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@@ -2,6 +2,86 @@ XZ Utils Release Notes ====================== +5.5.1alpha (2024-01-26) + + * Added a new filter for RISC-V binaries. The filter can be used + for 32-bit and 64-bit binaries with either little or big + endianness. In liblzma, the Filter ID is LZMA_FILTER_RISCV (0x0B) + and the xz option is --riscv. liblzma filter string syntax + recognizes this filter as "riscv". + + * liblzma: + + - Added lzma_mt_block_size() to recommend a Block size for + multithreaded encoding + + - Added CLMUL-based CRC32 on x86-64 and E2K with runtime + processor detection. Similar to CRC64, on 32-bit x86 it + isn't available unless --disable-assembler is used. + + - Implemented GNU indirect function (IFUNC) as a runtime + function dispatching method for CRC32 and CRC64 fast + implementations on x86. Only GNU/Linux (glibc) and FreeBSD + builds will use IFUNC, unless --enable-ifunc is specified to + configure. + + - Added definitions of mask values like + LZMA_INDEX_CHECK_MASK_CRC32 to <lzma/index.h>. + + - The XZ logo is now included in the Doxygen generated + documentation. It is licensed under Creative Commons + Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. + + * xz: + + - Multithreaded mode is now the default. This improves + compression speed and creates .xz files that can be + decompressed multithreaded at the cost of increased memory + usage and slightly worse compression ratio. + + - Added new command line option --filters to set the filter + chain using liblzma filter string syntax. + + - Added new command line options --filters1 ... --filters9 to + set additional filter chains using liblzma filter string + syntax. The --block-list option now allows specifying filter + chains that were set using these new options. + + - Added support for Linux Landlock as a sandboxing method. + + - xzdec now supports pledge(2), Capsicum, and Linux Landlock as + sandboxing methods. + + - Progress indicator time stats remain accurate after pausing + xz with SIGTSTP. + + - Ported xz and xzdec to Windows MSVC. Visual Studio 2015 or + later is required. + + * CMake Build: + + - Supports pledge(2), Capsicum, and Linux Landlock sandboxing + methods. + + - Replacement functions for getopt_long() are used on platforms + that do not have it. + + * Enabled unaligned access by default on PowerPC64LE and on RISC-V + targets that define __riscv_misaligned_fast. + + * Tests: + + - Added two new fuzz targets to OSS-Fuzz. + + - Implemented Continuous Integration (CI) testing using + GitHub Actions. + + * Changed quoting style from `...' to '...' in all messages, + scripts, and documentation. + + * Added basic Codespell support to help catch typo errors. + + 5.4.6 (2024-01-26) * Fixed a bug involving internal function pointers in liblzma not |