X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=1ff7d62c3bcd331599d6463b441afe8578c727a8;hb=0a72460f9274f11689986f6b79ea42e512dd9213;hp=0376c592e47c7b23d7e1b3e1fbbc9bc0a309870d;hpb=c09e84fd268548d2c6b1fae0206421f9a7841a5e;p=wimlib diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 0376c592..1ff7d62c 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,50 @@ -Version 1.7.2-BETA: +Version 1.7.5-BETA: + The performance of LZX compression has been improved by 15-20%. This is + the default compression mode of wimlib-imagex. + +Version 1.7.4: + The Windows binary distribution no longer contains third party DLLs. + These dependencies are instead compiled directly into the libwim DLL. + + Added more fixes for wimlib on non-x86 architectures such as ARM. + + Extracting files to a Windows PE in-memory filesystem no longer fails if + the target files do not yet exist. + + Improved the performance of XPRESS compression and LZMS decompression. + + Enabled SSSE3 accelerated SHA-1 computation in x86_64 Windows builds. + It will automatically be faster on newer Intel and AMD processors. + + Removed the --with-imagex-progname and --enable-more-assertions + configure options. + +Version 1.7.3: + Fix for very slow export from solid WIM / ESD files. + + Fix for LZX and LZMS algorithms on non-x86 architectures, such as ARM. + + New progress message: WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_HANDLE_ERROR. Applications + may use this to treat some types of errors as non-fatal. + + The library now permits making in-memory changes to a WIMStruct backed + by a read-only WIM file. + + Fixes for "WIMBoot" extraction mode (Windows only): + + When not using the WOF driver, extraction no longer fails if the + disk containing the WIM file has too many partitions. + + When matching patterns in [PrepopulateList], all hard links of + each file are now considered. + + The system registry files are now automatically treated as being + in [PrepopulateList]. + + Added a hack to try to work around an intermittent bug in + Microsoft's WOF (Windows Overlay Filesystem) driver. + +Version 1.7.2: Made more improvements to the XPRESS, LZX, and LZMS compressors. A number of improvements to the Windows port: @@ -13,6 +59,10 @@ Version 1.7.2-BETA: Mandatory integrity labels are now backed up and restored. + Added a workaround for an issue where in rare cases, wimlib could create + a compressed data stream that could not be read correctly by Windows + after an extraction in "WIMBoot" mode. + Library changes: Added file count progress data for WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_EXTRACT_FILE_STRUCTURE and @@ -23,6 +73,8 @@ Version 1.7.2-BETA: Some documentation improvements. + Made some clarifications to the license text in the COPYING file. + Version 1.7.1: Made more improvements to the XPRESS, LZX, and LZMS compressors.