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Yann Collet
doc: legacy support is now disabled by default
19 дек 2025, 00:19
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v1.6.0 (Dec 2025) api: legacy format support is now disabled by default build: `ZSTD_LEGACY_SUPPORT` defaults to `0` in Makefile and CMake V1.5.7 (Feb 2025) fix: compression bug in 32-bit mode associated with long-lasting sessions api: new method `ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals()` (#4217, #4232) api: `ZSTD_getFrameHeader()` works on skippable frames (#4228) perf: substantial compression speed improvements (up to +30%) on small data, by @TocarIP (#4144) and @cyan4973 (#4165) perf: improved compression speed (~+5%) for dictionary compression at low levels (#4170) perf: much faster speed for `--patch-from` at high compression levels (#4276) perf: higher `--patch-from` compression ratios, notably at high levels (#4288) perf: better speed for binaries on Windows (@pps83) and when compiled with Visual Studio (@MessyHack) perf: slight compression ratio improvement thanks to better block boundaries (#4136, #4176, #4178) perf: slight compression ratio improvement for `dfast`, aka levels 3 and 4 (#4171) perf: runtime bmi2 detection enabled on x86 32-bit mode (#4251) cli: multi-threading as default CLI setting, by @daniellerozenblit cli: new `--max` command (#4290) build: improve `msbuild` version autodetection, support VS2022, by @ManuelBlanc build: fix `meson` build by @artem and @Victor-C-Zhang, and on Windows by @bgilbert build: compatibility with Apple Framework, by @Treata11 build: improve icc/icx compatibility, by @josepho0918 and @luau-project build: improve compatibility with Android NDK, by Adenilson Cavalcanti portability: linux kernel branch, with improved support for Sequence producers (@embg, @gcabiddu, @cyan4973) portability: improved qnx compatibility, suggested by @rainbowball portability: improved install script for FreeBSD, by @sunpoet portability: fixed test suite compatibility with gnu hurd, by @diegonc doc: clarify specification, by @elasota misc: improved tests/decodecorpus validation tool (#4102), by antmicro V1.5.6 (Mar 2024) api: Promote `ZSTD_c_targetCBlockSize` to Stable API by @felixhandte api: new `ZSTD_d_maxBlockSize` experimental parameter, to reduce streaming decompression memory, by @terrelln perf: improve performance of param `ZSTD_c_targetCBlockSize`, by @Cyan4973 perf: improved compression of arrays of integers at high compression, by @Cyan4973 lib: reduce binary size with selective build-time exclusion, by @felixhandte lib: improved huffman speed on small data and linux kernel, by @terrelln lib: accept dictionaries with partial literal tables, by @terrelln lib: fix CCtx size estimation with external sequence producer, by @embg lib: fix corner case decoder behaviors, by @Cyan4973 and @aimuz lib: fix zdict prototype mismatch in static_only mode, by @ldv-alt lib: fix several bugs in magicless-format decoding, by @embg cli: add common compressed file types to `--exclude-compressed`` by @daniellerozenblit cli: fix mixing `-c` and `-o` commands with `--rm`, by @Cyan4973 cli: fix erroneous exclusion of hidden files with `--output-dir-mirror` by @felixhandte cli: improved time accuracy on BSD, by @felixhandte cli: better errors on argument parsing, by @KapJI tests: better compatibility with older versions of `grep`, by @Cyan4973 tests: lorem ipsum generator as default backup content, by @Cyan4973 build: cmake improvements by @terrelln, @sighingnow, @gjasny, @JohanMabille, @Saverio976, @gruenich, @teo-tsirpanis build: bazel support, by @jondo2010 build: fix cross-compiling for AArch64 with lld by @jcelerier build: fix Apple platform compatibility, by @nidhijaju build: fix Visual 2012 and lower compatibility, by @Cyan4973 build: improve win32 support, by @DimitriPapadopoulos build: better C90 compliance for zlibWrapper, by @emaste port: make: fat binaries on macos, by @mredig port: ARM64EC compatibility for Windows, by @dunhor port: QNX support by @klausholstjacobsen