Add support for special files on UNIX

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 Only the most important changes more recent than version 0.6 are noted here.
 
-Version 1.6.3-BETA:
+Version 1.7.0-BETA:
        Improved compatibility with version 3584 WIM / ESD files.
 
        Performance improvements, including for extraction.
@@ -13,10 +13,17 @@ Version 1.6.3-BETA:
        documentation for the new '--wimboot' option to wimcapture and wimapply
        for more information.
 
-       The format of UNIX data has been changed.  If you captured any WIMs with
-       the --unix-data option, to upgrade them you'll need to apply them with
-       --unix-data using wimlib v1.6.2, then re-capture them with --unix-data
-       using this version.
+       On UNIX-like systems, you can now backup and restore device nodes, named
+       pipes, and sockets.  In addition, 32-bit user and group IDs are now
+       supported.
+
+       The way that UNIX data is stored in WIM files has been changed.  If you
+       captured any WIMs with the --unix-data option, to upgrade them you'll
+       need to apply them with --unix-data using wimlib-imagex v1.6.2, then
+       re-capture them with --unix-data using this version.
+
+       wimlib now understands tagged metadata items, such as object IDs, that
+       can be stored in WIM directory entries.
 
        Removed the --hardlink and --symlink options to wimapply, since I don't
        think they are too useful and they got in the way of improving the code.