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2022-01-23  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

        * Version 1.13 released.
        * Set variables AR and ARFLAGS from configure.
          (Reported by Hoël Bézier).
        * main.c: Rename to minilzip.c.
        * minilzip.c (getnum): Show option name and valid range if error.
          (check_lib): Check that LZ_API_VERSION and LZ_version_string match.
        * Improve several descriptions in manual, '--help', and man page.
        * lzlib.texi: Change GNU Texinfo category to 'Compression'.
          (Reported by Alfred M. Szmidt).

2021-01-02  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

        * Version 1.12 released.
        * lzlib.h: Define LZ_API_VERSION as 1000 * major + minor. 1.12 = 1012.
          This change does not affect the soversion.
        * lzlib.h, lzlib.c: New function LZ_api_version.
        * LZd_try_verify_trailer: Return 2 if EOF at trailer or EOS marker.
        * Decompression speed has been slightly increased.
        * decoder.h: Increase 'rd_min_available_bytes' from 8 to 10.
        * encoder_base.c (LZeb_try_sync_flush):
          Compensate for the increase in 'rd_min_available_bytes'.
        * main.c (do_decompress): Fix false report about library stall.
        * main.c: New option '--check-lib'.
        * main.c (main): Report an error if a file name is empty.
          Make '-o' behave like '-c', but writing to file instead of stdout.
          Make '-c' and '-o' check whether the output is a terminal only once.
          Do not open output if input is a terminal.
          Replace 'decompressed', 'compressed' with 'out', 'in' in output.
          Set a valid invocation_name even if argc == 0.
        * lzlib.texi: Document the new way of verifying the library version.
          Document that 'LZ_(de)compress_close' and 'LZ_(de)compress_errno'
          can be called with a null argument.
          Document that sync flush marker is not allowed in lzip files.
          Document the consequences of not calling 'LZ_decompress_finish'.
          Document that 'LZ_decompress_read' returns at least once per member.
          Document that 'LZ_(de)compress_read' can be called with a null
          buffer pointer argument.
          Real code examples for common uses have been added to the tutorial.
        * bbexample.c: Don't use 'LZ_(de)compress_write_size'.
        * lzcheck.c: New options '-s' (sync) and '-m' (member by member).
          Test member by member without 'LZ_decompress_finish'.
        * ffexample.c: New file containing example functions for file-to-file
          compression/decompression.
        * Document extraction from tar.lz in '--help' output and man page.
        * Makefile.in: 'install-bin' no longer installs the man page.
          New targets 'install-bin-compress' and 'install-bin-strip-compress'.
        * testsuite: Add 9 new test files.

2019-01-02  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

        * Version 1.11 released.
        * Rename File_* to Lzip_*.
        * LZ_decompress_read: Don't return error until all data is read.
        * decoder.c (LZd_decode_member): Decode truncated data until EOF.
        * cbuffer.c (Cb_read_data): Allow a null buffer pointer.
        * main.c: Don't allow mixing different operations (-d and -t).
        * main.c: Check return value of close( infd ).
        * main.c: Compile on DOS with DJGPP.
        * lzlib.texi: Improve descriptions of '-0..-9', '-m', and '-s'.
          Document that 'LZ_(de)compress_finish' can be called repeatedly.
        * configure: Accept appending to CFLAGS; 'CFLAGS+=OPTIONS'.
        * Makefile.in: Rename targets 'install-bin*' to 'install-lib*'.
        * Makefile.in: Targets 'install-bin*' now install minilzip.
        * INSTALL: Document use of CFLAGS+='-D __USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO'.

2018-02-07  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

        * Version 1.10 released.
        * LZ_compress_finish now adjusts dictionary size for each member.
          (Older versions can adjust dictionary size only once).
        * lzlib.c (LZ_decompress_read): Detect corrupt header with HD=3.
        * main.c: New option '--loose-trailing'.
        * main.c (main): Option '-S, --volume-size' now keeps input files.
        * main.c: Replace 'bits/byte' with inverse compression ratio.
        * main.c: Show final diagnostic when testing multiple files.
        * main.c: Do not add a second .lz extension to the arg of -o.
        * main.c: Show dictionary size at verbosity level 4 (-vvvv).
        * lzlib.texi: New chapter 'Invoking minilzip'.

2017-04-11  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

        * Version 1.9 released.
        * Compression time of option '-0' has been reduced by 3%.
        * Compression time of options -1 to -9 has been reduced by 1%.
        * Decompression time has been reduced by 3%.
        * main.c: Continue testing if any input file is a terminal.
        * Change the license of the library to "2-clause BSD".

2016-05-17  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

        * Version 1.8 released.
        * lzlib.h: Define LZ_API_VERSION to 1.
        * lzlib.c (LZ_decompress_sync_to_member): Add skipped size to in_size.
        * decoder.c (LZd_verify_trailer): Remove test of final code.
        * main.c: New option '-a, --trailing-error'.
        * main.c (main): Delete '--output' file if infd is a terminal.
        * main.c (main): Don't use stdin more than once.
        * configure: Avoid warning on some shells when testing for gcc.
        * Makefile.in: Detect the existence of install-info.
        * check.sh: A POSIX shell is required to run the tests.
        * check.sh: Don't check error messages.

2015-07-08  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

        * Version 1.7 released.
        * Port fast encoder and option '-0' from lzip.
        * If open-->write-->finish, produce same dictionary size as lzip.
        * Makefile.in: New targets 'install*-compress'.