port: MSYS2 and Cygwin makefile installation and test support, by @QBos07 port: risc-v support validation in CI, by @Cyan4973 port: sparc64 support validation in CI, by @Cyan4973 port: AIX compatibility, by @likema port: HP-UX compatibility, by @likema doc: Improved specification accuracy, by @elasota bug: Fix and deprecate ZSTD_generateSequences (#3981) v1.5.5 (Apr 2023) fix: fix rare corruption bug affecting the high compression mode, reported by @danlark1 (#3517, @terrelln) perf: improve mid-level compression speed (#3529, #3533, #3543, @yoniko and #3552, @terrelln) lib: deprecated bufferless block-level API (#3534) by @terrelln cli: mmap large dictionaries to save memory, by @daniellerozenblit cli: improve speed of --patch-from mode (~+50%) (#3545) by @daniellerozenblit cli: improve i/o speed (~+10%) when processing lots of small files (#3479) by @felixhandte cli: zstd no longer crashes when requested to write into write-protected directory (#3541) by @felixhandte cli: fix decompression into block device using -o, reported by @georgmu (#3583) build: fix zstd CLI compiled with lzma support but not zlib support (#3494) by @Hello71 build: fix cmake does no longer require 3.18 as minimum version (#3510) by @kou build: fix MSVC+ClangCL linking issue (#3569) by @tru build: fix zstd-dll, version of zstd CLI that links to the dynamic library (#3496) by @yoniko build: fix MSVC warnings (#3495) by @embg doc: updated zstd specification to clarify corner cases, by @Cyan4973 doc: document how to create fat binaries for macos (#3568) by @rickmark misc: improve seekable format ingestion speed (~+100%) for very small chunk sizes (#3544) by @Cyan4973 misc: tests/fullbench can benchmark multiple files (#3516) by @dloidolt v1.5.4 (Feb 2023) perf: +20% faster huffman decompression for targets that can't compile x64 assembly (#3449, @terrelln) perf: up to +10% faster streaming compression at levels 1-2 (#3114, @embg) perf: +4-13% for levels 5-12 by optimizing function generation (#3295, @terrelln) pref: +3-11% compression speed for `arm` target (#3199, #3164, #3145, #3141, #3138, @JunHe77 and #3139, #3160, @danlark1) perf: +5-30% faster dictionary compression at levels 1-4 (#3086, #3114, #3152, @embg) perf: +10-20% cold dict compression speed by prefetching CDict tables (#3177, @embg) perf: +1% faster compression by removing a branch in ZSTD_fast_noDict (#3129, @felixhandte) perf: Small compression ratio improvements in high compression mode (#2983, #3391, @Cyan4973 and #3285, #3302, @daniellerozenblit) perf: small speed improvement by better detecting `STATIC_BMI2` for `clang` (#3080, @TocarIP) perf: Improved streaming performance when `ZSTD_c_stableInBuffer` is set (#2974, @Cyan4973) cli: Asynchronous I/O for improved cli speed (#2975, #2985, #3021, #3022, @yoniko) cli: Change `zstdless` behavior to align with `zless` (#2909, @binhdvo) cli: Keep original file if `-c` or `--stdout` is given (#3052, @dirkmueller) cli: Keep original files when result is concatenated into a single output with `-o` (#3450, @Cyan4973) cli: Preserve Permissions and Ownership of regular files (#3432, @felixhandte) cli: Print zlib/lz4/lzma library versions with `-vv` (#3030, @terrelln) cli: Print checksum value for single frame files with `-lv` (#3332, @Cyan4973) cli: Print `dictID` when present with `-lv` (#3184, @htnhan) cli: when `stderr` is *not* the console, disable status updates, but preserve final summary (#3458, @Cyan4973) cli: support `--best` and `--no-name` in `gzip` compatibility mode (#3059, @dirkmueller) cli: support for `posix` high resolution timer `clock_gettime()`, for improved benchmark accuracy (#3423, @Cyan4973) cli: improved help/usage (`-h`, `-H`) formatting (#3094, @dirkmueller and #3385, @jonpalmisc) cli: Fix better handling of bogus numeric values (#3268, @ctkhanhly) cli: Fix input consists of multiple files _and_ `stdin` (#3222, @yoniko) cli: Fix tiny files passthrough (#3215, @cgbur) cli: Fix for `-r` on empty directory (#3027, @brailovich) cli: Fix empty string as argument for `--output-dir-*` (#3220, @embg) cli: Fix decompression memory usage reported by `-vv --long` (#3042, @u1f35c, and #3232, @zengyijing) cli: Fix infinite loop when empty input is passed to trainer (#3081, @terrelln) cli: Fix `--adapt` doesn't work when `--no-progress` is also set (#3354, @terrelln) api: Support for Block-Level Sequence Producer (#3333, @embg) api: Support for in-place decompression (#3432, @terrelln) api: New `ZSTD_CCtx_setCParams()` function, set all parameters defined in a `ZSTD_compressionParameters` structure (#3403, @Cyan4973) api: Streaming decompression detects incorrect header ID sooner (#3175, @Cyan4973) api: Window size resizing optimization for edge case (#3345, @daniellerozenblit) api: More accurate error codes for busy-loop scenarios (#3413, #3455, @Cyan4973) api: Fix limit overflow in `compressBound` and `decompressBound` (#3362, #3373, Cyan4973) reported by @nigeltao api: Deprecate several advanced experimental functions: streaming (#3408, @embg), copy (#3196, @mileshu) bug: Fix corruption that rarely occurs in 32-bit mode with wlog=25 (#3361, @terrelln) bug: Fix for block-splitter (#3033, @Cyan4973) bug: Fixes for Sequence Compression API (#3023, #3040, @Cyan4973) bug: Fix leaking thread handles on Windows (#3147, @animalize) bug: Fix timing issues with cmake/meson builds (#3166, #3167, #3170, @Cyan4973) build: Allow user to select legacy level for cmake (#3050, @shadchin) build: Enable legacy support by default in cmake (#3079, @niamster) build: Meson build script improvements (#3039, #3120, #3122, #3327, #3357, @eli-schwartz and #3276, @neheb) build: Add aarch64 to supported architectures for zstd_trace (#3054, @ooosssososos) build: support AIX architecture (#3219, @qiongsiwu) build: Fix `ZSTD_LIB_MINIFY` build macro, which now reduces static library size by half (#3366, @terrelln) build: Fix Windows issues with Multithreading translation layer (#3364, #3380, @yoniko) and ARM64 target (#3320, @cwoffenden) build: Fix `cmake` script (#3382, #3392, @terrelln and #3252 @Tachi107 and #3167 @Cyan4973) doc: Updated man page, providing more details for `--train` mode (#3112, @Cyan4973) doc: Add decompressor errata document (#3092, @terrelln) misc: Enable Intel CET (#2992, #2994, @hjl-tools) misc: Fix `contrib/` seekable format (#3058, @yhoogstrate and #3346, @daniellerozenblit) misc: Improve speed of the one-file library generator (#3241, @wahern and #3005, @cwoffenden) v1.5.3 (dev version, unpublished) v1.5.2 (Jan, 2022) perf: Regain Minimal memset()-ing During Reuse of Compression Contexts (@Cyan4973, #2969) build: Build Zstd with `noexecstack` on All Architectures (@felixhandte, #2964) doc: Clarify Licensing (@terrelln, #2981) v1.5.1 (Dec, 2021) perf: rebalanced compression levels, to better match the intended speed/level curve, by @senhuang42 perf: faster huffman decoder, using x64 assembly, by @terrelln perf: slightly faster high speed modes (strategies fast & dfast), by @felixhandte perf: improved binary size and faster compilation times, by @terrelln perf: new row64 mode, used notably in level 12, by @senhuang42 perf: faster mid-level compression speed in presence of highly repetitive patterns, by @senhuang42 perf: minor compression ratio improvements for small data at high levels, by @cyan4973 perf: reduced stack usage (mostly useful for Linux Kernel), by @terrelln perf: faster compression speed on incompressible data, by @bindhvo perf: on-demand reduced ZSTD_DCtx state size, using build macro ZSTD_DECODER_INTERNAL_BUFFER, at a small cost of performance, by @bindhvo build: allows hiding static symbols in the dynamic library, using build macro, by @skitt build: support for m68k (Motorola 68000's), by @cyan4973 build: improved AIX support, by @Helflym build: improved meson unofficial build, by @eli-schwartz cli : custom memory limit when training dictionary (#2925), by @embg cli : report advanced parameters information when compressing in very verbose mode (`-vv`), by @Svetlitski-FB v1.5.0 (May 11, 2021) api: Various functions promoted from experimental to stable API: (#2579-2581, @senhuang42) `ZSTD_defaultCLevel()` `ZSTD_getDictID_fromCDict()` api: Several experimental functions have been deprecated and will emit a compiler warning (#2582, @senhuang42) `ZSTD_compress_advanced()` `ZSTD_compress_usingCDict_advanced()` `ZSTD_compressBegin_advanced()` `ZSTD_compressBegin_usingCDict_advanced()` `ZSTD_initCStream_srcSize()` `ZSTD_initCStream_usingDict()` `ZSTD_initCStream_usingCDict()` `ZSTD_initCStream_advanced()` `ZSTD_initCStream_usingCDict_advanced()` `ZSTD_resetCStream()` api: ZSTDMT_NBWORKERS_MAX reduced to 64 for 32-bit environments (@Cyan4973) perf: Significant speed improvements for middle compression levels (#2494, @senhuang42 @terrelln) perf: Block splitter to improve compression ratio, enabled by default for high compression levels (#2447, @senhuang42) perf: Decompression loop refactor, speed improvements on `clang` and for `--long` modes (#2614 #2630, @Cyan4973) perf: Reduced stack usage during compression and decompression entropy stage (#2522 #2524, @terrelln) bug: Improve setting permissions of created files (#2525, @felixhandte) bug: Fix large dictionary non-determinism (#2607, @terrelln) bug: Fix non-determinism test failures on Linux i686 (#2606, @terrelln) bug: Fix various dedicated dictionary search bugs (#2540 #2586, @senhuang42 @felixhandte) bug: Ensure `ZSTD_estimateCCtxSize*() `monotonically increases with compression level (#2538, @senhuang42) bug: Fix --patch-from mode parameter bound bug with small files (#2637, @occivink) bug: Fix UBSAN error in decompression (#2625, @terrelln) bug: Fix superblock compression divide by zero bug (#2592, @senhuang42) bug: Make the number of physical CPU cores detection more robust (#2517, @PaulBone) doc: Improve `zdict.h` dictionary training API documentation (#2622, @terrelln) doc: Note that public `ZSTD_free*()` functions accept NULL pointers (#2521, @animalize) doc: Add style guide docs for open source contributors (#2626, @Cyan4973) tests: Better regression test coverage for different dictionary modes (#2559, @senhuang42) tests: Better test coverage of index reduction (#2603, @terrelln) tests: OSS-Fuzz coverage for seekable format (#2617, @senhuang42) tests: Test coverage for ZSTD threadpool API (#2604, @senhuang42) build: Dynamic library built multithreaded by default (#2584, @senhuang42) build: Move `zstd_errors.h` and `zdict.h` to `lib/` root (#2597, @terrelln) build: Allow `ZSTDMT_JOBSIZE_MIN` to be configured at compile-time, reduce default to 512KB (#2611, @Cyan4973) build: Single file library build script moved to `build/` directory (#2618, @felixhandte) build: `ZBUFF_*()` is no longer built by default (#2583, @senhuang42) build: Fixed Meson build (#2548, @SupervisedThinking @kloczek) build: Fix excessive compiler warnings with clang-cl and CMake (#2600, @nickhutchinson) build: Detect presence of `md5` on Darwin (#2609, @felixhandte) build: Avoid SIGBUS on armv6 (#2633, @bmwiedmann) cli: `--progress` flag added to always display progress bar (#2595, @senhuang42) cli: Allow reading from block devices with `--force` (#2613, @felixhandte) cli: Fix CLI filesize display bug (#2550, @Cyan4973) cli: Fix windows CLI `--filelist` end-of-line bug (#2620, @Cyan4973) contrib: Various fixes for linux kernel patch (#2539, @terrelln) contrib: Seekable format - Decompression hanging edge case fix (#2516, @senhuang42) contrib: Seekable format - New seek table-only API (#2113 #2518, @mdittmer @Cyan4973) contrib: Seekable format - Fix seek table descriptor check when loading (#2534, @foxeng) contrib: Seekable format - Decompression fix for large offsets, (#2594, @azat) misc: Automatically published release tarballs available on Github (#2535, @felixhandte) v1.4.9 (Mar 1, 2021) bug: Use `umask()` to Constrain Created File Permissions (#2495, @felixhandte) bug: Make Simple Single-Pass Functions Ignore Advanced Parameters (#2498, @terrelln) api: Add (De)Compression Tracing Functionality (#2482, @terrelln) api: Support References to Multiple DDicts (#2446, @senhuang42) api: Add Function to Generate Skippable Frame (#2439, @senhuang42) perf: New Algorithms for the Long Distance Matcher (#2483, @mpu) perf: Performance Improvements for Long Distance Matcher (#2464, @mpu) perf: Don't Shrink Window Log when Streaming with a Dictionary (#2451, @terrelln) cli: Fix `--output-dir-mirror` rejection of `..