X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=7ce0ccc30dff77e66c6f4baf3b0303cc7cd77ea3;hp=5c22c3a9498be3a6cf8794185cddd1545c5fb04d;hb=542225070ab6583b6f5915172425cac6e0326d77;hpb=c709c97fc72d46560550dd614959b3e62dbe1604 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 5c22c3a9..7ce0ccc3 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,69 @@ -Version 1.8.2-BETA: +Version 1.9.0-BETA: + Added experimental support for Windows VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service). + The new '--snapshot' argument to 'wimcapture' makes wimlib automatically + create and use a temporary VSS snapshot when capturing a WIM image. + + Implemented setting of Windows-specific XML information, such as + architecture, system root, and version details. This information is now + automatically set in newly captured WIM images, when appropriate. + + Added a new '--image-property' option to 'wimcapture', 'wimappend', and + 'wiminfo'. This option lets you assign values to elements in a WIM + file's XML document by name. + + The wimlib_get_image_property() and wimlib_set_image_property() API + functions now support numerically indexed elements. + + Fixed a bug where, on Windows, wimlib would change the security + descriptor of the target directory of an extraction even when the + '--no-acls' option was specified. + +Version 1.8.3: + 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. + + Made some small improvements to the compression algorithms: + LZX compression ratio was slightly improved. + XPRESS compression ratio and speed was slightly improved. + LZMS compression speed was slightly improved. + + Improved handling of WIM XML data. wimlib no longer drops unrecognized + elements when exporting images. In addition, two API functions were + added for better access to elements in the XML document: + wimlib_get_image_property() and wimlib_set_image_property(). + + Added support for (unsafe) in-place compaction of WIM files. + + Improved performance of image export by reusing metadata resources + instead of always rebuilding and recompressing them. + + Improved performance of wimlib_update_image() by delaying the update to + the WIM's XML document until a write is requested. + + On Windows, the target of an extraction may now be a reparse point + (which will be dereferenced). + + On Windows, wimlib now correctly restores non-Microsoft reparse points. + However, this remains broken in NTFS-3g mode due to a libntfs-3g bug. + + On Windows, wimlib now has improved performance when archiving files + from a filesystem backed by a WIM (a "WIMBoot" setup). + + 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. + + Other minor bugfixes. + +Version 1.8.2: This release primarily contains various minor bug fixes and improvements, including: