
-> amule have by default konqueror browser in ubuntu (bug #209810)
-> Shared files priority don't get updated on amulegui
-> 100% of CPU used by amuleweb
-> broken log view
-> disable upnp in preferences if library loading fails
Possible bugs to be solved:
- (bug #234422)
+ -> bug #234422, bug #214100
+ -> in 2.2.2: bug #210554
Old reasons (Not so Disabled):
* This release could be considered a bugfix release since most of the new
features of aMule 2.2.1 are already included in the latest svn. Indeed! Some
features are incomplete in the svn snapshot
* Version 2.2.1, to be an official launch, can be reported hypothetical
errors in the program. A snapshot is svn, from the standpoint of developers, a
lot of provisional code and that is no longer present at the launch stable.
* Ubuntu 8.04 is a LTS release so it will be in use at least 3 years for
desktops. I do not think it good maintain a snapshot svn for 3 years since "svn
snapshot" is not synonymous of stability.
* At least in the forum of aMule have been reported numerous problems with
the svn snapshot where developers can only advise compile a stable version or
an svn latest snapshot. The end user should avoid the process of compiling
whenever possible.
Some of these problems are in
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/amule/+bug/230015/comments/3
And these are just one example (if I am put a full list would be too
large). Such is the problem with this svn snapshot that aMule devs are
already tired of Ubuntu.
http://forum.amule.org/index.php?topic=15259.0
Discussion here: http://forum.amule.org/index.php?topic=15317.0
They blame the Ubuntu patches in wxGTK and crypto + + packages. But in
my opinion, Ubuntu users reports of bugs never stopped and was in this
svn when the devs are tired.
I do not say that 2.2.1 is a "panacea" but at least is a stable version.
I am using self since he left and it seems to be more stable than
version repositories
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[hardy] Request of update of aMule to 2.2.2 final release
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/244670
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