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Version 0.6
- Introduction
- New functionalities
- Details
- Options > Permissions
- Misc
- Can I run RetroShare v0.5 and v0.6 on a same computer ?
- How to export files partially downloaded from v0.5 to v0.6
- Linux: Can not restart RetroShare v0.6 RC1 (it says it's already running)
- External links
This article gives some informations about RetroShare v0.6 (released in 2015). "RC" (ie: RC1, RC2) is the acronym of "Release Candidate" (Wikipedia).
Version 0.6 (RC1 released in june 2015) is full of brand new functionalities :
- v0.6 - GXS cache system - This should bring a big improvement (see also: Cache system code overview)
- v0.6 - openpgp-sdk integration
- v0.6 - Friend circles - This will allow to manage and edit Wikis between friends (this feature is not enabled in v0.6 RC1 nor RC2)
- v0.6 - File permissions
- v0.6 - List of non-backward compatible changes to make
- v0.6 - Compatibility with TOR - Ability fo RetroShare to run over the Tor network (read the article RetroShare Tor)
- IP filter - Ban the friends that have differents IPs between sessions (auto detection of changed IPs, and whitelist / blacklist principle). Read the release notes for details
This new window allows users to enable or disable individual features for each friend.
- disc : share discovery data ?
- chat :
- msg : the direct messaging service (between friends)
- turtle : general turtle routing. Used by many services, and for anonymous transfers (between friends of friends)
- heartbeat : may be used to know if one of your friends is still online
- ft : file transfer
- Global Router : described in the RC1 release note
- serviceinfo : may show/check what service are available from/to your friends
- bandwidth_ctrl : bandwidth control
- banlist : banning list
- status : it is a service to exchange status info (online, busy, etc)
- gxsid : GXS ID (identity), used to share known GXS IDs?
- gxswiki : GXS Wiki (Wiki between friends), feature not enabled in RC1 nor RC2
- gxsforums : share forum data
- gxsposted : share posted data. The new service named "Posted" (inspired from the plugin LinksCloud of v0.5)
- gxschannels : share channels data
- gxscircle : share circles data. Not enabled in RC1 nor RC2
- rtt : Round-trip delay time
Yes, because they use almost the same folder to save their data, but use a different profile name.
Example (Linux) of pathnames to the files of a RetroShare user profile:
- RetroShare v0.5 : ".retroshare/g5gce2JhijZ59pufi299592ufzajf/"
- RetroShare v0.6 : ".retroshare/LOC06_nkibiodbbe75Ggzcjz852dbB9agza/"
Note: v0.5 and v0.6 can run simultaneously on a same computer.
See also : Documentation: Configuration Files
You may want to use this trick if you have several large files which are only partially downloaded when you switch from v0.5 to v0.6. This will only work if a peer sharing the same file is running RetroShare v0.6.
Note: To find the location of the "Partials" folder you can read : Documentation: Configuration Files
- Run RetroShare v0.6
- With RetroShare v0.6 search for the same file name (and size). Start download it for some KB (1 MB is enough), RetroShare will then create a file in the "Partials" folder
- Quit RetroShare v0.6
- Run RetroShare v0.5, to find the exact file name of the partial file: tab "File sharing", tab "Downloads", right click on the file name, choose "Details", read the line "File hash"
- In the "Partials" folder of RetroShare v0.5 search the file with the same file name (the file hash)
- Copy the file that have the same file name from the "Partials" folder of v0.5 to the "Partials" folder of RetroShare v0.6
- You can quit RetroShare v0.5
- Run RetroShare v0.6, tab "File sharing", tab "Downloads", right click on the partial file name then click "Force Check" (note: in "Details", it makes all chunks yellow: RS will find hash for each of them and compare the data)
- End. Let several minutes to RetroShare while it finish the check process.
Sometimes RetroShare v0.6 RC1 does not close properly. Wait 5 minutes, then look at the process lists of the operating system, if you still see a process named "RetroShare06": kill it. This issue is fixed from v0.6 RC2.