X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=9720f2a03d788948e36ac46f5194a865964a5e09;hp=82632cd41a24c953c11b8284da763b52092cfb12;hb=a5edc75084110cd30d21d41c98d281cd4749d5cf;hpb=beccb94c715de2543d0b82c71dba09dc96068633 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 82632cd4..9720f2a0 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,78 @@ -Version 1.9.0-BETA: +Version 1.10.0: + The LZX compression ratio has been slightly improved. The default mode, + LZX level 50, is now almost as good as the old LZX level 100, while + being nearly the same speed as before. + + Decompression performance has been slightly improved. + + Filenames are now always listed in NTFS collation order. + + On UNIX-like systems, wimlib can now process Windows filenames that are + not valid Unicode due to the presence of unpaired surrogates. + + On UNIX-like systems, wimlib now always assumes UTF-8 encoding with the + addition of surrogate codepoints. Consequently, the environmental + variable WIMLIB_IMAGEX_USE_UTF8 and the flag + WIMLIB_INIT_FLAG_ASSUME_UTF8 no longer have any effect. + + wimlib no longer depends on iconv. + + Reduced memory usage slightly. + + When a WIM image is applied in NTFS-3G mode, security descriptors are + now created in NTFS v3.0 format when supported by the volume. + + Workarounds for bugs in libntfs-3g version 2013.1.13 and earlier have + been removed. Users are advised to upgrade to a later version of + libntfs-3g. + + On Windows, wimlib now supports case-sensitive filename extraction when + supported by the underlying operating system and filesystem (operating + system support requires a registry setting). + +Version 1.9.2: + On UNIX, wimlib can now overwrite readonly files when extracting. + + On Windows, fixed a bug where wimlib could leave a null DACL (a.k.a. "no + NTFS permissions") set on some existing directories after extraction. + + On Windows, when applying a WIM image in "WIMBoot mode" when the WOF + driver is not loaded, wimlib can now correctly register a new WIM file + with the target volume when the target volume previously had had WIM + files unregistered. + + Added a new testing program. + + Clarified the main license text and updated public domain dedications + for certain files to be more thorough. + +Version 1.9.1: + Object IDs are now saved and restored on Windows and in NTFS-3G mode. + + Reduced memory usage when exporting large numbers of WIM images. + + Non UTF-8 locales are now detected correctly. + + Addressed compiler warnings and enabled "silent" make rules by default. + + Windows-specific updates: + Fixed a bug where duplicate backslashes could be generated in + link targets when extracting symbolic links and junctions. + + Fixed a bug where the .cmd shortcuts for wimlib-imagex wouldn't + work if their full path contained a space. + + Fixed bugs related to scanning SMB filesystems. + + Added warning message about known issue with WindowsApps folder. + + Added instructions for building from source on Windows. + + VSS support is no longer marked "experimental". + + Added missing license file for libdivsufsort-lite. + +Version 1.9.0: 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. @@ -7,13 +81,17 @@ Version 1.9.0-BETA: architecture, system root, and version details. This information is now automatically set in newly captured WIM images, when appropriate. - Significantly improved performance of directory scans of full NTFS - volumes on Windows 8 and later. + Improved performance of directory tree scans on Windows. + + On Windows, to improve capture performance, wimlib now sometimes opens + files by inode number rather than by path. This is enabled for + wimcapture and wimappend, but for now other applications have to opt-in. The progress messages printed by wimlib-imagex while writing WIM files have been slightly tweaked. Progress information for directory tree scans now counts all hard links. + Also, on Windows "\\?\" is no longer stripped from the current path. Added a new '--image-property' option to 'wimcapture', 'wimappend', and 'wiminfo'. This option lets you assign values to elements in a WIM