X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=NEWS;h=5dc380203b063492ed8d64a177da1da5c8f1649a;hb=4377b51bd25d329e2f2c68772385f62e9c867b5c;hp=c86a155eea47f697716caf4c198dfaa476df314b;hpb=2254a0fc3f1d7af1151ee83f3458f44339b5028b;p=wimlib diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index c86a155e..5dc38020 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,34 @@ Only the most important changes more recent than version 0.6 are noted here. +Version 1.5.3: + The new LZX compressor added in v1.5.2 has been improved and is now + enabled by default, except when `wimcapture' or `wimappend' is run + *without* the '--compress' option, in which case the faster LZX + compressor is used (the same as before). This behavior is reasonably + consistent with ImageX which actually uses "fast" (XPRESS) compression + by default. In those cases, use '--compress=maximum' to explicitly + capture a WIM image using the new (slower but better) LZX compressor. + + The '--compress-slow' option still exists to `wimlib-imagex optimize', + but its new behavior is to tweak the new LZX compressor even more to + produce an even better compression ratio at the cost of more time spent + compressing. + + `wimlib-imagex optimize' now supports the '--compress=TYPE' option, + which recompresses the WIM file using the specified compression TYPE. + The new library API function used for this is + wimlib_set_output_compression_type(). + + Added the wimlib_get_xml_data() function to allow library clients to + easily retrieve the raw XML data from a WIM file if needed. + + Fixed a bug that could cause an error code to be incorrectly returned + when writing XML data containing a element. + + Mounted WIM images will now correctly show the default file stream even + if appears in the alternate data stream entries of the corresponding WIM + directory entry. + Version 1.5.2: Added a new experimental LZX compressor which can be enabled by passing '--compress-slow' to `wimlib-imagex capture' or `wimlib-imagex @@ -9,6 +38,10 @@ Version 1.5.2: more --- currently usually to within a fraction of a percent of the results from WIMGAPI/ImageX. + A workaround has been added for compatibility with versions of WinPE + that interpret alternate data stream entries in the boot WIM + incorrectly. + An alignment bug that caused a crash in the LZX decompressor on some builds was fixed. @@ -16,9 +49,8 @@ Version 1.5.2: the WIM header when restoring the previous state of a WIM it failed to successfully update. - A workaround has been added for compatibility with versions of WinPE - that interpret alternate data stream entries in the boot WIM - incorrectly. + Added a workaround to avoid an access denied error on Windows when + replacing a WIM file that another process has opened. Version 1.5.1: wimlib can now open WinPE WIMs from WAIK v2.1, which had a quirk that