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f535537f 1V1.5.6 (Mar 2024)
2api: Promote `ZSTD_c_targetCBlockSize` to Stable API by @felixhandte
3api: new `ZSTD_d_maxBlockSize` experimental parameter, to reduce streaming decompression memory, by @terrelln
4perf: improve performance of param `ZSTD_c_targetCBlockSize`, by @Cyan4973
5perf: improved compression of arrays of integers at high compression, by @Cyan4973
6lib: reduce binary size with selective built-time exclusion, by @felixhandte
7lib: improved huffman speed on small data and linux kernel, by @terrelln
8lib: accept dictionaries with partial literal tables, by @terrelln
9lib: fix CCtx size estimation with external sequence producer, by @embg
10lib: fix corner case decoder behaviors, by @Cyan4973 and @aimuz
11lib: fix zdict prototype mismatch in static_only mode, by @ldv-alt
12lib: fix several bugs in magicless-format decoding, by @embg
13cli: add common compressed file types to `--exclude-compressed`` by @daniellerozenblit
14cli: fix mixing `-c` and `-o` commands with `--rm`, by @Cyan4973
15cli: fix erroneous exclusion of hidden files with `--output-dir-mirror` by @felixhandte
16cli: improved time accuracy on BSD, by @felixhandte
17cli: better errors on argument parsing, by @KapJI
18tests: better compatibility with older versions of `grep`, by @Cyan4973
19tests: lorem ipsum generator as default backup content, by @Cyan4973
20build: cmake improvements by @terrelln, @sighingnow, @gjasny, @JohanMabille, @Saverio976, @gruenich, @teo-tsirpanis
21build: bazel support, by @jondo2010
22build: fix cross-compiling for AArch64 with lld by @jcelerier
23build: fix Apple platform compatibility, by @nidhijaju
24build: fix Visual 2012 and lower compatibility, by @Cyan4973
25build: improve win32 support, by @DimitriPapadopoulos
26build: better C90 compliance for zlibWrapper, by @emaste
27port: make: fat binaries on macos, by @mredig
28port: ARM64EC compatibility for Windows, by @dunhor
29port: QNX support by @klausholstjacobsen
30port: MSYS2 and Cygwin makefile installation and test support, by @QBos07
31port: risc-v support validation in CI, by @Cyan4973
32port: sparc64 support validation in CI, by @Cyan4973
33port: AIX compatibility, by @likema
34port: HP-UX compatibility, by @likema
35doc: Improved specification accuracy, by @elasota
36bug: Fix and deprecate ZSTD_generateSequences (#3981)
37
648db22b 38v1.5.5 (Apr 2023)
39fix: fix rare corruption bug affecting the high compression mode, reported by @danlark1 (#3517, @terrelln)
40perf: improve mid-level compression speed (#3529, #3533, #3543, @yoniko and #3552, @terrelln)
41lib: deprecated bufferless block-level API (#3534) by @terrelln
42cli: mmap large dictionaries to save memory, by @daniellerozenblit
43cli: improve speed of --patch-from mode (~+50%) (#3545) by @daniellerozenblit
44cli: improve i/o speed (~+10%) when processing lots of small files (#3479) by @felixhandte
45cli: zstd no longer crashes when requested to write into write-protected directory (#3541) by @felixhandte
46cli: fix decompression into block device using -o, reported by @georgmu (#3583)
47build: fix zstd CLI compiled with lzma support but not zlib support (#3494) by @Hello71
48build: fix cmake does no longer require 3.18 as minimum version (#3510) by @kou
49build: fix MSVC+ClangCL linking issue (#3569) by @tru
50build: fix zstd-dll, version of zstd CLI that links to the dynamic library (#3496) by @yoniko
51build: fix MSVC warnings (#3495) by @embg
52doc: updated zstd specification to clarify corner cases, by @Cyan4973
53doc: document how to create fat binaries for macos (#3568) by @rickmark
54misc: improve seekable format ingestion speed (~+100%) for very small chunk sizes (#3544) by @Cyan4973
55misc: tests/fullbench can benchmark multiple files (#3516) by @dloidolt
56
57v1.5.4 (Feb 2023)
58perf: +20% faster huffman decompression for targets that can't compile x64 assembly (#3449, @terrelln)
59perf: up to +10% faster streaming compression at levels 1-2 (#3114, @embg)
60perf: +4-13% for levels 5-12 by optimizing function generation (#3295, @terrelln)
61pref: +3-11% compression speed for `arm` target (#3199, #3164, #3145, #3141, #3138, @JunHe77 and #3139, #3160, @danlark1)
62perf: +5-30% faster dictionary compression at levels 1-4 (#3086, #3114, #3152, @embg)
63perf: +10-20% cold dict compression speed by prefetching CDict tables (#3177, @embg)
64perf: +1% faster compression by removing a branch in ZSTD_fast_noDict (#3129, @felixhandte)
65perf: Small compression ratio improvements in high compression mode (#2983, #3391, @Cyan4973 and #3285, #3302, @daniellerozenblit)
66perf: small speed improvement by better detecting `STATIC_BMI2` for `clang` (#3080, @TocarIP)
67perf: Improved streaming performance when `ZSTD_c_stableInBuffer` is set (#2974, @Cyan4973)
68cli: Asynchronous I/O for improved cli speed (#2975, #2985, #3021, #3022, @yoniko)
69cli: Change `zstdless` behavior to align with `zless` (#2909, @binhdvo)
70cli: Keep original file if `-c` or `--stdout` is given (#3052, @dirkmueller)
71cli: Keep original files when result is concatenated into a single output with `-o` (#3450, @Cyan4973)
72cli: Preserve Permissions and Ownership of regular files (#3432, @felixhandte)
73cli: Print zlib/lz4/lzma library versions with `-vv` (#3030, @terrelln)
74cli: Print checksum value for single frame files with `-lv` (#3332, @Cyan4973)
75cli: Print `dictID` when present with `-lv` (#3184, @htnhan)
76cli: when `stderr` is *not* the console, disable status updates, but preserve final summary (#3458, @Cyan4973)
77cli: support `--best` and `--no-name` in `gzip` compatibility mode (#3059, @dirkmueller)
78cli: support for `posix` high resolution timer `clock_gettime()`, for improved benchmark accuracy (#3423, @Cyan4973)
79cli: improved help/usage (`-h`, `-H`) formatting (#3094, @dirkmueller and #3385, @jonpalmisc)
80cli: Fix better handling of bogus numeric values (#3268, @ctkhanhly)
81cli: Fix input consists of multiple files _and_ `stdin` (#3222, @yoniko)
82cli: Fix tiny files passthrough (#3215, @cgbur)
83cli: Fix for `-r` on empty directory (#3027, @brailovich)
84cli: Fix empty string as argument for `--output-dir-*` (#3220, @embg)
85cli: Fix decompression memory usage reported by `-vv --long` (#3042, @u1f35c, and #3232, @zengyijing)
