Transmission

Transmission does not include built-in proxy support, and won't, according to the devs. However, Transmission does support the libcurl proxy settings, as noted on this wiki page: https://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/EnvironmentVariables ... specifically this link at the bottom of that page: http ...

The seeding-stops problem appears to have been fixed in svn trunk r12518.

phantomc--

I am sure this problem will be fixed in the next transmission release... or as sure as a non-developer can be, based upon project history.

Your problem with incorporating the patch has three major factors:

1. While the patch itself is simple and may be done manually with a text editor ...

I applied gunzip's patch (manually) to announce.c and torrent.c from svn trunk checkout of r12509, built it, and it has been running since 06:25 EDT (it is now 14:30 EDT) without any problem.

This is a special case with clearly defined parameters:
1. The tracker is private;
2. There are six DVD5 ...

QTransmission 2.01+ appears to slowly increase memory use without giving it back.
Then again, this memory use may be normal for the code involved on the Windows platform.
In any case, here is an informal case study that may be of some use or interest to you.

CPU use is consistent throughout ...

I have just installed QTransmission-2.00-2-Setup.exe over the earlier one on an XP SP3 box.

The blocklist now works as it should on that system.

There were no problems running the new installer on top of the existing installation. All preferences and loaded torrents were kept.

rb07--

It looks like you have a winner!

XP Pro SP3 - QTransmission-2.00-Setup.exe

Installer is glitch-free, if a bit redundant (not a problem). Avast! antivirus did not block or affect installation.

If 'launch Transmisison' is selected (as in default) at end of installation, then turtle schedule ...