Download Transmission 2.83

Version 2.83 of Transmission has been released. This torrent client uses few resources, is cross-platform and open source, and has a simple and uncluttered interface. The program was developed for use with OS X, but on the download page versions for Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD and some NAS systems are also available. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

All Platforms

• Licensing change: the GNU GPLv2 code can now be used under GNU GPL v2 or v3
• Fix network hanging issues that could occur when both UTP and DHT were enabled
• Fix 2.82 file descriptor leak when importing a blocklist
• Disallow torrents that contain “/../” in the path
• Fix 2.82 bug that didn’t retain peers between sessions
• Fix potential dangling memory error in UDP tracker DNS lookups
• Remember a torrent’s “queued” state between Transmission sessions
• Updated third party libraries: DHT updated to v0.22; miniupnpc updated to v1.9
• Autoconf script fixes: better detection of ccache, minupnpc
• Fix the X-Transmission-Session-Id header to be valid with the SPDY protocol
• Fix thread safety bugs in the tr_list datatype
• When determining free disk space on NetBSD>=6, support its Quota feature
• Windows portability improvements

Mac Client

• Share option in File menu and context menu
• Show all torrents when the filter bar is hidden
• Show zero-byte files correctly
• Coalesce Multiple Speed ​​Limit Auto Enabled/Disabled? notifications
• Turkish localization
• Removed Brazilian Portuguese localization because of lack of localizer (European Portuguese localization remains)

GTK+ Client

• Fix threading issue on shutdown

Qt Client

• Fix toggle-downloading-by-pressing-spacebar in the file list
• Fix “Open URL” crash from dangling pointer
• Support launching downloaded files from inside Transmission
• On Windows, use native Windows icons
• Improved network status info and tooltip in the status bar
• Fix “Open Torrent” dialog crash in Qt 5.2

daemon

• On systemd systems, fix config reloading via ‘systemctl reload’
• Use libevent’s event loop
• Fix discrepancy in curl SSL setup between tr-daemon and tr-remote
• Fix broken OS X build

Web Client

• Support file renaming in the web client
• Fix incorrect torrent state being displayed for magnet links
• Make URLs in the torrent’s comment field clickable (and sanitize them to prevent cross-scripting)