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-Version 1.8.2-BETA:
-       Fixed a bug: on 32-bit systems, the library would enter an infinite loop
-       if WIM image metadata was malformed in a very specific way.
+Version 1.8.3-BETA:
+       Fixed a bug with libntfs-3g extraction present since v1.8.1.  Sometimes,
+       some Microsoft software would not correctly recognize data in the
+       resulting filesystem.  Users of the (UNIX-only) NTFS-3g based WIM
+       extraction support should not use wimlib v1.8.1 or wimlib v1.8.2.
 
-       Windows symbolic links and junctions in mounted WIM images are now
-       automatically rewritten to be valid in the mounted location.
+       Made some small improvements to the compression algorithms.
+
+       Improved handling of WIM XML data and added two new API functions:
+       wimlib_get_image_property() and wimlib_set_image_property().
+
+       Added support for (unsafe) in-place compaction of WIM files.
+
+       Several improvements to System Compression (compact mode) support:
+
+               wof.sys (or wofadk.sys) is now automatically attached to the
+               target volume if needed.
+
+               Compact-mode extractions now work correctly with wofadk.sys on
+               older versions of Windows.
+
+               For compatibility with the Windows bootloader, the requested
+               compression format now is overridden on certain files.
+
+Version 1.8.2:
+       This release primarily contains various minor bug fixes and
+       improvements, including:
+
+               Improved handling of deep directory structures.
+
+               Fixed a bug where on 32-bit systems, the library could enter an
+               infinite loop if a WIM file was malformed in a specific way.
+
+               Added a workaround for a case where libntfs-3g may report
+               duplicate streams in an NTFS file.
+
+               Windows symbolic links and junctions in mounted WIM images are
+               now automatically rewritten to be valid in the mounted location.
+
+               Reparse point fixes: correctly handle the "ReparseReserved"
+               field, and correctly handle "empty" (data-less) reparse points.
+
+               On Windows, wimlib now acquires SeManageVolumePrivilege, which
+               is needed to create externally backed files using the
+               "wofadk.sys" driver.
+
+               Improved validation of filenames.
+
+               Improved LZMS decompression speed.
+
+               The configure script now honors alternate pkg-config settings.
+
+               Links have been updated to point to the new website.
+
+       In addition, experimental support has been added for compressing
+       extracted files using System Compression on Windows 10.  This
+       functionality is available through the new '--compact' option to
+       'wimapply' and 'wimextract' as well as new library flags.
 
 Version 1.8.1:
        Fixed a bug in the LZX decompressor: malicious input data could cause