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