X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=1ff7d62c3bcd331599d6463b441afe8578c727a8;hp=7d7ab340615e7efdb25cbce3bd83b34ca5795e1c;hb=c3648a1bf94a11ee6eff22cb728f0efe3f4500e9;hpb=73004fcaa39fdc5e8b55b9e2835c862e0c104874 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 7d7ab340..1ff7d62c 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,32 @@ -Version 1.7.3-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. @@ -16,13 +44,6 @@ Version 1.7.3-BETA: Added a hack to try to work around an intermittent bug in Microsoft's WOF (Windows Overlay Filesystem) driver. - Added a workaround that tries to prevent short filename conflicts. It - can have an effect primarily on versions of Windows that do not support - removing short names from files (earlier than Windows 7). - - New progress message: WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_HANDLE_ERROR. Applications - may use this to treat some types of errors as non-fatal. - Version 1.7.2: Made more improvements to the XPRESS, LZX, and LZMS compressors.