c4rypt0 Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Appolgies if this is listed somewhere already.It seems the uTorrent version numbering format has changed for BETA since the release of 1.4 .It used to be in the form:131A, 131BNow all builds are shown as1410I am certain when i say that tracker operators would like it so that each build is identifyable uniquely.Is there any possibilty this could be done?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Some of them show as 141B too. And uh, no, not if all you're gonna do is try to ban it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c4rypt0 Posted January 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 lol you seen through my cunning master plan ... i am foiled. j/kEssentially what we want to do is keep people who are using the beta up to date.As it stands since we cant identify different builds we either have to allow all 1.4 betas or none. Really want to allow people to keep beta for the benefit of uTorrent as a whole but theres no point people users claiming to be beta testing if they cant even keep up to date on the latest beta release/benefiting from the newer releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Well, we make a LOT of beta builds sometimes, so having a new version number would be a bit difficult... :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c4rypt0 Posted January 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 yeah i appreciate that. Even if you managed to do every one every other build aka 141A, 141B... or one when theres a serious bug fix.... just something better than 1410=every beta version between 1310 and 1420To many of our users update to beta with zero intention of beta testing, only wanting a shiny new feature. That is fine in itself but these same users tend to go though fads and never update again meaning they use an old beta until we force them not to (which no one likes doing).How about making agent string pull the build number from wherever its stored for the Help/About dialog (since this is always correct and up to date?)Kudos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Hmm, that's actually not a bad idea, give the build number in the HTTP headers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sektor Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 I think uTorrent should also check every few hours is a new update is available and notify the user (configurable for beta/stable release), that way people can keep up to date on the latest beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 It checks every day for new updates, but not betas. I'm not sure if beta auto-updates can/will happen, 'cause we'd rather have people come here for their updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sektor Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Didn't notice the update check, maybie because i check for updates a few times a day so i could check the latest beta before geting banned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c4rypt0 Posted January 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 perhaps if betas check only for new betas ... and keep the existing stable only checking for new stables.This way beta testers can keep up to date and stable users can stay completely out of the way of betas.I have to agree though it would be better if beta users were actually beta testers... im prepared to bet a very hight pecentage of beta users are in fact "feature junkies" and havent done any beta testing other than "oh it seems to work then it must be ok" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost21 Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 I proposed a similar idea here: http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=4370, but it didn't work out. Hope to be reconsidered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 I suggested to ludde putting the build number in the HTTP headers or something for beta builds, so trackers can identify what particular beta build users are running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c4rypt0 Posted January 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Excellent.Thanks for listening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splintax Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 perhaps if betas check only for new betas ... and keep the existing stable only checking for new stables.I was going to suggest this. I'm not sure if beta auto-updates can/will happen, 'cause we'd rather have people come here for their updates. Most people who check regularly for new betas just go directly to the beta download directory, though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 c4rypt0: build number for beta builds in the HTTP headers will be in the next beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjobo Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 c4rypt0: build number for beta builds in the HTTP headers will be in the next beta omg.. Ludde must be some kind of lean mean coding machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c4rypt0 Posted January 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 Firon and Ludde thanks for implementing this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sektor Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 Can you ban the old beta release after it's announced in the "Notification Thread for new releases" ? :-DI got the "banned client" message half an hour before that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c4rypt0 Posted February 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 sektor if you are talking to me specifically about one of the trackers i am on then this is NOT the place to do it.p.s. just for the record sektor what you are saying is not correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sektor Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 i get notifications for new releases via SMS and i think the release should be announced at the same time the download page is updated, when i got the message i thought it was beta 413 or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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