Add 'wimlib-imagex verify' command

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@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 Version 1.7.1-BETA:
-       Made more improvements to the compression algorithms.
+
+       Made a minor change to the LZMS compressor and decompressor to fix an
+       incompatibility with the Microsoft implementation.  In the unlikely
+       event that you created an LZMS-compressed WIM with wimlib v1.7.0 or
+       earlier and a checksum error is reported when extracting files from it
+       with wimlib v1.7.1, decompress it with v1.7.0 then compress it with
+       v1.7.1.
+
+       The performance of LZX compression in its default settings has been
+       improved by a further 5-10%.
 
        The default compression mode for wimcapture is now LZX compression in
-       its default mode, which is the the same as '--compress=maximum'.
+       its default mode, which is the same as '--compress=maximum'.
 
        You can now specify an optional integer compression level to the
        '--compress' or '--solid-compress' options; e.g.  '--compress=lzx:75'.
@@ -15,6 +24,8 @@ Version 1.7.1-BETA:
        "standard" names: '--solid', '--solid-compress', and
        '--solid-chunk-size', respectively.
 
+       Added 'verify' subcommand to 'wimlib-imagex'.
+
        The XPRESS compressor no longer supports chunks larger than 65536 bytes.
        There is little point in having larger chunks, since the LZ77 sliding
        window for XPRESS cannot be larger than 65536 bytes.  This change does
@@ -47,6 +58,8 @@ Version 1.7.1-BETA:
                error messages to be sent to, rather than the default of
                standard error.
 
+               New function: wimlib_verify_wim().
+
 Version 1.7.0:
        Improved compression, decompression, and extraction performance.