[Bug 244670] Re: [hardy] Request of update of aMule to 2.2.2 final release

[Surfaz Gemon Meme]

** Description changed:

- The current version of aMule in Ubuntu 8.04 is not a stable version
+ The current version of aMule in Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is not a stable version
  (2.2.0~svn20080218-0ubuntu4, it is a svn snapshot). Yet at the time was
  more stable than 2.1.3 so it was included.
+ 
+ Please, read: http://www.amule.org/amule/index.php?topic=15834.0
  
  Now it has published the final version 2.2.2 that can be considered
  stable.
  
- The main reasons (ARE NOT ALL. I continued looking for specific errors)
- why I am requesting that the upgrade program are as follows:
+ The main reasons why I am requesting that the upgrade program are as
+ follows:
  
  * High importance:
  
- -> Version 2.2.2 has fixes to defy routing attacks
+ - Version 2.2.2 has several changes were made to Kad in order to defy
+ routing attacks.
  
- -> The extended version of the Kademlia network, Kad2, wasn't complete
- in the svn ubuntu has. That was Bad (tm), to the extent of damaging the
+ - The extended version of the Kademlia network, Kad2, wasn't complete in
+ the svn ubuntu has. That was Bad (tm), to the extent of damaging the
  network, especially when dealing with firewalled users, but also when
  indexing files >4GB. that's serious, from the network perspective. (from
  Kry, aMule dev)
  
- -> Also the new network code reinforces the security of the network
- about attacks to its nodes, and it's important not to have old clients
- around. (from Kry, aMule dev)
+ - Also the new network code reinforces the security of the network about
+ attacks to its nodes, and it's important not to have old clients around.
+ (from Kry, aMule dev)
  
- -> In the connection process amulegui exchanges some information with
- the target, including some 'protocol version'. If the client and server
+ - In the connection process amulegui exchanges some information with the
+ target, including some 'protocol version'. If the client and server
  don't agree on this number the connection is rejected. The number
  interchanged is different in the SVN version. In the function
  ExternalConn::Authenticate it states that
  
    // For release versions, we don't want to allow connections from any
  arbitrary SVN client.
  
  It seems that a SVN version gui cannot communicate with a 'release'
  version daemon. (bug #206648)
  
  * Medium importance:
  
- -> It solves many problems of stability of svn that caused unexpected falls.
-     + https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/amule/+bug/230015/comments/3
+ - It solves many problems of stability of svn that caused unexpected falls.
+     + (bug #230015/comments/3)
      + Also bug #230015, bug #213586, bug #207178
      + in 2.2.2: bug #242220
  
  * Low importance:
  
- -> Copy ED2K link to clipboard works strange (bug #244670)
- -> aMule makes bad hashlinks (ed2k://) (bug #94231)
- -> amule have by default konqueror browser in ubuntu (bug #209810)
- -> Shared files priority don't get updated on amulegui
- -> 100% of CPU used by amuleweb
- -> broken log view
- -> disable upnp in preferences if library loading fails 
+ - Copy ED2K link to clipboard works strange (bug #244670)
+ - aMule makes bad hashlinks (ed2k://) (bug #94231)
+ - amule have by default konqueror browser in ubuntu (bug #209810)
+ - Shared files priority don't get updated on amulegui
+ - 100% of CPU used by amuleweb
+ - broken log view
+ - disable upnp in preferences if library loading fails 
  
  Possible bugs to be solved:
  
-   -> bug #234422, bug #214100, bug #260078, bug #228704, bug #219671, bug #175284, bug #106009
-   -> in 2.2.2: bug #210554
+   - bug #234422, bug #214100, bug #260078, bug #228704, bug #219671, bug #175284, bug #106009
+   - in 2.2.2: bug #210554
  
  Old reasons (Not so Disabled):
  
    * This release could be considered a bugfix release since most of the new features of aMule 2.2.1 are already included in the latest svn. Indeed! Some features are incomplete in the svn snapshot
-   * Version 2.2.1, to be an official launch, can be reported hypothetical errors in the program. A snapshot is svn, from the standpoint of developers, a lot of provisional code and that is no longer present at the launch stable.
+   * Version 2.2.2, to be an official launch, can be reported hypothetical errors in the program. A snapshot is svn, from the standpoint of developers, a lot of provisional code and that is no longer present at the launch stable.
    * Ubuntu 8.04 is a LTS release so it will be in use at least 3 years for desktops. I do not think it good maintain a snapshot svn for 3 years since "svn snapshot" is not synonymous of stability.
    * At least in the forum of aMule have been reported numerous problems with the svn snapshot where developers can only advise compile a stable version or an svn latest snapshot. The end user should avoid the process of compiling whenever possible.
   
  Some of these problems are in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/amule/+bug/230015/comments/3
  
  And these are just one example (if I am put a full list would be too
- large). Such is the problem with this svn snapshot that aMule devs are
- already tired of Ubuntu.
+ large).
  
- http://forum.amule.org/index.php?topic=15259.0
- 
- Discussion here: http://forum.amule.org/index.php?topic=15317.0
- 
- They blame the Ubuntu patches in wxGTK and crypto + + packages. But in
- my opinion, Ubuntu users reports of bugs never stopped and was in this
- svn when the devs are tired.
- 
- I do not say that 2.2.1 is a "panacea" but at least is a stable version.
+ I do not say that 2.2.2 is a "panacea" but at least is a stable version.
  I am using self since he left and it seems to be more stable than
  version repositories

** Tags added: sru upgrade

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[hardy] Request of update of aMule to 2.2.2 final release
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