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Net-BitTorrent-0.020
River stage zero No dependents
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Changes for version 0.020 - 2008-05-22

  • API changes:
    • Experimental N::B::use_unicode() has been removed as wide char filenames are now handled transparently on Win32.
    • New accessor: N::B::Session::name() - see N::B::Session docs
    • New methods for alternative event processing:
      • N::B::process_connections() - implement your own select() statement
      • N::B::process_timers() - easily keep internal timers up to date
    • Experimental kbps_up and kbps_down methods and N::B::new() parameters have been renamed properly: kBps_up, kBps_down. Bits. Bytes. It happens.
  • Issues resolved:
    • #1: Line 231 Piece.pm - Check existence of $self->session->files->[$f]->size
      • New .torrent metadata integrity checks during add_session() and piece read/write.
      • Log warning and undef returned when N::B::add_session() is handed a .torrent that does not contain files. (eh, it's a start)
  • Internal changes:
    • Plenty of layout and ideology changes. None of which immediately affect usability or behavior.
    • Extended charset filenames are now handled properly on Win32.
      • Depends on properly encoded utf8 metadata (and the J-Pop fans rejoice)
    • (The piece containing) Outgoing blocks are verified for integrity before being sent to remote peers. Just in case.
  • Notes:
    • Upgrade is recommended in general.
    • Upgrade is strongly recommended for Win32 systems.
    • New sample code: scripts/web-gui.pl
      • µTorrent WebUI-like demo of alternative event processing.
    • To keep N::B from growing too messy and to make co-development attractive, I'm imposing some coding standards, defining what should be internal, and deciding how N::B should behave. Between that and the nice weather, the addition of new features (DHT, UDP trackers, etc.) will be pushed back a bit. The next few releases will probably be bugfix, API, and base protocol-behavioral changes.
    • Documentation rework in progress.
    • What's the cutoff for apologizing for things you said in high school?

Documentation

Notes
Net::BitTorrent::Todo
TODO list for Perl module Net::BitTorrent
basic.pl
Very basic BitTorrent client
webgui.pl
Very basic webgui leveraging the µTorrent WebUI project

Modules

Net::BitTorrent
BitTorrent peer-to-peer protocol class
Net::BitTorrent::Session
Class Representing a Single .torrent File
Net::BitTorrent::Session::File
BitTorrent File I/O Class
Net::BitTorrent::Session::Peer
Remote BitTorrent Peer
Net::BitTorrent::Session::Peer::Request
Incoming request
Net::BitTorrent::Session::Piece
Single piece
Net::BitTorrent::Session::Piece::Block
Outgoing request
Net::BitTorrent::Session::Tracker
Single Tier of BitTorrent Trackers
Net::BitTorrent::Util
Utility functions

Other files