Software Update: aMule 2.0.2

The eDonkey network can be used to exchange files, among other things. In addition to the original client, eDonkey2000, an open source client with the catchy name eMule was also developed. The latter is only available for the Windows platform, which is why they started with LMule for the Linux platform. However, the code was not as portable as hoped, which is why they developed xMule with support for FreeBSD, Linux, MacOS X, Solaris and Windows. Due to some disagreements within the xMule development team, a number of developers have resigned and started developing aMule.

Now that we have these historical facts in our minds, we can move on to the message that version 2.0.2 was released a few days ago with the extra catchy title “[Your Ad Here]”. The developers advise everyone to update as soon as possible for improved stability. The changelog looks like this:

Version 2.0.2 – The ” [Your Ad Here] “version.

• Ported the eMule Chicane web template to aMule.
• Fixed #421: ‘In Windows XP it lets to choose Konqueror, Galeon and other Unix based browsers.’
• Fixed #406 and #380: ‘some clients get an unexpected very high priority’
• Fixed a hang-on-exit-using-100%-cpu bug
• Fixed a crash when enabling UDP after startup
• Added Version Check (you can disable it on preferences).
• Added “source comes from” (on the “Time remaining” column)
• Now you can compile aMule without gettext, using –disable-nls. Additionally, aMule no longer stops configure if there is no gettext installed.
• Fixed aMule shutting down if a source seeds file is 0-size.
• Fixed HTTP download code not returning proper error code (causing crashes).
• Fixed OS_Info packet only being sent to downloading clients.
• Fixed Solaris mount info file name.
• Fixed includes on daemon for Solaris.
• Fixed mldonkey detection. Did anyone notice mldonkey bans aMule?
• Fixed SetAllTimeTransfered parameter size (thanks eylzo)
• Fixed #430: “Sources order by priority/status”
• Fixed #442: “Sort by ‘Time Remaining’ puts files which are not transferring first”
• Fixed #453: “Add option to export links with AICH hashes”
• Fixed #458: “Wrong gauge size on shared files control “
• Ports display fix.
• A4AF swap to this fix.

Special Thanks To:

• Contributors:
  • eylzo
• Bug reporters:
  • ateo
  • BeFalou
  • MrFaber
  • xushi
• All the usual people.
  You don’t know who they are? Just check previous changelogs 😛