86cli: Fix infinite loop when empty input is passed to trainer (#3081, @terrelln)
87cli: Fix `--adapt` doesn't work when `--no-progress` is also set (#3354, @terrelln)
88api: Support for Block-Level Sequence Producer (#3333, @embg)
89api: Support for in-place decompression (#3432, @terrelln)
90api: New `ZSTD_CCtx_setCParams()` function, set all parameters defined in a `ZSTD_compressionParameters` structure (#3403, @Cyan4973)
91api: Streaming decompression detects incorrect header ID sooner (#3175, @Cyan4973)
92api: Window size resizing optimization for edge case (#3345, @daniellerozenblit)
93api: More accurate error codes for busy-loop scenarios (#3413, #3455, @Cyan4973)
94api: Fix limit overflow in `compressBound` and `decompressBound` (#3362, #3373, Cyan4973) reported by @nigeltao
95api: Deprecate several advanced experimental functions: streaming (#3408, @embg), copy (#3196, @mileshu)
96bug: Fix corruption that rarely occurs in 32-bit mode with wlog=25 (#3361, @terrelln)
97bug: Fix for block-splitter (#3033, @Cyan4973)
98bug: Fixes for Sequence Compression API (#3023, #3040, @Cyan4973)
99bug: Fix leaking thread handles on Windows (#3147, @animalize)
100bug: Fix timing issues with cmake/meson builds (#3166, #3167, #3170, @Cyan4973)
101build: Allow user to select legacy level for cmake (#3050, @shadchin)
102build: Enable legacy support by default in cmake (#3079, @niamster)
103build: Meson build script improvements (#3039, #3120, #3122, #3327, #3357, @eli-schwartz and #3276, @neheb)
104build: Add aarch64 to supported architectures for zstd_trace (#3054, @ooosssososos)
105build: support AIX architecture (#3219, @qiongsiwu)
106build: Fix `ZSTD_LIB_MINIFY` build macro, which now reduces static library size by half (#3366, @terrelln)
107build: Fix Windows issues with Multithreading translation layer (#3364, #3380, @yoniko) and ARM64 target (#3320, @cwoffenden)
108build: Fix `cmake` script (#3382, #3392, @terrelln and #3252 @Tachi107 and #3167 @Cyan4973)
109doc: Updated man page, providing more details for `--train` mode (#3112, @Cyan4973)
110doc: Add decompressor errata document (#3092, @terrelln)
111misc: Enable Intel CET (#2992, #2994, @hjl-tools)
112misc: Fix `contrib/` seekable format (#3058, @yhoogstrate and #3346, @daniellerozenblit)
113misc: Improve speed of the one-file library generator (#3241, @wahern and #3005, @cwoffenden)
114
115v1.5.3 (dev version, unpublished)
116
117v1.5.2 (Jan, 2022)
118perf: Regain Minimal memset()-ing During Reuse of Compression Contexts (@Cyan4973, #2969)
119build: Build Zstd with `noexecstack` on All Architectures (@felixhandte, #2964)
120doc: Clarify Licensing (@terrelln, #2981)
121
122v1.5.1 (Dec, 2021)
123perf: rebalanced compression levels, to better match the intended speed/level curve, by @senhuang42
124perf: faster huffman decoder, using x64 assembly, by @terrelln
125perf: slightly faster high speed modes (strategies fast & dfast), by @felixhandte
126perf: improved binary size and faster compilation times, by @terrelln
127perf: new row64 mode, used notably in level 12, by @senhuang42
128perf: faster mid-level compression speed in presence of highly repetitive patterns, by @senhuang42
129perf: minor compression ratio improvements for small data at high levels, by @cyan4973
130perf: reduced stack usage (mostly useful for Linux Kernel), by @terrelln
131perf: faster compression speed on incompressible data, by @bindhvo
132perf: on-demand reduced ZSTD_DCtx state size, using build macro ZSTD_DECODER_INTERNAL_BUFFER, at a small cost of performance, by @bindhvo
133build: allows hiding static symbols in the dynamic library, using build macro, by @skitt
134build: support for m68k (Motorola 68000's), by @cyan4973
135build: improved AIX support, by @Helflym
136build: improved meson unofficial build, by @eli-schwartz
137cli : custom memory limit when training dictionary (#2925), by @embg
f535537f 138cli : report advanced parameters information when compressing in very verbose mode (`-vv`), by @Svetlitski-FB
648db22b 139
140v1.5.0 (May 11, 2021)
141api: Various functions promoted from experimental to stable API: (#2579-2581, @senhuang42)
142 `ZSTD_defaultCLevel()`
143 `ZSTD_getDictID_fromCDict()`
144api: Several experimental functions have been deprecated and will emit a compiler warning (#2582, @senhuang42)
145 `ZSTD_compress_advanced()`
146 `ZSTD_compress_usingCDict_advanced()`
147 `ZSTD_compressBegin_advanced()`
148 `ZSTD_compressBegin_usingCDict_advanced()`
149 `ZSTD_initCStream_srcSize()`
150 `ZSTD_initCStream_usingDict()`
151 `ZSTD_initCStream_usingCDict()`
152 `ZSTD_initCStream_advanced()`
153 `ZSTD_initCStream_usingCDict_advanced()`
154 `ZSTD_resetCStream()`
155api: ZSTDMT_NBWORKERS_MAX reduced to 64 for 32-bit environments (@Cyan4973)
156perf: Significant speed improvements for middle compression levels (#2494, @senhuang42 @terrelln)
157perf: Block splitter to improve compression ratio, enabled by default for high compression levels (#2447, @senhuang42)
158perf: Decompression loop refactor, speed improvements on `clang` and for `--long` modes (#2614 #2630, @Cyan4973)
159perf: Reduced stack usage during compression and decompression entropy stage (#2522 #2524, @terrelln)
160bug: Improve setting permissions of created files (#2525, @felixhandte)
161bug: Fix large dictionary non-determinism (#2607, @terrelln)
162bug: Fix non-determinism test failures on Linux i686 (#2606, @terrelln)
163bug: Fix various dedicated dictionary search bugs (#2540 #2586, @senhuang42 @felixhandte)
164bug: Ensure `ZSTD_estimateCCtxSize*() `monotonically increases with compression level (#2538, @senhuang42)
165bug: Fix --patch-from mode parameter bound bug with small files (#2637, @occivink)
166bug: Fix UBSAN error in decompression (#2625, @terrelln)
167bug: Fix superblock compression divide by zero bug (#2592, @senhuang42)
168bug: Make the number of physical CPU cores detection more robust (#2517, @PaulBone)
169doc: Improve `zdict.h` dictionary training API documentation (#2622, @terrelln)
170doc: Note that public `ZSTD_free*()` functions accept NULL pointers (#2521, @animalize)
171doc: Add style guide docs for open source contributors (#2626, @Cyan4973)
172tests: Better regression test coverage for different dictionary modes (#2559, @senhuang42)
173tests: Better test coverage of index reduction (#2603, @terrelln)
