LottaNZB (ver. 0.3)

LottaNZB is a Usenet client that automates the download of Usenet files with the help of NZB files. It uses HellaNZB as its backend and PyGTK for its user interface. LottaNZB is Free Software and licensed under the terms of the General Public License 3.

About this version
We know it has been a while since the last stable release, but finally we can launch LottaNZB 0.3! As you can see below, the changelog is quite large and this indeed means that we have some neat new features, but a lot of bugs got fixed as well!

Please note: If you're upgrading from a previous version of the source package, use "python setup.py upgrade" to install LottaNZB 0.3. For more information take a look at the information on the downloads page.

Changelog:

* A brand-new usage mode selection window, which replaces the first-run wizard and the front-end mode preferences window. The new underlying code is much better at handling problems such as connection issues and configuration errors. You can now switch between different usage modes on the fly.
* Newzbin.com support! Downloads can be added to the download queue by simply entering the corresponding Newzbin.com file ID.
* New message log window. You can monitor both the messages from LottaNZB and HellaNZB, save them to a file or filter them as you'd like to. This is a convenient way to provide error messages if you encounter a bug.
* A new application icon, which more or less follows the Tango icon style guidelines and thus integrates LottaNZB much better into different desktops. NZB files have their own nifty icon on GNOME desktops.
* If the Python wrapper for OpenSSL isn't available, it will prevent the user from activating SSL in the server dialog and display an information dialog instead. (LP: #217773)
* In the front-end mode, no connection information are needed anymore. All it needs it to select the location of the HellaNZB configuration file and LottaNZB will parse it in order to know how to connect to the HellaNZB daemon and where the download directory is.
* The LottaNZB threading stuff has been rewritten so that the GUI remains responsive while HellaNZB is being started etc. This might also have fixed some weird crashes in older versions of LottaNZB.
* When saving the preferences, LottaNZB automatically restarts HellaNZB if it's required to make the changes take effect.
* If you'd like to specify a custom HellaNZB executable to be used in stand-alone mode, you can do this in the new usage mode window.
* LottaNZB ensures that only one instance is alive at any given time.
* LottaNZB now lets you enqueue NZB files and Newzbin IDs via command line: lottanzb [FILES and/or NEWZBINIDS...]
* More intelligent input controls: For example, if only numerical or ASCII characters are valid, LottaNZB will take care of it. The 'Download directory' button and the Newzbin menu entry are disabled when they're not meant to be clicked on.
* Remote frontend connection issue was fixed.
* Enhanced preferences handling: LottaNZB is very unlikely going to produce invalid HellaNZB configuration files and should be able to interpret existing files better than before. It also perserves already defined music types. (LP: #216547, 213509, #216566)
* Enhanced distribution mechanisms: Once installed, LottaNZB can be easily uninstalled using "python setup.py uninstall". And it's easier for us to generate source tarballs, create Debian and RPM packages etc.
* LottaNZB is registered as an application to handle NZB files, so that a simple click on a NZB file is required to enqueue it in LottaNZB. This should also work when downloading such a file using a web browser.
* Debug messages aren't shown on the console by default. Instead the --debug argument can be used.
* And finally: numerous other bug fixes.