X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=7ce8537170732ae4375e5e480ff36e762917ebcc;hp=26dad0f3af911b70161612cd52aa4fd7a1d3e9a5;hb=d589ed95c6e04fb13514408e426c986c6f53c356;hpb=cc7b6ee47d4037ae8fa11b4c2d5154091d543704 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 26dad0f3..7ce85371 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,18 +1,100 @@ -Only the most important changes more recent than version 0.6 are noted here. +Version 1.7.2-BETA: + Made more improvements to the XPRESS, LZX, and LZMS compressors. -Version 1.6.3-BETA: - Improved compatibility with version 3584 WIM / ESD files. + A number of improvements to the Windows port: - Performance improvements, including for extraction. + Fixes for setting short filenames. + + Faster "WIMBoot" extraction. + + Updated and slimmed down the dependent DLLs. + + ACL inheritence bits are now restored. + + Mandatory integrity labels are now backed up and restored. + + Library changes: + Added file count progress data for + WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_EXTRACT_FILE_STRUCTURE and + WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_EXTRACT_METADATA. + + Added support for testing file exclusions via the user-provided + progress function. + + Some documentation improvements. + + Made some clarifications to the license text in the COPYING file. + +Version 1.7.1: + Made more improvements to the XPRESS, LZX, and LZMS compressors. + + The default compression mode for wimcapture is now LZX compression in + its default mode, which is the same as '--compress=maximum'. + + You can now specify an optional integer compression level to the + '--compress' option; e.g. '--compress=lzx:75'. + + 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. + + Added 'verify' subcommand to wimlib-imagex. + + Notable library changes: + + Custom compressor parameters have been removed from the library + in favor of the simpler level-based API. + + Decompressor parameters have been removed entirely. + + Library users can now specify a custom file for warning and + error messages to be sent to, rather than the default of + standard error. + + New progress messages: + WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_EXTRACT_FILE_STRUCTURE, + WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_EXTRACT_METADATA. + + New function: wimlib_verify_wim(). + +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 +103,17 @@ Version 1.6.3-BETA: The 'mkwinpeimg' script now supports writing the ISO image to standard output. + The 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 +122,39 @@ 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.