174tests: OSS-Fuzz coverage for seekable format (#2617, @senhuang42)
175tests: Test coverage for ZSTD threadpool API (#2604, @senhuang42)
176build: Dynamic library built multithreaded by default (#2584, @senhuang42)
177build: Move `zstd_errors.h` and `zdict.h` to `lib/` root (#2597, @terrelln)
178build: Allow `ZSTDMT_JOBSIZE_MIN` to be configured at compile-time, reduce default to 512KB (#2611, @Cyan4973)
179build: Single file library build script moved to `build/` directory (#2618, @felixhandte)
180build: `ZBUFF_*()` is no longer built by default (#2583, @senhuang42)
181build: Fixed Meson build (#2548, @SupervisedThinking @kloczek)
182build: Fix excessive compiler warnings with clang-cl and CMake (#2600, @nickhutchinson)
183build: Detect presence of `md5` on Darwin (#2609, @felixhandte)
184build: Avoid SIGBUS on armv6 (#2633, @bmwiedmann)
185cli: `--progress` flag added to always display progress bar (#2595, @senhuang42)
186cli: Allow reading from block devices with `--force` (#2613, @felixhandte)
187cli: Fix CLI filesize display bug (#2550, @Cyan4973)
188cli: Fix windows CLI `--filelist` end-of-line bug (#2620, @Cyan4973)
189contrib: Various fixes for linux kernel patch (#2539, @terrelln)
190contrib: Seekable format - Decompression hanging edge case fix (#2516, @senhuang42)
191contrib: Seekable format - New seek table-only API (#2113 #2518, @mdittmer @Cyan4973)
192contrib: Seekable format - Fix seek table descriptor check when loading (#2534, @foxeng)
193contrib: Seekable format - Decompression fix for large offsets, (#2594, @azat)
194misc: Automatically published release tarballs available on Github (#2535, @felixhandte)
195
196v1.4.9 (Mar 1, 2021)
197bug: Use `umask()` to Constrain Created File Permissions (#2495, @felixhandte)
198bug: Make Simple Single-Pass Functions Ignore Advanced Parameters (#2498, @terrelln)
199api: Add (De)Compression Tracing Functionality (#2482, @terrelln)
200api: Support References to Multiple DDicts (#2446, @senhuang42)
201api: Add Function to Generate Skippable Frame (#2439, @senhuang42)
202perf: New Algorithms for the Long Distance Matcher (#2483, @mpu)
203perf: Performance Improvements for Long Distance Matcher (#2464, @mpu)
204perf: Don't Shrink Window Log when Streaming with a Dictionary (#2451, @terrelln)
f535537f 205cli: Fix `--output-dir-mirror` rejection of `..` -containing paths (#2512, @felixhandte)
648db22b 206cli: Allow Input From Console When `-f`/`--force` is Passed (#2466, @felixhandte)
207cli: Improve Help Message (#2500, @senhuang42)
208tests: Remove Flaky Tests (#2455, #2486, #2445, @Cyan4973)
209tests: Correctly Invoke md5 Utility on NetBSD (#2492, @niacat)
210tests: Avoid Using `stat -c` on NetBSD (#2513, @felixhandte)
211build: Zstd CLI Can Now be Linked to Dynamic `libzstd` (#2457, #2454 @Cyan4973)
212build: Hide and Avoid Using Static-Only Symbols (#2501, #2504, @skitt)
213build: CMake: Enable Only C for lib/ and programs/ Projects (#2498, @concatime)
214build: CMake: Use `configure_file()` to Create the `.pc` File (#2462, @lazka)
215build: Fix Fuzzer Compiler Detection & Update UBSAN Flags (#2503, @terrelln)
216build: Add Guards for `_LARGEFILE_SOURCE` and `_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE` (#2444, @indygreg)
217build: Improve `zlibwrapper` Makefile (#2437, @Cyan4973)
218contrib: Add `recover_directory` Program (#2473, @terrelln)
219doc: Change License Year to 2021 (#2452 & #2465, @terrelln & @senhuang42)
220doc: Fix Typos (#2459, @ThomasWaldmann)
221
222v1.4.8 (Dec 18, 2020)
223hotfix: wrong alignment of an internal buffer
224
225v1.4.7 (Dec 16, 2020)
226perf: stronger --long mode at high compression levels, by @senhuang42
227perf: stronger --patch-from at high compression levels, thanks to --long improvements
228perf: faster dictionary compression at medium compression levels, by @felixhandte
229perf: small speed & memory usage improvements for ZSTD_compress2(), by @terrelln
230perf: improved fast compression speeds with Visual Studio, by @animalize
231cli : Set nb of threads with environment variable ZSTD_NBTHREADS, by @senhuang42
232cli : accept decompressing files with *.zstd suffix
233cli : provide a condensed summary by default when processing multiple files
234cli : fix : stdin input no longer confused as user prompt
235cli : improve accuracy of several error messages
236api : new sequence ingestion API, by @senhuang42
237api : shared thread pool: control total nb of threads used by multiple compression jobs, by @marxin
238api : new ZSTD_getDictID_fromCDict(), by @LuAPi
239api : zlibWrapper only uses public API, and is compatible with dynamic library, by @terrelln
240api : fix : multithreaded compression has predictable output even in special cases (see #2327) (issue not accessible from cli)
241api : fix : dictionary compression correctly respects dictionary compression level (see #2303) (issue not accessible from cli)
242build: fix cmake script when using path with spaces, by @terrelln
243build: improved compile-time detection of aarch64/neon platforms, by @bsdimp
244build: Fix building on AIX 5.1, by @likema
245build: compile paramgrill with cmake on Windows, requested by @mirh
246doc : clarify repcode updates in format specification, by @felixhandte
247
248v1.4.6
249fix : Always return dstSize_tooSmall when that is the case
250fix : Fix ZSTD_initCStream_advanced() with static allocation and no dictionary
251perf: Improve small block decompression speed by 20%+, by @terrelln
252perf: Reduce compression stack usage by 1 KB, by @terrelln
253perf: Improve decompression speed by improving ZSTD_wildcopy, by @helloguo (#2252, #2256)
254perf: Improve histogram construction, by @cyan4973 (#2253)
255cli : Add --output-dir-mirror option, by @xxie24 (#2219)
256cli : Warn when (de)compressing multiple files into a single output, by @senhuang42 (#2279)
257cli : Improved progress bar and status summary when (de)compressing multiple files, by @senhuang42 (#2283)
258cli : Call stat less often, by @felixhandte (#2262)
259cli : Allow --patch-from XXX and --filelist XXX in addition to --patch-from=XXX and --filelist=XXX, by @cyan4973 (#2250)
260cli : Allow --patch-from to compress stdin with --stream-size, by @bimbashrestha (#2206)
261api : Do not install zbuff.h, since it has long been deprecated, by @cyan4973 (#2166).