2014-08-27  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

        * Version 1.6 released.
        * Compression ratio of option '-9' has been slightly increased.
        * configure: New options '--disable-static' and '--disable-ldconfig'.
        * Makefile.in: Ignore errors from ldconfig.
        * Makefile.in: Use 'CFLAGS' in every invocation of 'CC'.
        * main.c (close_and_set_permissions): Behave like 'cp -p'.
        * lzlib.texinfo: Rename to lzlib.texi.
        * Change license to "GPL version 2 or later with link exception".

2013-09-15  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

        * Version 1.5 released.
        * Remove decompression support for version 0 files.
        * The LZ_compress_sync_flush mechanism has been fixed (again).
        * Minor fixes.

2013-05-28  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

        * Version 1.4 released.
        * Multi-step trials have been implemented.
        * Compression ratio has been slightly increased.
        * Compression time has been reduced by 8%.
        * Decompression time has been reduced by 7%.
        * lzlib.h: Change 'long long' values to 'unsigned long long'.
        * encoder.c (Mf_init): Reduce minimum buffer size to 64KiB.
        * lzlib.c (LZ_decompress_read): Tell LZ_header_error from
          LZ_unexpected_eof the same way as lzip does.
        * Makefile.in: New targets 'install-as-lzip' and 'install-bin'.
        * main.c: Use 'setmode' instead of '_setmode' on Windows and OS/2.
        * main.c: Define 'strtoull' to 'strtoul' on Windows.

2012-02-29  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

        * Version 1.3 released.
        * Translated to C from the C++ source of lzlib 1.2.
        * configure: Rename 'datadir' to 'datarootdir'.

2011-10-25  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

        * Version 1.2 released.
        * encoder.h (Lee_update_prices): Update high length symbol prices
          independently of the value of 'pos_state'. This gives better
          compression for large values of '--match-length' without being
          slower.
        * encoder.h, encoder.cc: Optimize pair price calculations, reducing
          compression time for large values of '--match-length' by up to 6%.
        * main.cc: New option '-F, --recompress'.
        * Makefile.in: 'make install' no longer tries to run
          '/sbin/ldconfig' on systems lacking it.

2011-01-03  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

        * Version 1.1 released.
        * Compression time has been reduced by 2%.
        * All declarations not belonging to the API have been
          encapsulated in the namespace 'Lzlib'.
        * testsuite: Rename 'test1' to 'test.txt'. New tests.
        * Match length limits set by options -1 to -9 of minilzip have
          been changed to match those of lzip 1.11.
        * main.cc: Set stdin/stdout in binary mode on OS2.
        * bbexample.cc: New file containing example functions for
          buffer-to-buffer compression/decompression.

2010-05-08  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

        * Version 1.0 released.
        * New functions LZ_decompress_member_version, LZ_decompress_data_crc,
          LZ_decompress_member_finished, and LZ_decompress_dictionary_size.
        * Variables declared 'extern' have been encapsulated in a namespace.
        * main.cc: Fix warning about fchown's return value being ignored.
        * decoder.h: Integrate Input_buffer in Range_decoder.

2010-02-10  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

        * Version 0.9 released.
        * Compression time has been reduced by 8%.
        * main.cc: New constant 'o_binary'.

2010-01-17  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

        * Version 0.8 released.
        * New functions LZ_decompress_reset, LZ_decompress_sync_to_member,
          LZ_decompress_write_size, and LZ_strerror.
        * lzlib.h: API change. Replace 'enum' with functions for values of
          dictionary size limits to make interface names consistent.
        * lzlib.h: API change. Rename 'LZ_errno' to 'LZ_Errno'.
        * lzlib.h: API change. Replace 'void *' with 'struct LZ_Encoder *'
          and 'struct LZ_Decoder *' to make interface type safe.
        * decoder.cc: A truncated member trailer is now correctly detected.
        * encoder.cc: Matchfinder::reset now also clears at_stream_end_,
          allowing LZ_compress_restart_member to restart a finished stream.
        * lzlib.cc: Accept only query or close operations after a fatal
          error has occurred.
        * The shared version of lzlib is no longer built by default.
        * check.sh: Use 'test1' instead of 'COPYING' for testing.

2009-10-20  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

        * Version 0.7 released.
        * Compression time has been reduced by 4%.
        * check.sh: Remove -9 to run in less than 256MiB of RAM.
        * lzcheck.cc: Read files of any size up to 2^63 bytes.

2009-09-02  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

        * Version 0.6 released.
        * The LZ_compress_sync_flush mechanism has been fixed.

2009-07-03  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

        * Version 0.5 released.
        * Decompression speed has been improved.
        * main.cc (signal_handler): Declare as 'extern "C"'.

2009-06-03  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

        * Version 0.4 released.
        * New functions LZ_compress_sync_flush and LZ_compress_write_size.
        * Decompression speed has been improved.
        * lzlib.texinfo: New chapter 'Buffering'.

2009-05-03  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

        * Version 0.3 released.
        * Lzlib is now built as a shared library (in addition to static).

2009-04-26  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

        * Version 0.2 released.
        * Fix a segfault when decompressing trailing garbage.
        * Fix a false positive in LZ_(de)compress_finished.

2009-04-21  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

        * Version 0.1 released.


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