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docs: correct the minimum qBittorrent version to 4.3.4 - #142

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The Download Client page states the WebUI needs "qBittorrent 4.1 or newer". That is too low: Maintainerr reads two torrents/info fields that 4.1 does not return.

Field Added in Effect when absent
content_path 4.3.1 Cross-seed protection never engages, so data shared with another torrent is deleted
seeding_time 4.3.4 A seed-time limit never reads as met, so those downloads are never cleaned up

Verified against qBittorrent's serialize_torrent.cpp: content_path is absent in 4.3.0 and present in 4.3.1; seeding_time is absent in 4.3.3 and present in 4.3.4.

4.1 is where the WebUI v2 API and the endpoints themselves arrived, which is likely where the original number came from.

The download client reads two torrents/info fields that qBittorrent 4.1
does not return: content_path, added in 4.3.1, and seeding_time, added in
4.3.4. Without content_path the cross-seed guard never engages, so shared
data is deleted; without seeding_time a seed-time limit never reads as
met.
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