Developer Blog posts are here: https://biglybt.tumblr.com/tagged/BiglyBT2500
FEATURE: Core | Support BitTorrent Protocol Specification v2 (BEP 52) [Parg]
FEATURE: Core | Support padding files (BEP 47) [Parg]
FEATURE: Core | Option to increase magnet recovery concurrency [Parg]
FEATURE: Core | New option to ignore swarm discoveries based on minimum seeds [Parg]
FEATURE: Core | Remember tags-on-removal in download history [Parg]
FEATURE: Core | Options to disable interim download state saving for performance [Parg]
FEATURE: Core | Subscription option to prefix save location on auto-download [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | New 'All Pieces' view to show all current uploading/downloading pieces [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Resizable chat window input area [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Indicate if file is 'delete' or 'DND' in Files View via checkbox icon background colour [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Shift+deselect a file in Files View to delete it [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Add-tag menu for shares menu [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Country name added to country stats tooltip [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Option to disable the tidy-close and progress dialog [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Option to show uploading pieces as well as downloading ones in Pieces View [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Add file(s) relative path as tooltip in piece map [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Add max-age to swarm discoveries search [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Double-clicking on a download history entry selects in Library view if found [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | New 'Available' peers view column to show percentage peer has that we still need [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Dump thread log to separate file [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Disable thread monitoring by default on Linux as causing libpthread crashes [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Accept same size files when only one found when searching for existing [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | More efficient bit torrent message decoding [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Removed legacy Beta chat [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Decrease and spread out disk io caused by scrapes [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | When adding for seeding with a tag that has an initial save location, check move location too [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Increase max peer requests [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Check Tag move-to-folder for existing data on auto import [Parg]
CHANGE: UI | Populate category names/icons in tag category group columns [Parg]
CHANGE: UI | Added chat friends column legend tooltip [Parg]
CHANGE: UI | Support alt/shift and alt drag+drop to a tag to indicate explicit addition/removal [Parg]
CHANGE: UI | Update iTunes & Android icons [RandomAJL]
CHANGE: UI | Truncate long swarm merge tooltip and add option to view all [Parg]
CHANGE: UI | Allow text viewer to be minimized [Parg]
CHANGE: UI | Made manual backup progress dialog non-modal [Parg]
CHANGE: UI | Add timestamps to redirected console log [Parg]
CHANGE: UI | Optimize piece info view to only fill visible area [Parg]
CHANGE: UI | Don't limit width of bind-ip setting [Parg]
CHANGE: UI | Select best matching network interface regular expression when possible [Parg]
CHANGE: UI | Change Files View filter for full path to be 'contains' not 'prefix' [Parg]
CHANGE: UI | pt_BR: Brazilian Portuguese translation update [Havokdan]
CHANGE: UI | sl_SI: Slovenian translation update [upwinxp]
CHANGE: UI | tr_TR: Turkish translation update [BouRock]
CHANGE: UI | de_DE: German translation update [Unknown]
BUGFIX: Core | Fix auto plugin install [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Fix some issues around share properties [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Fix pause/resume handling for non-persistent downloads [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Fixed search-for-existing files when matched has incorrect storage type [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Fix storage type switch from reorder->linear from search-for-existing [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Fix error when tracker has no URL [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Improve anonymous chat recovery when I2P is down [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Fix save location for archived downloads with move-on-remove active [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fix tag library header on Linux [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Guard against component width recalculation recursion [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Torrents subview missing some context menu items [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fix unreliable chat table tooltips [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fix excessive cell invalidates in peer pieces item [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fix sidebar repaint problems with mousewheel scroll on OSX [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fix request-scrape menu enable logic [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Don't truncate unicode surrogates [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fixed a few things around peer-set tag groups [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Avoid creation of multiple subscription menu items [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Increased speed shell typed text alpha as invisible on darker backgrounds [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Explicitly anti-alias library header text [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fix test for blocks being in cache in pieces view [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fix duplicate rows on table structure change [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fix all-trackers removal actions not showing existing ones [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Various file access performance improvements [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | Fix batch file rename with only case difference [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fix rename of file in case only again [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.