X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=d9296240f93a4d384879f7a809e0c1ca72bb397f;hp=b3e0d4d38a97165f1f39716e4f1ef52154c623cf;hb=969809ef646ec6ceb9730da2eb21884feaff994d;hpb=aff002cdb84280f0d583e6d357024d22caf898a6 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index b3e0d4d3..d9296240 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,14 +1,57 @@ -Only the most important changes more recent than version 0.6 are noted here. +Version 1.7.1-BETA: + Made more improvements to the XPRESS, LZX, and LZMS compressors. -Version 1.7.0-BETA: - Improved compatibility with version 3584 WIM / ESD files. + The default compression mode for wimcapture is now LZX compression in + its default mode, which is the same as '--compress=maximum'. - Performance improvements, including for extraction. + 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. @@ -33,13 +76,17 @@ Version 1.7.0-BETA: The 'mkwinpeimg' script now supports writing the ISO image to standard output. - The element in WIM XML data will now be exported correctly. + 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. + 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: @@ -48,26 +95,39 @@ Version 1.7.0-BETA: WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_LZX is now 2 (so it's the same as WIMGAPI). - - Progress functions, including their prototypes as well as how - they are provided to the library, have been changed. + - 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.