NewsBin 4.0 Beta Bug Tracking

 

Number Bug Status In Release...
8 While watching the status window I noticed quite a few images are not downloaded with the error "Unspecified Fatal Error, No Retry"  This is from alt.binaries.pictures.wallpaper We think it is fixed B11
10 When single clicking on a group, the post list shows posts from other groups. Fixed, single click doesn't show posts anymore. B11
11 Right-click on a post marked [Incomplete], and guess what post gets dl'ed? Who knows?

I have dl'ed multiple copies of files that are NOT the incomplete files that were *force download*ed, just to reproduce the actions!

Once, it started dl'ing the incomplete post, but usually, it dl's a copy of a post already dl'ed.

I looked in the Downloaded Files list and I see that the actual FORCED FILE subject line is correct, but the filename is the name of the file that shows in the thumbnail bar (which is NOT the file that I Force Download'ed)

New selection logic in B11 fixes this. B11
13 when downloading headers many files are showing as spam although no spam parameters are set. changing filters causes these same posts to now show as already downloaded  This is the way it should work.  Spam posts are considered Failed posts.  Failed posts get added to the postid cache. N/A
14 I was downloading files in one group, queued up the files to download and then started another group to get headers. The files queued from the previous group disappeared from the "Download List" tab. Still cannot recreate, under investigation  
15 My headers started off too wide on the '#' and could see the edge of the 'Subject' header. Could easily resize but thought you should know in case there is an .ini conversion problem or defaults need to be adjusted. (FYI: My screen size is 1024 by 768 and I had Newsbin taking the entire width of the screen) Subject header is in first column now. B11
16 I notice that after a 400 error, the color bar on the server list doesn't reflect the error Fixed B11
17 failed files remain in the downloading files pane and are marked green If the download failed and then succeeded on a subsequent try, it turns green because it succeeded but it stays in the failed list. B13
25 I know some viewing disabled persons. and they require their screen to be at 640x480. In this size part of Newsbin is cut off on the right hand side.    
28 What happened to rubber-band selecting multiple posts to add to download list? Works better in B11 since the subject field is the first column again. B11
39 Make posting dialog box modeless.  Currently locks out active downloads.    
47 NewsBin logfile seems to be broken    
53 NewsBin shows incomplete posts when NewsFeeds is one of the servers in the list. Fixed B11
55 Need to check to make sure filename is write-able after first chunk is downloaded of multipart file. Fixed B11
56 When deleting servers from the server list, posts that had parts listed on those servers will still try to use said servers    
58 I noticed beta 5 seemed to be taking longer to load the spool file. Checking it I see posts with a date range from 8/6/01 to 8/31/01 but my Max Record Age is set to 10. Max Record Age is now re-enabled B11
66 No longer have bold boxes indicating new posts New "highlighting" of boxes for new posts has been implemented. B11
68 When downloading headers, clicking stop only seems to cancel the header download for the group it is on, it then moves on to the other groups to process them. I don't know if this is what you had in mind, but it sure isn't what I expected.   Fixed B11
69 When getting a series of files, I often find that getting the complete posts that are marked as new and assuming the rest were ones I got previously, I find that I end up missing files where the posts were incomplete the last time I checked.

I'm guessing that you're not marking posts which have existing chunks as new when new chunks for them do show up later.

Fixed B11
70 Disabling server not reflected in spool info Same as 56  
73 In the INI Wizard, if a server is not entered, the user is alerted and told that a server is required to continue. The wizard then proceeds to the next page. If you hit back and correct this, it will accept it, but when you look at your server list, you have 2 servers, a blank one and the real one. Fixed B11
77 I just got a file which was put into the failed download tab, but which was assigned a green completed icon.

The file itself did indeed fail, and never appeared in the download directory, the error was:
MSG=Index: 4 Spooler <subject> is missing from spool Directory MSG=File: <filename> Can't Open and/or Write File

Incidentally, I don't understand why this file failed, as a retry (ctrl-a again) worked, apparently without even needing to retrieve more parts (it was instantaneous).

Problem with multi-part, multi-file posts.  These are rare posts, tough to track down. B13
79 Post Properties does not update to reflect deleted headers. Currently, you cannot delete headers through Post Properties  
82 When 'Incomplete' is checked (from the Util menu), and then any of the other options are chosen from the menu, incomplete is unchecked. (Remember...ONLY from the Util menu; not the filter bar) Fixed B11
83 Queuing a few files in newsbin shows that I downloaded 120 megs and I had 670megs left.

I notice after a while that the meter (at the bottom of the program) now says 200 and 0. However I have 3+ gigs in queue. The meter does still count upwards for files downloaded.

Fixed with the rewrite of the counter logic. B11
84 While I was busy queuing a few hundred files in bug #83, I noticed after a point (not sure when) that I would highlight a number of files to download and right click and add to download list.

