5.1.0Beta2Pre-release
SABnzbd 5.1.0Beta2
Added 7
- Refresh the interface
- When retrying a job, only the actually missing articles are tried again for jobs downloaded in 5.1.0 or newer
- Store RSS-items in the database instead of on disk
- Add support for filename and path pattern matching to the Cleanup List
- Allow job setting changes directly from Extra queue columns
- Add support for unpacking .tar files during post-processing
- New Servers default to 16 connections instead of 8
Changed 3
- Improve anonymization of the logs when using Show Logging
- Parsing of header-encrypted RAR files uses significantly less resources
- Clear downloaded RSS-items from RSS-database after 3 days
Fixed 6
- Prevent incorrect warnings about non-writeable directories
- Prevent files unrelated to job from being removed by the Cleanup List logic
- Windows: Fix uninstall to remove Settings and Windows Service
- Windows: Warn for OS-limit if more than 1024 connections are configured
- macOS: Prevent AppleDouble files from causing failures in Moving stage
- macOS: Fix restarting the application resulting in Terminal window
Removed 2
- Remove redundant INSTALL.txt file
- Drop support for Python 3.9
Release Notes - SABnzbd 5.1.0 Beta 2
This is the second beta release of version 5.1. We will probably add (a few) new features in upcoming testing releases, but we already wanted to share the current improvements with you!
New features in 5.1.0
- Refreshed the interface.
- When Retrying a job, only the actually missing articles are tried again. This only works for jobs downloaded in 5.1.0 (or newer).
- RSS-items are now stored in the database instead of on disk.
- Downloaded RSS-items are cleared from RSS-database after 3 days.
- Add support for filename and path pattern matching to the
Cleanup List. - Allow job setting changes directly from
Extra queue columns. - Added support for unpacking
.tarfiles during post-processing. - Improved anonymization of the logs when using
Show Logging. - New Servers will default to 16 connections instead of 8.
- Parsing of header-encrypted RAR's will use significantly less resources.
- Removed redundant
INSTALL.txtfile. - Dropped support for Python 3.9.
Bug fixes in 5.1.0
- Prevent incorrect warnings about non-writeable directories.
- Files unrelated to job could get removed by the
Cleanup Listlogic. - Windows: Uninstall would not remove Settings or Windows Service.
- Windows: Warn for OS-limit if more than 1024 connections are configured.
- macOS: AppleDouble files could result in failures in
Movingstage. - macOS: Restarting the application resulted in Terminal window.
Upgrade notices
- You can directly upgrade from version 3.0.0 and newer.
- Upgrading from older versions will require performing a
Queue repair. - Downgrading from version 4.2.0 or newer to 3.7.2 or older will require
performing a
Queue repairdue to changes in the internal data format.
Known problems and solutions
- Read
ISSUES.txtor https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/introduction/known-issues
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About
SABnzbd is an open-source cross-platform binary newsreader. It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, thanks to its web-based user interface and advanced built-in post-processing options that automatically verify, repair, extract and clean up posts downloaded from Usenet.
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