X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=d03c156a7548cd617831c19b4aec2941c4b48ecd;hp=82632cd41a24c953c11b8284da763b52092cfb12;hb=434a810e749d39b93b1d52d97daf6cb36151b1df;hpb=beccb94c715de2543d0b82c71dba09dc96068633 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 82632cd4..d03c156a 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,31 @@ -Version 1.9.0-BETA: +Version 1.9.1-BETA: + Added support for object IDs, which are a type of metadata sometimes + present on NTFS filesystems. They are used by some Windows software, + such as the Distributed Link Tracking Service. Object IDs are now + captured and applied both in NTFS-3g mode and on Windows when supported + by the filesystem. + + Reduced memory usage when exporting large numbers of WIM images. + + Made some minor build-related updates. Notably, enabled "silent" make + rules; this makes the output cleaner when building from source. + + Some 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 would not + work if their full path contained a space. + + Fixed bugs when capturing a WIM image from a SMB filesystem. + + Added warning message about known issue with WindowsApps folder. + + Added instructions for building from source on Windows. + + VSS support is no longer marked "experimental". + +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 +34,17 @@ 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