[Bug 418367] Re: [FFe] Update to 1.74 and merge with Debian

[Chris Coulson]

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: transmission
  
- Transmission 1.74 was released earlier today after a beta period last
- week.  This has been timed to get in before the Aug 27 deadline for
- Karmic.
+ Transmission 1.74 is a bug-fix release, which should be ok by itself
+ without a FFe request. However, merging with Debian enables the QT
+ front-end (and puts it in to it's own package - transmission-qt). The QT
+ front-end is already shipped in the current tarball, but we just don't
+ build it.
  
- When talking to kklimonda about this before he left for vacation last
- weekend, he suggested that I open this ticket after 1.74's release to
- ensure that the Ubuntu packagers had a heads-up about it.
+ ***Upstream changes 1.73 -> 1.74***
+ 
+ All tickets closed by this release:
+ http://trac.transmissionbt.com/query?milestone=1.74&group=component&groupdesc=1&order=severity 
+ 
+ ==== All Platforms ====
+   * Better data recovery in the case of an OS or Transmission crash
+   * If a data file is moved, stop the torrent instead of redownloading it (Ubuntu bug 419304)
+   * Fix bug that didn't list some peers in the resume file and in PEX
+   * More helpful torrent error messages
+   * DHT now honors the bind-address-ipv4 configuration option
+   * Fix Debian build error with miniupnpc
+   * Fix Cygwin build error with strtold
+   * Update to a newer snapshot of miniupnpc
+ ==== GTK+ ====
+   * Fix crash that occurred when adding torrents on some desktops
+   * Synchronize the statusbar's and torrent list's speeds
+   * Fix the Properties dialog's "Origin" field for multiple torrents
+ ==== Qt ====
+   * New Russian Translation 
+   * If Transmission was minimized, clicking on it the icon tray didn't raise it
+ ==== Daemon ====
+   * Speed Limit mode support added to transmission-remote
+   * Add a "session stats" readout to transmission-remote
+ ==== Web Client ====
+   * Progress bar shows seeding progress
+   * Fix bug that displayed "%nan" when verifying a torrent
+   * "Pause All" only appeared to pause torrents with peers until refresh
+ 
+ ***Rationale***
+ Building the QT front-end means that KDE users can use transmission without having to pull in GTK. The additional risk of building the QT front end is minimal because:
+ 
+ 1) Both front-ends (GTK and QT) share a lot of common code (libtransmission) which is already used in Ubuntu, well tested and only has bug-fixes in this release.
+ 2) The regression risk is non-existant as we currently don't ship the QT front end at all, and it will be built in to it's own package and not installed by default.
+ 3) Upstream (Charles in particular) is very responsive, active here on Launchpad and fix bugs quickly, so I have every confidence that any bugs that exist in the QT front end will be rectified fairly quickly upstream.
+ 4) Debian already build the QT front end, and I can't find any bugs related to it on their tracker.
+ 
+ ***Testing***
+ Build log: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30912687/build.log

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[FFe] Update to 1.74 and merge with Debian
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