262api : Fix ZSTD_CCtx_setParameter() with ZSTD_c_compressionLevel to make 0 mean default level, by @i-do-cpp (#2291)
263api : Rename ZSTDMT_NBTHREADS_MAX to ZSTDMT_NBWORKERS_MAX, by @marxin (#2228).
264build: Install pkg-config file with CMake and MinGW, by @tonytheodore (#2183)
265build: Install DLL with CMake on Windows, by @BioDataAnalysis (#2221)
266build: Fix DLL install location with CMake, by @xantares and @bimbashrestha (#2186)
267build: Add ZSTD_NO_UNUSED_FUNCTIONS macro to hide unused functions
268build: Add ZSTD_NO_INTRINSICS macro to avoid explicit intrinsics
269build: Add STATIC_BMI2 macro for compile time detection of BMI2 on MSVC, by @Niadb (#2258)
270build: Fix -Wcomma warnings, by @cwoffenden
271build: Remove distutils requirement for meson build, by @neheb (#2197)
272build: Fix cli compilation with uclibc
273build: Fix cli compilation without st_mtime, by @ffontaine (#2246)
274build: Fix shadowing warnings in library
275build: Fix single file library compilation with Enscripten, by @yoshihitoh (#2227)
276misc: Improve single file library and include dictBuilder, by @cwoffenden
277misc: Allow compression dictionaries with missing symbols
278misc: Add freestanding translation script in contrib/freestanding_lib
279misc: Collect all of zstd's libc dependencies into zstd_deps.h
280doc : Add ZSTD_versionString() to manual, by @animalize
281doc : Fix documentation for ZSTD_CCtxParams_setParameter(), by @felixhandte (#2270)
282
283v1.4.5 (May 22, 2020)
284fix : Compression ratio regression on huge files (> 3 GB) using high levels (--ultra) and multithreading, by @terrelln
285perf: Improved decompression speed: x64 : +10% (clang) / +5% (gcc); ARM : from +15% to +50%, depending on SoC, by @terrelln
286perf: Automatically downsizes ZSTD_DCtx when too large for too long (#2069, by @bimbashreshta)
287perf: Improved fast compression speed on aarch64 (#2040, ~+3%, by @caoyzh)
288perf: Small level 1 compression speed gains (depending on compiler)
289cli : New --patch-from command, create and apply patches from files, by @bimbashreshta
290cli : New --filelist= : Provide a list of files to operate upon from a file
291cli : -b -d command can now benchmark decompression on multiple files
292cli : New --no-content-size command
293cli : New --show-default-cparams information command
294api : ZDICT_finalizeDictionary() is promoted to stable (#2111)
295api : new experimental parameter ZSTD_d_stableOutBuffer (#2094)
296build: Generate a single-file libzstd library (#2065, by @cwoffenden)
297build: Relative includes no longer require -I compiler flags for zstd lib subdirs (#2103, by @felixhandte)
298build: zstd now compiles cleanly under -pedantic (#2099)
299build: zstd now compiles with make-4.3
300build: Support mingw cross-compilation from Linux, by @Ericson2314
301build: Meson multi-thread build fix on windows
302build: Some misc icc fixes backed by new ci test on travis
303misc: bitflip analyzer tool, by @felixhandte
304misc: Extend largeNbDicts benchmark to compression
305misc: Edit-distance match finder in contrib/
306doc : Improved beginner CONTRIBUTING.md docs
307doc : New issue templates for zstd
308
309v1.4.4 (Nov 6, 2019)
310perf: Improved decompression speed, by > 10%, by @terrelln
311perf: Better compression speed when re-using a context, by @felixhandte
312perf: Fix compression ratio when compressing large files with small dictionary, by @senhuang42
313perf: zstd reference encoder can generate RLE blocks, by @bimbashrestha
314perf: minor generic speed optimization, by @davidbolvansky
315api: new ability to extract sequences from the parser for analysis, by @bimbashrestha
316api: fixed decoding of magic-less frames, by @terrelln
317api: fixed ZSTD_initCStream_advanced() performance with fast modes, reported by @QrczakMK
318cli: Named pipes support, by @bimbashrestha
319cli: short tar's extension support, by @stokito
320cli: command --output-dir-flat= , generates target files into requested directory, by @senhuang42
321cli: commands --stream-size=# and --size-hint=#, by @nmagerko
322cli: command --exclude-compressed, by @shashank0791
323cli: faster `-t` test mode
324cli: improved some error messages, by @vangyzen
325cli: fix command `-D dictionary` on Windows, reported by @artyompetrov
326cli: fix rare deadlock condition within dictionary builder, by @terrelln
327build: single-file decoder with emscripten compilation script, by @cwoffenden
328build: fixed zlibWrapper compilation on Visual Studio, reported by @bluenlive
329build: fixed deprecation warning for certain gcc version, reported by @jasonma163
330build: fix compilation on old gcc versions, by @cemeyer
331build: improved installation directories for cmake script, by Dmitri Shubin
332pack: modified pkgconfig, for better integration into openwrt, requested by @neheb
333misc: Improved documentation : ZSTD_CLEVEL, DYNAMIC_BMI2, ZSTD_CDict, function deprecation, zstd format
334misc: fixed educational decoder : accept larger literals section, and removed UNALIGNED() macro
335
336v1.4.3 (Aug 20, 2019)
337bug: Fix Dictionary Compression Ratio Regression by @cyan4973 (#1709)
338bug: Fix Buffer Overflow in legacy v0.3 decompression by @felixhandte (#1722)
339build: Add support for IAR C/C++ Compiler for Arm by @joseph0918 (#1705)
340
341v1.4.2 (Jul 26, 2019)
342bug: Fix bug in zstd-0.5 decoder by @terrelln (#1696)
343bug: Fix seekable decompression in-memory API by @iburinoc (#1695)
344misc: Validate blocks are smaller than size limit by @vivekmg (#1685)
345misc: Restructure source files by @ephiepark (#1679)
346
347v1.4.1 (Jul 20, 2019)
348bug: Fix data corruption in niche use cases by @terrelln (#1659)
349bug: Fuzz legacy modes, fix uncovered bugs by @terrelln (#1593, #1594, #1595)
350bug: Fix out of bounds read by @terrelln (#1590)
351perf: Improve decode speed by ~7% @mgrice (#1668)
352perf: Slightly improved compression ratio of level 3 and 4 (ZSTD_dfast) by @cyan4973 (#1681)
353perf: Slightly faster compression speed when re-using a context by @cyan4973 (#1658)
354perf: Improve compression ratio for small windowLog by @cyan4973 (#1624)
355perf: Faster compression speed in high compression mode for repetitive data by @terrelln (#1635)
