X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=8329afd1c8380405ce0eefaf2122b698d535b821;hp=cd5bc4a80592c5d75c622d05b761354036a30a32;hb=56825f340567556b2130008e384084214db9a21f;hpb=0da20afab9ec25f7b5af83f7507002d467b28685 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index cd5bc4a8..8329afd1 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,10 +1,52 @@ -Version 1.7.2-BETA: - Made yet another round of performance improvements to the XPRESS, LZX, - and LZMS compressors. +Version 1.7.3-BETA: + The library now permits making in-memory changes to a WIMStruct backed + by a read-only WIM file. - On Windows, wimextract and its underlying library function - wimlib_extract_paths() will no longer fail if given a target directory - path ending in a slash. + Fixes for "WIMBoot" extraction mode (Windows only): + + When not using the WOF driver, extraction no longer fails if the + disk containing the WIM file has too many partitions. + + When matching patterns in [PrepopulateList], all hard links of + each file are now considered. + + The system registry files are now automatically treated as being + in [PrepopulateList]. + + 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). + +Version 1.7.2: + Made more improvements to the XPRESS, LZX, and LZMS compressors. + + A number of improvements to the Windows port: + + 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. + + Added a workaround for an issue where in rare cases, wimlib could create + a compressed data stream that could not be read correctly by Windows + after an extraction in "WIMBoot" mode. + + 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.