File Release Notes and Changelog
Notes:
The main change is the transition to using asio instead of select().
Changes:
* fixed a bug where the requested number of peers in a tracker request could
be too big.
* fixed a bug where empty files were not created in full allocation mode.
* fixed a bug in storage that would, in rare cases, fail to do a
complete check.
* exposed more settings for tweaking parameters in the piece-picker,
downloader and uploader (http_settings replaced by session_settings).
* tweaked default settings to improve high bandwidth transfers.
* improved the piece picker performance and made it possible to download
popular pieces in sequence to improve disk performance.
* added the possibility to control upload and download limits per peer.
* fixed problem with re-requesting skipped pieces when peer was sending pieces
out of fifo-order.
* added support for http seeding (the GetRight protocol)
* renamed identifiers called 'id' in the public interface to support linking
with Objective.C++
* changed the extensions protocol to use the new one, which is also
implemented by uTorrent.
* factorized the peer_connection and added web_peer_connection which is
able to download from http-sources.
* converted the network code to use asio (resulted in slight api changes
dealing with network addresses).
* made libtorrent build in vc7 (patches from Allen Zhao)
* fixed bug caused when binding outgoing connections to a non-local interface.
* add_torrent() will now throw if called while the session object is
being closed.
* added the ability to limit the number of simultaneous half-open
TCP connections. Flags in peer_info has been added.