356api: Add parameter to generate smaller dictionaries by @tyler-tran (#1656)
357cli: Recognize symlinks when built in C99 mode by @felixhandte (#1640)
358cli: Expose cpu load indicator for each file on -vv mode by @ephiepark (#1631)
359cli: Restrict read permissions on destination files by @chungy (#1644)
360cli: zstdgrep: handle -f flag by @felixhandte (#1618)
361cli: zstdcat: follow symlinks by @vejnar (#1604)
362doc: Remove extra size limit on compressed blocks by @felixhandte (#1689)
363doc: Fix typo by @yk-tanigawa (#1633)
364doc: Improve documentation on streaming buffer sizes by @cyan4973 (#1629)
365build: CMake: support building with LZ4 @leeyoung624 (#1626)
366build: CMake: install zstdless and zstdgrep by @leeyoung624 (#1647)
367build: CMake: respect existing uninstall target by @j301scott (#1619)
368build: Make: skip multithread tests when built without support by @michaelforney (#1620)
369build: Make: Fix examples/ test target by @sjnam (#1603)
370build: Meson: rename options out of deprecated namespace by @lzutao (#1665)
371build: Meson: fix build by @lzutao (#1602)
372build: Visual Studio: don't export symbols in static lib by @scharan (#1650)
373build: Visual Studio: fix linking by @absotively (#1639)
374build: Fix MinGW-W64 build by @myzhang1029 (#1600)
375misc: Expand decodecorpus coverage by @ephiepark (#1664)
376
377v1.4.0 (Apr 17, 2019)
378perf: Improve level 1 compression speed in most scenarios by 6% by @gbtucker and @terrelln
379api: Move the advanced API, including all functions in the staging section, to the stable section
380api: Make ZSTD_e_flush and ZSTD_e_end block for maximum forward progress
381api: Rename ZSTD_CCtxParam_getParameter to ZSTD_CCtxParams_getParameter
382api: Rename ZSTD_CCtxParam_setParameter to ZSTD_CCtxParams_setParameter
383api: Don't export ZSTDMT functions from the shared library by default
384api: Require ZSTD_MULTITHREAD to be defined to use ZSTDMT
385api: Add ZSTD_decompressBound() to provide an upper bound on decompressed size by @shakeelrao
386api: Fix ZSTD_decompressDCtx() corner cases with a dictionary
387api: Move ZSTD_getDictID_*() functions to the stable section
388api: Add ZSTD_c_literalCompressionMode flag to enable or disable literal compression by @terrelln
389api: Allow compression parameters to be set when a dictionary is used
390api: Allow setting parameters before or after ZSTD_CCtx_loadDictionary() is called
391api: Fix ZSTD_estimateCStreamSize_usingCCtxParams()
392api: Setting ZSTD_d_maxWindowLog to 0 means use the default
393cli: Ensure that a dictionary is not used to compress itself by @shakeelrao
394cli: Add --[no-]compress-literals flag to enable or disable literal compression
395doc: Update the examples to use the advanced API
396doc: Explain how to transition from old streaming functions to the advanced API in the header
397build: Improve the Windows release packages
398build: Improve CMake build by @hjmjohnson
399build: Build fixes for FreeBSD by @lwhsu
400build: Remove redundant warnings by @thatsafunnyname
401build: Fix tests on OpenBSD by @bket
402build: Extend fuzzer build system to work with the new clang engine
403build: CMake now creates the libzstd.so.1 symlink
404build: Improve Menson build by @lzutao
405misc: Fix symbolic link detection on FreeBSD
406misc: Use physical core count for -T0 on FreeBSD by @cemeyer
407misc: Fix zstd --list on truncated files by @kostmo
408misc: Improve logging in debug mode by @felixhandte
409misc: Add CirrusCI tests by @lwhsu
410misc: Optimize dictionary memory usage in corner cases
411misc: Improve the dictionary builder on small or homogeneous data
412misc: Fix spelling across the repo by @jsoref
413
414v1.3.8 (Dec 28, 2018)
415perf: better decompression speed on large files (+7%) and cold dictionaries (+15%)
416perf: slightly better compression ratio at high compression modes
417api : finalized advanced API, last stage before "stable" status
418api : new --rsyncable mode, by @terrelln
419api : support decompression of empty frames into NULL (used to be an error) (#1385)
420build: new set of macros to build a minimal size decoder, by @felixhandte
421build: fix compilation on MIPS32, reported by @clbr (#1441)
422build: fix compilation with multiple -arch flags, by @ryandesign
423build: highly upgraded meson build, by @lzutao
424build: improved buck support, by @obelisk
425build: fix cmake script : can create debug build, by @pitrou
426build: Makefile : grep works on both colored consoles and systems without color support
427build: fixed zstd-pgo, by @bmwiedemann
428cli : support ZSTD_CLEVEL environment variable, by @yijinfb (#1423)
429cli : --no-progress flag, preserving final summary (#1371), by @terrelln
430cli : ensure destination file is not source file (#1422)
431cli : clearer error messages, especially when input file not present
432doc : clarified zstd_compression_format.md, by @ulikunitz
433misc: fixed zstdgrep, returns 1 on failure, by @lzutao
434misc: NEWS renamed as CHANGELOG, in accordance with fboss
435
436v1.3.7 (Oct 20, 2018)
437perf: slightly better decompression speed on clang (depending on hardware target)
438fix : performance of dictionary compression for small input < 4 KB at levels 9 and 10
439build: no longer build backtrace by default in release mode; restrict further automatic mode
440build: control backtrace support through build macro BACKTRACE
441misc: added man pages for zstdless and zstdgrep, by @samrussell
442
443v1.3.6 (Oct 6, 2018)
444perf: much faster dictionary builder, by @jenniferliu
445perf: faster dictionary compression on small data when using multiple contexts, by @felixhandte
446perf: faster dictionary decompression when using a very large number of dictionaries simultaneously
447cli : fix : does no longer overwrite destination when source does not exist (#1082)
448cli : new command --adapt, for automatic compression level adaptation
449api : fix : block api can be streamed with > 4 GB, reported by @catid
450api : reduced ZSTD_DDict size by 2 KB
451api : minimum negative compression level is defined, and can be queried using ZSTD_minCLevel().
452build: support Haiku target, by @korli
453build: Read Legacy format is limited to v0.5+ by default. Can be changed at compile time with macro ZSTD_LEGACY_SUPPORT.
