Software update: DC++ 0.241

The open-source file-sharing program DC++, which uses the DirectConnect protocol, has arrived at version 0.241. The changelog informs us of the following changes.

• Made the XML parser a bit more robust against bad XML data (to avoid embarassing situations such as the last one…)
• Favorite users and hubs are now saved on edit instead of on exit.
• Added support for “302 file moved” for hublist downloads (thanks sedulus/sandos)
• Fixed error reporting for hublist download
• Same server but different port is now properly considered a different hub (thanks sedulus)
• Last entered parameter for user commands is now remembered (%[line:…]†
• VC6 projects files brought up to date
• Added a DLL to the installation procedure to make sure we get good debug info under older windows versions (research by todd pederzani)
• Fixed attempt to access f: I think (it seems that the debug info generator tries to access f: when dc++ crashes, because microsoft compiled their stuff from f:…untested, I don’t have any f: =)
• Update to some confirmation dialog (thanks todd pederzani)
• Partially changed back to the 0.233 code for uploads (since the new one seems to cause upload performance problems)
• The queue is now only bolded when an file is finished.
• Added away indicator in the main status bar (thanks todd pederzani)
• Added finished uploads frame (thanks todd pederzani)
• Added finished bold disable option (thanks todd pederzani)
• Minor adjustments to the sort order
• Added anti-fragmentation feature. When downloading, it creates a file of the expected target size with unspecified content. If the download fails, the file is truncated to the size DC++ thinks it has downloaded, and resume should work fine. If DC++ crashes, you’ll lose the whole downloaded part + any resumed part as well, as there’s no way to know how much valid data there is in the file. Disabled by default.
• Added a few keyboard shortcuts here and there
• Fixed bug with SFV retrying (files will now properly be retried _once_ beforer a source is discarded)
• The maximization state of the inner windows is now remebered, default to maximized first time.