the 4.9.11 was released as an official version. it should be stable enough to widely distribute now.

the only fix that was made in version 4.9.11 was a splash bug that was present in 4.9.10. rkaspi and i reported this as a bug right before zab was about to release 4.9.10 as the official version. no other changes to the code were made.

but i voted no because changes in the code reflect the network performance. downgrading to a previous version will degrade network performance as new features and protocol enhancements and changes are made. this may create incompatibility between clients. such a problem exists with license recognition, upload percentage total, protocol changes in the way each node talks to each other... etc.

the new update mechanism also tries to eleviate the need for a centralized distribution center. for example, this new mechanism could keep limewire updates alive even after the official limewire headquarters and site is shut down. it also helps load-balancing and greatly reduces bandwidth requirements and use of the actual lime servers that are used to distribute binary copies.

i would also like to say that there are MANY bugs that were overlooked in this new official version because this version was rushed. but it has some internal house code that will be in future versions of limewire that will make it easier to add some great new and exciting features. this "4.9" version is a marketing ploy.. im unknown to the theory or reason behind it. but 5.0 should fix alot of these bugs aswell as quite a few new features that look very promising. i am still compiling a list of bugs to report to the devs when they get back from their 'vacation.'

btw, like zab said, there are some SWEET innovations that are soon to be incorporated within limewire. i personally cant wait for this stuff. i took a look at the source code to gregorios chat implementation and i must say.. its pretty damn cool.