454doc : zstd_compression_format.md updated to match wording in IETF RFC 8478
455misc: tests/paramgrill, a parameter optimizer, by @GeorgeLu97
456
457v1.3.5 (Jun 29, 2018)
458perf: much faster dictionary compression, by @felixhandte
459perf: small quality improvement for dictionary generation, by @terrelln
460perf: slightly improved high compression levels (notably level 19)
461mem : automatic memory release for long duration contexts
462cli : fix : overlapLog can be manually set
463cli : fix : decoding invalid lz4 frames
464api : fix : performance degradation for dictionary compression when using advanced API, by @terrelln
465api : change : clarify ZSTD_CCtx_reset() vs ZSTD_CCtx_resetParameters(), by @terrelln
466build: select custom libzstd scope through control macros, by @GeorgeLu97
467build: OpenBSD patch, by @bket
468build: make and make all are compatible with -j
469doc : clarify zstd_compression_format.md, updated for IETF RFC process
470misc: pzstd compatible with reproducible compilation, by @lamby
471
472v1.3.4 (Mar 27, 2018)
473perf: faster speed (especially decoding speed) on recent cpus (haswell+)
474perf: much better performance associating --long with multi-threading, by @terrelln
475perf: better compression at levels 13-15
476cli : asynchronous compression by default, for faster experience (use --single-thread for former behavior)
477cli : smoother status report in multi-threading mode
478cli : added command --fast=#, for faster compression modes
479cli : fix crash when not overwriting existing files, by Pádraig Brady (@pixelb)
480api : `nbThreads` becomes `nbWorkers` : 1 triggers asynchronous mode
481api : compression levels can be negative, for even more speed
482api : ZSTD_getFrameProgression() : get precise progress status of ZSTDMT anytime
483api : ZSTDMT can accept new compression parameters during compression
484api : implemented all advanced dictionary decompression prototypes
485build: improved meson recipe, by Shawn Landden (@shawnl)
486build: VS2017 scripts, by @HaydnTrigg
487misc: all /contrib projects fixed
488misc: added /contrib/docker script by @gyscos
489
490v1.3.3 (Dec 21, 2017)
491perf: faster zstd_opt strategy (levels 16-19)
492fix : bug #944 : multithreading with shared ditionary and large data, reported by @gsliepen
493cli : fix : content size written in header by default
494cli : fix : improved LZ4 format support, by @felixhandte
495cli : new : hidden command `-S`, to benchmark multiple files while generating one result per file
496api : fix : support large skippable frames, by @terrelln
497api : fix : streaming interface was adding a useless 3-bytes null block to small frames
498api : change : when setting `pledgedSrcSize`, use `ZSTD_CONTENTSIZE_UNKNOWN` macro value to mean "unknown"
499build: fix : compilation under rhel6 and centos6, reported by @pixelb
500build: added `check` target
501
502v1.3.2 (Oct 10, 2017)
503new : long range mode, using --long command, by Stella Lau (@stellamplau)
504new : ability to generate and decode magicless frames (#591)
505changed : maximum nb of threads reduced to 200, to avoid address space exhaustion in 32-bits mode
506fix : multi-threading compression works with custom allocators
507fix : ZSTD_sizeof_CStream() was over-evaluating memory usage
508fix : a rare compression bug when compression generates very large distances and bunch of other conditions (only possible at --ultra -22)
509fix : 32-bits build can now decode large offsets (levels 21+)
510cli : added LZ4 frame support by default, by Felix Handte (@felixhandte)
511cli : improved --list output
512cli : new : can split input file for dictionary training, using command -B#
513cli : new : clean operation artefact on Ctrl-C interruption
514cli : fix : do not change /dev/null permissions when using command -t with root access, reported by @mike155 (#851)
515cli : fix : write file size in header in multiple-files mode
516api : added macro ZSTD_COMPRESSBOUND() for static allocation
517api : experimental : new advanced decompression API
518api : fix : sizeof_CCtx() used to over-estimate
519build: fix : no-multithread variant compiles without pool.c dependency, reported by Mitchell Blank Jr (@mitchblank) (#819)
520build: better compatibility with reproducible builds, by Bernhard M. Wiedemann (@bmwiedemann) (#818)
521example : added streaming_memory_usage
522license : changed /examples license to BSD + GPLv2
523license : fix a few header files to reflect new license (#825)
524
525v1.3.1 (Aug 21, 2017)
526New license : BSD + GPLv2
527perf: substantially decreased memory usage in Multi-threading mode, thanks to reports by Tino Reichardt (@mcmilk)
528perf: Multi-threading supports up to 256 threads. Cap at 256 when more are requested (#760)
529cli : improved and fixed --list command, by @ib (#772)
530cli : command -vV to list supported formats, by @ib (#771)
531build : fixed binary variants, reported by @svenha (#788)
532build : fix Visual compilation for non x86/x64 targets, reported by Greg Slazinski (@GregSlazinski) (#718)
533API exp : breaking change : ZSTD_getframeHeader() provides more information
534API exp : breaking change : pinned down values of error codes
535doc : fixed huffman example, by Ulrich Kunitz (@ulikunitz)
536new : contrib/adaptive-compression, I/O driven compression strength, by Paul Cruz (@paulcruz74)
537new : contrib/long_distance_matching, statistics by Stella Lau (@stellamplau)
538updated : contrib/linux-kernel, by Nick Terrell (@terrelln)
539
540v1.3.0 (Jul 6, 2017)
541cli : new : `--list` command, by Paul Cruz
542cli : changed : xz/lzma support enabled by default
543cli : changed : `-t *` continue processing list after a decompression error
544API : added : ZSTD_versionString()
545API : promoted to stable status : ZSTD_getFrameContentSize(), by Sean Purcell
546API exp : new advanced API : ZSTD_compress_generic(), ZSTD_CCtx_setParameter()
547API exp : new : API for static or external allocation : ZSTD_initStatic?Ctx()
548API exp : added : ZSTD_decompressBegin_usingDDict(), requested by Guy Riddle (#700)
549API exp : clarified memory estimation / measurement functions.
550API exp : changed : strongest strategy renamed ZSTD_btultra, fastest strategy ZSTD_fast set to 1
551tools : decodecorpus can generate random dictionary-compressed samples, by Paul Cruz
552new : contrib/seekable_format, demo and API, by Sean Purcell
553changed : contrib/linux-kernel, updated version and license, by Nick Terrell
554
555v1.2.0 (May 5, 2017)
556cli : changed : Multithreading enabled by default (use target zstd-nomt or HAVE_THREAD=0 to disable)
557cli : new : command -T0 means "detect and use nb of cores", by Sean Purcell
558cli : new : zstdmt symlink hardwired to `zstd -T0`
559cli : new : command --threads=# (#671)
560cli : changed : cover dictionary builder by default, for improved quality, by Nick Terrell
561cli : new : commands --train-cover and --train-legacy, to select dictionary algorithm and parameters
562cli : experimental targets `zstd4` and `xzstd4`, with support for lz4 format, by Sean Purcell
563cli : fix : does not output compressed data on console
564cli : fix : ignore symbolic links unless --force specified,
565API : breaking change : ZSTD_createCDict_advanced(), only use compressionParameters as argument
566API : added : prototypes ZSTD_*_usingCDict_advanced(), for direct control over frameParameters.
567API : improved: ZSTDMT_compressCCtx() reduced memory usage
568API : fix : ZSTDMT_compressCCtx() now provides srcSize in header (#634)
569API : fix : src size stored in frame header is controlled at end of frame
570API : fix : enforced consistent rules for pledgedSrcSize==0 (#641)
571API : fix : error code "GENERIC" replaced by "dstSizeTooSmall" when appropriate
572build: improved cmake script, by @Majlen
573build: enabled Multi-threading support for *BSD, by Baptiste Daroussin
574tools: updated Paramgrill. Command -O# provides best parameters for sample and speed target.
