The Electronification

This release packages the LBRY daemon and interface together into an Electron app. It also features a whole bunch of improvements to both the daemon and the UI. Here's the full rundown:

Daemon

Added

• Add file filters: claim_id, outpoint, and rowid
• Make loggly logs less verbose

Changed

• Remove unused upload_allowed option
• Remove code related to packaging as that step is now done in the electron client
• Remove lbryum version check; use lbry-electron as version source
• Include download url in version check
• Add blockchain status to jsonrpc_status
• Change file filter uri to name and return field lbry_uri to name
• Refactor file_list, add full_status argument to populate resource intensive fields
• Remove deprecated file commands: get_lbry_files, get_lbry_file, and file_get
• Remove deprecated delete_lbry_file command
• Return standard file json from get

Fixed

• Added timeout to ClientProtocol
• Add check for when local height of wallet is less than zero
• Fixed ExchangeRateManager freezing the app
• Fixed download not timing out properly when downloading sd blob
• Added string comparison to ClaimOutpoint (needed to look things up by outpoint)
• Remove unused API commands from daemon
• Fix file filter outpoint
• Made dictionary key names in API commmand outputs to be more consistent

Interface

Added

• "Back to LBRY" button on Watch page

Changed

• In error modal, hide details in expandable section
• Use local file for publishing
• Use local file and html5 for video playback
• Misc changes needed to make UI compatible with electron
• Improved ability to style FormFields and form field labels
• Refactored Publish page to use form field changes
• Open and reveal files using Electron instead of daemon

Fixed

• On load screen, always show Cancel link if a previous page is available
• When user hits "Watch," don't check balance if download already started
• Restore UI version on Help page
• Fix sorting on My Files page
• A way to access the Developer Settings panel in Electron (Ctrl-Shift and click logo)
• Option in Developer Settings to toggle developer menu

Lbryum

Changed

• Improve packaging of data files to support building with pyinstaller
• Make key names in dictionary outputs more consistent

Fixed

• Make requests for individual headers after requesting chunks

Daemon binary

The corresponding standalone daemon binaries are available here.