These files would not show as checked but they were added to the download list tab. moving the slider up and down placed the checks in their proper spot, as did simply clicking on something else that was not currently highlighted.

Fixed B11
86+ 2nd try, still seems broken, we'll try this description:  

1. doubleclick on a group, the spool will load quite quickly and then download the new headers

2. doubleclick another group, now the number of posts of the previous group is in the status line and if that number is exceeded, the status line counter increases very slowly.

now, i always quit newsbin before doubleclicking a second group and performance is way better. i think the counter (that seems to get updated very very often) slows things really down

It's a linear function, the more headers you have, the longer it takes to load.

This logic has been re-written in B11, we'll call it fixed unless someone else complains about it.

B11
89 Cannot turn off PostID Cache Fixed B11
90 Server connection limit not working as expected: My "Setup" "Connections" is set to 8 as four of my five servers have no problem with that number.

I also have EasyNews access but it seems to choke when I use more than two connections. I set the EasyNews's server properties "Connection Limit" to two to "fix" this.

It seems that EasyNews isn't getting much more than my ISP's server and I was mainly pulling headers only from EasyNews so
I decided to disable all but EasyNews to force downloading from them so I would use some of my quota.

Whenever I had more than two queued downloads, the extras would fail (red line in list). Why is NewsBin even trying the third
connection when EastNews is the only active server and it has its limit set to two?

This code was re-written for B11.  Need to re-test.  Marking as fixed unless someone else complains about it. B11
91 The "Servers" column opens up almost twice as wide as my longest
server title. Is NewsBin displaying "Server Title" but using
"Server Address" when calculating the column width?

Once I resize the column, it's ok until I start NewsBin again.

Fixed B11
92 Hook up Max Record Age Same as 58 B11
93 INI to NBI configuration file conversion doesn't always work correctly. Re-worked, under testing B12
94 Headers from disabled servers still show in post list. Same as 56  
95 Recycle servers feature is not hooked up. Fixed B11
96 Downloaded files list sometimes shows files as still downloading although they are completely downloaded. Fixed B11
97 I am unable to change the download directory. No matter what, it always downloads to my 'old' download directory. If upgrading from 3.x, make sure you explicitly change the configuration file in 4.0.  Now ends with a .nbi extension. N/A
98 When changing server name in server dialog, a new entry it created instead of modifying the current server name Quade and Dexter are fighting about this one.  Quade doesn't think it is worth the effort to change this behavior because most people will only do it once.  
99 The "New" button on the server dialog does nothing This button should clear all fields. B13
100 When I shift-click to select several files and add to the download list (right-click), it skips the first, starts the 2nd and 3rd, then won't begin downloading any of the others in sequence.   B12
101 If there are 12 files in the failed list and I highlight them all and hit CTRL-A it will re-add only half of them to the download list, leaving me with 6 files still in the failed list. I CTRL-A the remaining 6 and it only re-adds 3 of them, CTRL-A the remaining 3 and it leaves me with 1, etc. Still there in B13 B14
102 Contents of Status Tab sometimes shows in Post List tab until a column sort is done which refreshes the post list tab.    
103 Automatic Shutdown option is not hooked yet.    
104 Reducing number of connections while they are active sometimes causes a crash    
105 Pressing the "Play" button after being paused clears the post list. Now displays a warning message B13
106 Replies to multipart posts show as incomplete    
107 Download list is lost when dialup connection dies. Download will be on the Failed Downloads list.  When connection is re-established, just re-submit the posts from the failed download list. B15
108 If you do FILE,EXIT,CANCEL or X,CANCEL or ALT-F4,CANCEL it is then impossible to close NB without going in to task manager.. Fixed B13
109 Right-click on group menu option, Download 1000 More, is not hooked up    
110 Clicking on "Register/Update Key Dialog" under "Help" will crash the program Fixed B15
111 New posts ONLY showing up: With the option to show only new posts OFF, when new headers are downloaded, still only the new posts show. The old posts don't show up unless you select and then unselect the option to show only new. Cannot recreate  
112 Load download list does not work.   B15
113 Posting large files appears to be broken    
114 Clearing Downloaded Files List does not clear counter on the tab. Fixed B15
115 Delete post does not delete forever. Cannot recreate  
116 Registration for B14 is broken, cannot register. Fixed.  Workaround is to register B13, then upgrade to B14. B15
117 NewsBin sometimes crashes when launching downloaded file from the Downloaded Files list. Fixed B15
118 Cannot uncheck a post that has a "W" in it.    
119 Skip Group feature is broken    
120 A post counts as "old" if any article-part is old, ie posts that contains article from both the previous run and the new run doesn't show as "new" even though they've never been shown before. Cannot recreate  
121 If download path does not exist, NewsBin will not create it and you receive file the message "Problem creating filename or filename exists but, auto-rename disabled' .    
       

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