575new : contrib/linux-kernel version, by Nick Terrell
576
577v1.1.4 (Mar 18, 2017)
578cli : new : can compress in *.gz format, using --format=gzip command, by Przemyslaw Skibinski
579cli : new : advanced benchmark command --priority=rt
580cli : fix : write on sparse-enabled file systems in 32-bits mode, by @ds77
581cli : fix : --rm remains silent when input is stdin
582cli : experimental : xzstd, with support for xz/lzma decoding, by Przemyslaw Skibinski
583speed : improved decompression speed in streaming mode for single shot scenarios (+5%)
584memory: DDict (decompression dictionary) memory usage down from 150 KB to 20 KB
585arch: 32-bits variant able to generate and decode very long matches (>32 MB), by Sean Purcell
586API : new : ZSTD_findFrameCompressedSize(), ZSTD_getFrameContentSize(), ZSTD_findDecompressedSize()
587API : changed : dropped support of legacy versions <= v0.3 (can be changed by modifying ZSTD_LEGACY_SUPPORT value)
588build : new: meson build system in contrib/meson, by Dima Krasner
589build : improved cmake script, by @Majlen
590build : added -Wformat-security flag, as recommended by Padraig Brady
591doc : new : educational decoder, by Sean Purcell
592
593v1.1.3 (Feb 7, 2017)
594cli : zstd can decompress .gz files (can be disabled with `make zstd-nogz` or `make HAVE_ZLIB=0`)
595cli : new : experimental target `make zstdmt`, with multi-threading support
596cli : new : improved dictionary builder "cover" (experimental), by Nick Terrell, based on prior work by Giuseppe Ottaviano.
597cli : new : advanced commands for detailed parameters, by Przemyslaw Skibinski
598cli : fix zstdless on Mac OS-X, by Andrew Janke
599cli : fix #232 "compress non-files"
600dictBuilder : improved dictionary generation quality, thanks to Nick Terrell
601API : new : lib/compress/ZSTDMT_compress.h multithreading API (experimental)
602API : new : ZSTD_create?Dict_byReference(), requested by Bartosz Taudul
603API : new : ZDICT_finalizeDictionary()
604API : fix : ZSTD_initCStream_usingCDict() properly writes dictID into frame header, by Gregory Szorc (#511)
605API : fix : all symbols properly exposed in libzstd, by Nick Terrell
606build : support for Solaris target, by Przemyslaw Skibinski
607doc : clarified specification, by Sean Purcell
608
609v1.1.2 (Dec 15, 2016)
610API : streaming : decompression : changed : automatic implicit reset when chain-decoding new frames without init
611API : experimental : added : dictID retrieval functions, and ZSTD_initCStream_srcSize()
612API : zbuff : changed : prototypes now generate deprecation warnings
613lib : improved : faster decompression speed at ultra compression settings and 32-bits mode
614lib : changed : only public ZSTD_ symbols are now exposed
615lib : changed : reduced usage of stack memory
616lib : fixed : several corner case bugs, by Nick Terrell
617cli : new : gzstd, experimental version able to decode .gz files, by Przemyslaw Skibinski
618cli : new : preserve file attributes
619cli : new : added zstdless and zstdgrep tools
620cli : fixed : status displays total amount decoded, even for file consisting of multiple frames (like pzstd)
621cli : fixed : zstdcat
622zlib_wrapper : added support for gz* functions, by Przemyslaw Skibinski
623install : better compatibility with FreeBSD, by Dimitry Andric
624source tree : changed : zbuff source files moved to lib/deprecated
625
626v1.1.1 (Nov 2, 2016)
627New : command -M#, --memory=, --memlimit=, --memlimit-decompress= to limit allowed memory consumption
628New : doc/zstd_manual.html, by Przemyslaw Skibinski
629Improved : slightly better compression ratio at --ultra levels (>= 20)
630Improved : better memory usage when using streaming compression API, thanks to @Rogier-5 report
631Added : API : ZSTD_initCStream_usingCDict(), ZSTD_initDStream_usingDDict() (experimental section)
632Added : example/multiple_streaming_compression.c
633Changed : zstd_errors.h is now installed within /include (and replaces errors_public.h)
634Updated man page
635Fixed : zstd-small, zstd-compress and zstd-decompress compilation targets
636
637v1.1.0 (Sep 28, 2016)
638New : contrib/pzstd, parallel version of zstd, by Nick Terrell
639added : NetBSD install target (#338)
640Improved : speed for batches of small files
641Improved : speed of zlib wrapper, by Przemyslaw Skibinski
642Changed : libzstd on Windows supports legacy formats, by Christophe Chevalier
643Fixed : CLI -d output to stdout by default when input is stdin (#322)
644Fixed : CLI correctly detects console on Mac OS-X
645Fixed : CLI supports recursive mode `-r` on Mac OS-X
646Fixed : Legacy decoders use unified error codes, reported by benrg (#341), fixed by Przemyslaw Skibinski
647Fixed : compatibility with OpenBSD, reported by Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado (#319)
648Fixed : compatibility with Hurd, by Przemyslaw Skibinski (#365)
649Fixed : zstd-pgo, reported by octoploid (#329)
650
651v1.0.0 (Sep 1, 2016)
652Change Licensing, all project is now BSD, Copyright Facebook
653Small decompression speed improvement
654API : Streaming API supports legacy format
655API : ZDICT_getDictID(), ZSTD_sizeof_{CCtx, DCtx, CStream, DStream}(), ZSTD_setDStreamParameter()
656CLI supports legacy formats v0.4+
657Fixed : compression fails on certain huge files, reported by Jesse McGrew
658Enhanced documentation, by Przemyslaw Skibinski
659
660v0.8.1 (Aug 18, 2016)
661New streaming API
662Changed : --ultra now enables levels beyond 19
663Changed : -i# now selects benchmark time in second
664Fixed : ZSTD_compress* can now compress > 4 GB in a single pass, reported by Nick Terrell
665Fixed : speed regression on specific patterns (#272)
666Fixed : support for Z_SYNC_FLUSH, by Dmitry Krot (#291)
667Fixed : ICC compilation, by Przemyslaw Skibinski
668
669v0.8.0 (Aug 2, 2016)
670Improved : better speed on clang and gcc -O2, thanks to Eric Biggers
671New : Build on FreeBSD and DragonFly, thanks to JrMarino
672Changed : modified API : ZSTD_compressEnd()
673Fixed : legacy mode with ZSTD_HEAPMODE=0, by Christopher Bergqvist
674Fixed : premature end of frame when zero-sized raw block, reported by Eric Biggers
675Fixed : large dictionaries (> 384 KB), reported by Ilona Papava
676Fixed : checksum correctly checked in single-pass mode
677Fixed : combined --test amd --rm, reported by Andreas M. Nilsson
678Modified : minor compression level adaptations
679Updated : compression format specification to v0.2.0
680changed : zstd.h moved to /lib directory
681
682v0.7.5 (Aug 1, 2016)
683Transition version, supporting decoding of v0.8.x
684
685v0.7.4 (Jul 17, 2016)
686Added : homebrew for Mac, by Daniel Cade
687Added : more examples
688Fixed : segfault when using small dictionaries, reported by Felix Handte
689Modified : default compression level for CLI is now 3
690Updated : specification, to v0.1.1
691
692v0.7.3 (Jul 9, 2016)
693New : compression format specification
694New : `--` separator, stating that all following arguments are file names. Suggested by Chip Turner.
