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@@ -1,18 +1,52 @@
-Only the most important changes more recent than version 0.6 are noted here.
+Version 1.7.1-BETA:
+	The new (as of v1.7.0) extraction code will no longer run out of file
+	handles when extracting many (1000+) identical files.
 
-Version 1.6.3-BETA:
-	Improved compatibility with version 3584 WIM / ESD files.
+	Library users can now initialize and de-initialize the library multiple
+	times in one run of an application program.
 
-	Performance improvements, including for extraction.
+	Library users will now receive WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_WRITE_STREAMS and
+	WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_EXTRACT_STREAMS messages more frequently when
+	writing or extracting large WIM files.
+
+	Added experimental new write flag:
+	WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_SEND_DONE_WITH_FILE_MESSAGES.
+
+Version 1.7.0:
+	Improved compression, decompression, and extraction performance.
+
+	Improved compatibility with version 3584 WIM / ESD files:
+	    - Add support for reading and writing multiple solid blocks per
+	      archive, which WIMGAPI/DISM can create when appending an image.
+	    - Correctly create solid blocks larger than 4 GiB.
 
 	'add' commands passed to wimupdate will now replace existing
 	nondirectory files by default.  Use the --no-replace option to get the
 	old behavior.
 
+	The license for the library now contains an exception that allows using
+	it under the LGPL.  See the COPYING file for details.
+
+	In reparse-point fixup mode (the default for capture), symbolic links
+	and junctions that point outside the tree being captured are no longer
+	excluded from capture.
+
 	Added support for "WIMBoot" capture and extraction.  See the
 	documentation for the new '--wimboot' option to wimcapture and wimapply
 	for more information.
 
+	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.
 
@@ -21,7 +55,17 @@ Version 1.6.3-BETA:
 	The 'mkwinpeimg' script now supports writing the ISO image to standard
 	output.
 
+	The <ARCH> element in WIM XML data is now exported correctly.
+
 	On Windows, sparse file attributes are no longer set on extracted files.
+	Oddly enough, this actually saves disk space in some cases.
+
+	On UNIX, configuring with --disable-xattr or --enable-xattr is no longer
+	supported.  Mounting WIM images now always requires extended attribute
+	support.  Use --without-fuse to disable support for mounting WIM images;
+	this will also disable the need for extended attribute support.
+
+	Configuring with --enable-ssse3-sha1 now works correctly.
 
 	The shared library version has been bumped up.  The main
 	incompatibilities are:
@@ -30,23 +74,39 @@ Version 1.6.3-BETA:
 		  WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_LZX is now 2 (so it's the same as
 		  WIMGAPI).
 
+		- User-provided progress functions are now registered using a
+		  separate function, wimlib_register_progress_function().  The
+		  'progress_func' argument to many functions no longer exists.
+
+		- The return value from user-provided progress functions is now
+		  significant.
+
+		- A context argument has been added to the prototype of
+		  user-provided progress functions.
+
 		- 'struct wimlib_capture_config' has been removed.  The library
 		  now takes the path to the configuration file directly.  This
 		  affects wimlib_add_image(), wimlib_add_image_multisource(),
-		  and wimlib_update_image().  However no code changes are
-		  necessary if a NULL configuration was being used.
+		  and wimlib_update_image().  However, a NULL value passed in
+		  the argument retains the same meaning.
 
 		- Removed deprecated functions: some (de)compression functions,
 		  wimlib_extract_files(), and wimlib_print_metadata().
 
 		- Removed extraction flags: WIMLIB_EXTRACT_FLAG_HARDLINK,
-		  WIMLIB_EXTRACT_FLAG_SYMLINK, and
-		  WIMLIB_EXTRACT_FLAG_FILE_ORDER.
+		  WIMLIB_EXTRACT_FLAG_SYMLINK, WIMLIB_EXTRACT_FLAG_FILE_ORDER,
+		  and WIMLIB_EXTRACT_FLAG_SEQUENTIAL.
 
-		- Removed progress messages:
+		- Removed some progress messages:
 		  WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_APPLY_TIMESTAMPS,
 		  WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_EXTRACT_DIR_STRUCTURE_BEGIN,
-		  WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_EXTRACT_DIR_STRUCTURE_END.
+		  WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_EXTRACT_DIR_STRUCTURE_END.  Numbering
+		  stays the same.
+
+		- Removed some error codes.  Numbering stays the same.
+
+		- Replaced WIMLIB_UNMOUNT_FLAG_LAZY with
+		  WIMLIB_UNMOUNT_FLAG_FORCE.
 
 		- WIM paths passed to progress functions now have a leading
 		  slash.