The old wiki page ChangeLog2.4 was linked by release announcements and download sites, including Chinese and English mirrors of the 2.4 release notes. This page keeps that URL useful.
Accuracy note. We could not retrieve a verified copy of the full itemised 2.4 changelog, so we don’t reproduce or reconstruct it. Below is only what we can confirm from independent sources. For the complete list, check the release files and notes in the official SourceForge archive.
Shareaza 2.4.0.0 at a glance
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release date | 1 October 2008 |
| Headline addition | First stable release with integrated IRC chat |
| Platform change | Windows 98 and Windows Me support dropped. 2.3.1.0 (3 January 2008) remained the last stable release for Windows 9x |
| Context | Released during the dispute over the Shareaza name and domain; the project was SourceForge’s Project of the Month the following month |
The 2.4.0.x development series
After 2.4.0.0, development continued through numbered debug builds for testers. Backlink records for this domain show build filenames such as:
Shareaza_2.4.0.2_Win32_Debug_r7629_2009-01-25.exethrough…_r7939_2009-05-18.exeShareaza_2.4.0.4_Win32_Debug_r7978_2009-05-29.exe
The r number is the Subversion revision and the date is the build date. They show the 2.4.0.x line being developed between January and May 2009, ahead of the 2.5 series (2.5.0.0 on 31 October 2009).
These URLs now return 410 Gone. We don’t host executables. See legacy downloads.
What came next
- 2.5.0.0: 31 October 2009 (series ran to 2.5.5.0, 29 May 2011)
- 2.6.0.0: 3 June 2012, Mainline DHT and UDP trackers
- 2.7.0.0: 31 August 2013; latest stable 2.7.10.2 on 18 September 2017
Full timeline: Shareaza history.