695New : `ZSTD_getDecompressedSize()`
696New : OpenBSD target, by Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado
697New : `examples` directory
698fixed : dictBuilder using HC levels, reported by Bartosz Taudul
699fixed : legacy support from ZSTD_decompress_usingDDict(), reported by Felix Handte
700fixed : multi-blocks decoding with intermediate uncompressed blocks, reported by Greg Slazinski
701modified : removed "mem.h" and "error_public.h" dependencies from "zstd.h" (experimental section)
702modified : legacy functions no longer need magic number
703
704v0.7.2 (Jul 4, 2016)
705fixed : ZSTD_decompressBlock() using multiple consecutive blocks. Reported by Greg Slazinski.
706fixed : potential segfault on very large files (many gigabytes). Reported by Chip Turner.
707fixed : CLI displays system error message when destination file cannot be created (#231). Reported by Chip Turner.
708
709v0.7.1 (Jun 23, 2016)
710fixed : ZBUFF_compressEnd() called multiple times with too small `dst` buffer, reported by Christophe Chevalier
711fixed : dictBuilder fails if first sample is too small, reported by Руслан Ковалёв
712fixed : corruption issue, reported by cj
713modified : checksum enabled by default in command line mode
714
715v0.7.0 (Jun 17, 2016)
716New : Support for directory compression, using `-r`, thanks to Przemyslaw Skibinski
717New : Command `--rm`, to remove source file after successful de/compression
718New : Visual build scripts, by Christophe Chevalier
719New : Support for Sparse File-systems (do not use space for zero-filled sectors)
720New : Frame checksum support
721New : Support pass-through mode (when using `-df`)
722API : more efficient Dictionary API : `ZSTD_compress_usingCDict()`, `ZSTD_decompress_usingDDict()`
723API : create dictionary files from custom content, by Giuseppe Ottaviano
724API : support for custom malloc/free functions
725New : controllable Dictionary ID
726New : Support for skippable frames
727
728v0.6.1 (May 13, 2016)
729New : zlib wrapper API, thanks to Przemyslaw Skibinski
730New : Ability to compile compressor / decompressor separately
731Changed : new lib directory structure
732Fixed : Legacy codec v0.5 compatible with dictionary decompression
733Fixed : Decoder corruption error (#173)
734Fixed : null-string roundtrip (#176)
735New : benchmark mode can select directory as input
736Experimental : midipix support, VMS support
737
738v0.6.0 (Apr 13, 2016)
739Stronger high compression modes, thanks to Przemyslaw Skibinski
740API : ZSTD_getFrameParams() provides size of decompressed content
741New : highest compression modes require `--ultra` command to fully unleash their capacity
742Fixed : zstd cli return error code > 0 and removes dst file artifact when decompression fails, thanks to Chip Turner
743
744v0.5.1 (Feb 18, 2016)
745New : Optimal parsing => Very high compression modes, thanks to Przemyslaw Skibinski
746Changed : Dictionary builder integrated into libzstd and zstd cli
747Changed (!) : zstd cli now uses "multiple input files" as default mode. See `zstd -h`.
748Fix : high compression modes for big-endian platforms
749New : zstd cli : `-t` | `--test` command
750
751v0.5.0 (Feb 5, 2016)
752New : dictionary builder utility
753Changed : streaming & dictionary API
754Improved : better compression of small data
755
756v0.4.7 (Jan 22, 2016)
757Improved : small compression speed improvement in HC mode
758Changed : `zstd_decompress.c` has ZSTD_LEGACY_SUPPORT to 0 by default
759fix : bt search bug
760
761v0.4.6 (Jan 13, 2016)
762fix : fast compression mode on Windows
763New : cmake configuration file, thanks to Artyom Dymchenko
764Improved : high compression mode on repetitive data
765New : block-level API
766New : ZSTD_duplicateCCtx()
767
768v0.4.5 (Dec 18, 2015)
769new : -m/--multiple : compress/decompress multiple files
770
771v0.4.4 (Dec 14, 2015)
772Fixed : high compression modes for Windows 32 bits
773new : external dictionary API extended to buffered mode and accessible through command line
774new : windows DLL project, thanks to Christophe Chevalier
775
776v0.4.3 (Dec 7, 2015)
777new : external dictionary API
778new : zstd-frugal
779
780v0.4.2 (Dec 2, 2015)
781Generic minor improvements for small blocks
782Fixed : big-endian compatibility, by Peter Harris (#85)
783
784v0.4.1 (Dec 1, 2015)
785Fixed : ZSTD_LEGACY_SUPPORT=0 build mode (reported by Luben)
786removed `zstd.c`
787
788v0.4.0 (Nov 29, 2015)
789Command line utility compatible with high compression levels
790Removed zstdhc => merged into zstd
791Added : ZBUFF API (see zstd_buffered.h)
792Rolling buffer support
793
794v0.3.6 (Nov 10, 2015)
795small blocks params
796
797v0.3.5 (Nov 9, 2015)
798minor generic compression improvements
799
800v0.3.4 (Nov 6, 2015)
801Faster fast cLevels
802
803v0.3.3 (Nov 5, 2015)
804Small compression ratio improvement
805
806v0.3.2 (Nov 2, 2015)
807Fixed Visual Studio
808
809v0.3.1 (Nov 2, 2015)
810Small compression ratio improvement
811
812v0.3 (Oct 30, 2015)
813HC mode : compression levels 2-26
814
815v0.2.2 (Oct 28, 2015)
816Fix : Visual Studio 2013 & 2015 release compilation, by Christophe Chevalier
817
818v0.2.1 (Oct 24, 2015)
819Fix : Read errors, advanced fuzzer tests, by Hanno Böck
820
821v0.2.0 (Oct 22, 2015)
822**Breaking format change**
823Faster decompression speed
824Can still decode v0.1 format
825
826v0.1.3 (Oct 15, 2015)
827fix uninitialization warning, reported by Evan Nemerson
828
829v0.1.2 (Sep 11, 2015)
830frame concatenation support
831
832v0.1.1 (Aug 27, 2015)
833fix compression bug
834detects write-flush errors
835
836v0.1.0 (Aug 25, 2015)
837first release