[ros-general] Final WS2.2 Binary Release

[Andrew Flynn]

Please forgive my ignorance, but- Is it possible to be a tester, without 
any real programming knowledge.


Andrew.

Alex Ionescu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> After more reports from some users, I have implemented 6 new functions 
> which were in use by many popular programs. Although much of the DLL 
> is still unimplemented, the remaining calls are mostly for highly 
> advanced behaviour which would be seen in either spyware of winsock 
> firewalls, or for deprecated 16-bit support or highly unusual APIs. 
> Since those aren't a priority right now and I haven't been able to 
> find any application using them right now, I've chosen this version to 
> be the "code freeze" version, which will be committed later. With the 
> new functions (thanks to Jirka and David for finding the apps), Opera 
> now works, as well as SmartFTP and probably a lot more applications. 
> Here is the updated compatibility list that I've made:
>
> Firefox, Opera, Filezilla, Thunderbird, IE 6, OE 6, Azureus, Microsoft 
> Terminal Services Client, Skype, Google Talk, World of Warcraft, MIRC, 
> XChat, MSN Messenger, SmartFTP.
>
> This list is satisfactory to me, as it includes almost all the biggest 
> network applications out there. I am now looking for any final 
> showstoppers before focusing on mswsock.dll, so I've posted this mail 
> on the General Mailing List as well, hoping to get more testers.
>
> Thanks for testing!
>
> Best regards,
> Alex Ionescu
>
> PS. You may notice that the binary is larger then the Microsoft DLL, 
> even though it is less functional. This is because it is a debug 
> version, compiled without optimizations.
>
> Revision: 30
> Author:
> Date: 12:30:29 AM, November 1, 2005
> Message:
> - Add UNIMPLEMENTED wherever it was missing.
>
> Revision: 29
> Author:
> Date: 12:27:26 AM, November 1, 2005
> Message:
> - Implement WSANtohl, WSANtohs, WSAHtonl, WSAHtons. Opera now works.
> - Fix some GetNameInfoW to return correct failure.
>
> Revision: 28
> Author:
> Date: 4:25:38 PM, October 30, 2005
> Message:
> - Implement WSAStringToAddressA/W. This makes SmartFTP work with IP 
> lookups, but hostname lookup still fail due to bugs in the application 
> itself.
>
> Alex Ionescu wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> It turns out there was another big bug that I released the binary 
>> with, related to a recent untested RAS Auto-dial feature, which made 
>> the DLL crash almost instantly in most programs.
>>
>> I've fixed the build and this time did some extensive testing to 
>> avoid having another bad release. I've tested, with success, IE6, 
>> Filezilla, Firefox, Thundebird, Outlook Express, MIRC. As well, I'm 
>> happy to report that MSN Messenger 7.5 and Azureus also work fine on 
>> my system, so add those 2 apps to known working.
>>
>> I'm still interested in Opera, other P2P clients, Chat clients, IRC 
>> clients and Mozilla itself.
>>
>> Thanks again!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Alex Ionescu
>>
>> Changelog:
>>
>> Revision: 27
>
>
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