Developer Blog posts are here: https://biglybt.tumblr.com/tagged/BiglyBT1800
2019.01.21 | BiglyBT 1.8.0.0
FEATURE: UI | New 'All Trackers' view [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Added local country stats view [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Added counts to highlighted links in country stats view [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Support Tag buttons in tag library views [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Added 'show tag group' to sidebar menu [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Added 'status' and 'depends on' columns to Tags Overview [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Added tag constraint explanations [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | OpenTorrentOptionsWindow now shows Tag Groups, all discovered tags [TuxPaper]
FEATURE: UI | Option to disable tool-tips [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Report when recovered from corrupted torrent [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Option to hide side-bar icons [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Option to show auto-skip settings in open torrent dialog context menu [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Added 'download name' column - of use if multiple downloads in filesview [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Add FloatParameter to BasicPluginConfigModel [TuxPaper]
FEATURE: Core | Added file size tolerance for swarm merge [Parg]
FEATURE: Core | Support for multiple private torrents with the same hash [Parg]
FEATURE: Core | Added some swarm-merge logging [Parg]
FEATURE: Core | Resurrect ability to install plugins from .jar/.zip files [Parg]
FEATURE: Core | Option to always rename imported files [Parg]
FEATURE: Core | Option to setup uploaded stats for partially completed downloads to zero [Parg]
FEATURE: Core | Added ability to manually install core+swt updates [Parg]
FEATURE: Core | Support multiple socks data proxies [Parg]
FEATURE: Core | Accept later versions of UPnP services [Parg]
FEATURE: Tag | Added 'hasTagGroup' Tag constraint function [Parg]
FEATURE: Tag | Added 'uploaded' and 'downloaded' Tag constraint variables [Parg]
FEATURE: Tag | Added hoursToSeconds etc Tag constraint functions [Parg]
FEATURE: Tag | Added comparison operators (<=, > etc) to Tag constraint language [Parg]
FEATURE: Tag | Tag execute-on-assign option to move to initial save location [Parg]
FEATURE: Tag | Added auto chat+tag for trackers [Parg]
FEATURE: Tag | Added hasTagAge constraint function [Parg]
FEATURE: Tag | Tag execute-on-assign option to assign other tags [Parg]
FEATURE: Tag | save_path, save_folder Tag constraint variables [Parg]
FEATURE: Tag | Added flag to control Tag constraint contains/matches case sensitivity [Parg]
FEATURE: Tag | MyShares view now shows associated Tag and allows assignment [Parg]
CHANGE: UI | Don't popup progress window when magnet download manually removed [Parg]
CHANGE: UI | Ctrl+A selects all in constraint setting [Parg]
CHANGE: UI | Use SWT's HiDPI scaling, remove our own [TuxPaper]
CHANGE: UI | eu: Basque translation update [Azpidatziak]
CHANGE: UI | fil_PH: Filipino translation update [toffer0291,dandalion]
CHANGE: UI | it_IT: Italian translation update [Silviu93,imcesca]
CHANGE: UI | pt_BR: Brazilian Portuguese translation update [Havokdan]
CHANGE: UI | sl_SI: Slovenian translation update [upwinxp]
CHANGE: UI | yo_NG: Yoruba translation update [zoneboy,fatherfaith]
CHANGE: UI | Changed macOS menu bar icon to be visible in dark mode [deus0ww]
CHANGE: UI | Doubled the resolution of macOS menu icon for retina display [deus0ww]
CHANGE: UI | Allow pause-for on stopped/paused downloads [Parg]
CHANGE: UI | Indent sidebar expandos options [Parg]
CHANGE: UI | loadAndHandleVuzeFile may pull from network, move off SWT Thread [TuxPaper]
CHANGE: UI | Retain selection state of meta-data downloads when real one added [Parg]
CHANGE: UI | Use px font height less. Use % where we can. Fit font size to textbox [TuxPaper]
CHANGE: UI | Use textbox hint when password is set, instead of ""***" [TuxPaper]
CHANGE: UI | Allow '*' as whitelist component [Parg]
CHANGE: UI | Support pasting peers on multiple lines [Parg]
CHANGE: UI | Indicate state on fancy menu force-start icon [Parg]
CHANGE: UI | Clicking on an expand/collapse icon in Library or Files View no longer selects the row [Parg]
CHANGE: UI | Always show sidebar close menu in case "x" obfuscated by scrollbar [TuxPaper]
CHANGE: UI | Larger click area for expand/collapse icon [Parg]
CHANGE: Plug | *nix: Install Dorkbox-SystemTray plugin if not present [TuxPaper]
CHANGE: Core | Retain category, thumbnail and user comments from metadata download [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Faster bdecoding of torrents etc [TuxPaper]
CHANGE: Core | Faster closedown [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Optimize deletion when torrent has no file links [TuxPaper]
CHANGE: Core | Revert download to correct state after file re-check [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Write UTF-8 BOM to log files, so editors don't have to guess encoding [TuxPaper]
CHANGE: Core | Inject Privacy View lookup results if decent [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Remove reported client-ip when proxy connection used [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Don't wait forever to connect to plugin repo, and reduce retries [TuxPaper]
CHANGE: Core | Reduce frequency of attempted connections when seeding [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fixed beta forum link [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fix stats labeling [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fix a few binary/decimal byte display inconsistencies [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Don't save sub-path as torrent default download location [parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fix tool-tip remaining when raised on non-active view [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Prevent multiple donation pop-ups [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Clear potential background text when image available [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fix GTK3 issues with text chopped off [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | Add tag after setting group, so UI shows it in the correct spot [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | Added missing paint listener [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fix "Always ask for encoding" option not working [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | Build library tag button menu on demand to get correct state [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fix download repositioning [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Ensure icons are loaded on SWT thread [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Handle invalid image bounds [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Restore persistent subscription filters [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Fix nested constraint expressions [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Bring back support for categories in 'hasTag' [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Fix 'save failed' for ClientStats [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: Core | Fix downloads being incorrectly started after file rename [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Fix recovery bug when active/.dat files corrupted [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Fix biglybt.log not correctly writing UTF-8 chars longer than one byte [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: Core | Fix deadlock in table display [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Decentralized chat messages sometime out of order [Parg]
Historical change logs can be found in prior releases.
The release installers come with the ability to migrate (copy) your Azureus/Vuze config, downloads, and plugins.