` -containing paths (#2512, @felixhandte) cli: Allow Input From Console When `-f`/`--force` is Passed (#2466, @felixhandte) cli: Improve Help Message (#2500, @senhuang42) tests: Remove Flaky Tests (#2455, #2486, #2445, @Cyan4973) tests: Correctly Invoke md5 Utility on NetBSD (#2492, @niacat) tests: Avoid Using `stat -c` on NetBSD (#2513, @felixhandte) build: Zstd CLI Can Now be Linked to Dynamic `libzstd` (#2457, #2454 @Cyan4973) build: Hide and Avoid Using Static-Only Symbols (#2501, #2504, @skitt) build: CMake: Enable Only C for lib/ and programs/ Projects (#2498, @concatime) build: CMake: Use `configure_file()` to Create the `.pc` File (#2462, @lazka) build: Fix Fuzzer Compiler Detection & Update UBSAN Flags (#2503, @terrelln) build: Add Guards for `_LARGEFILE_SOURCE` and `_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE` (#2444, @indygreg) build: Improve `zlibwrapper` Makefile (#2437, @Cyan4973) contrib: Add `recover_directory` Program (#2473, @terrelln) doc: Change License Year to 2021 (#2452 & #2465, @terrelln & @senhuang42) doc: Fix Typos (#2459, @ThomasWaldmann) v1.4.8 (Dec 18, 2020) hotfix: wrong alignment of an internal buffer v1.4.7 (Dec 16, 2020) perf: stronger --long mode at high compression levels, by @senhuang42 perf: stronger --patch-from at high compression levels, thanks to --long improvements perf: faster dictionary compression at medium compression levels, by @felixhandte perf: small speed & memory usage improvements for ZSTD_compress2(), by @terrelln perf: improved fast compression speeds with Visual Studio, by @animalize cli : Set nb of threads with environment variable ZSTD_NBTHREADS, by @senhuang42 cli : accept decompressing files with *.zstd suffix cli : provide a condensed summary by default when processing multiple files cli : fix : stdin input no longer confused as user prompt cli : improve accuracy of several error messages api : new sequence ingestion API, by @senhuang42 api : shared thread pool: control total nb of threads used by multiple compression jobs, by @marxin api : new ZSTD_getDictID_fromCDict(), by @LuAPi api : zlibWrapper only uses public API, and is compatible with dynamic library, by @terrelln api : fix : multithreaded compression has predictable output even in special cases (see #2327) (issue not accessible from cli) api : fix : dictionary compression correctly respects dictionary compression level (see #2303) (issue not accessible from cli) build: fix cmake script when using path with spaces, by @terrelln build: improved compile-time detection of aarch64/neon platforms, by @bsdimp build: Fix building on AIX 5.1, by @likema build: compile paramgrill with cmake on Windows, requested by @mirh doc : clarify repcode updates in format specification, by @felixhandte v1.4.6 fix : Always return dstSize_tooSmall when that is the case fix : Fix ZSTD_initCStream_advanced() with static allocation and no dictionary perf: Improve small block decompression speed by 20%+, by @terrelln perf: Reduce compression stack usage by 1 KB, by @terrelln perf: Improve decompression speed by improving ZSTD_wildcopy, by @helloguo (#2252, #2256) perf: Improve histogram construction, by @cyan4973 (#2253) cli : Add --output-dir-mirror option, by @xxie24 (#2219) cli : Warn when (de)compressing multiple files into a single output, by @senhuang42 (#2279) cli : Improved progress bar and status summary when (de)compressing multiple files, by @senhuang42 (#2283) cli : Call stat less often, by @felixhandte (#2262) cli : Allow --patch-from XXX and --filelist XXX in addition to --patch-from=XXX and --filelist=XXX, by @cyan4973 (#2250) cli : Allow --patch-from to compress stdin with --stream-size, by @bimbashrestha (#2206) api : Do not install zbuff.h, since it has long been deprecated, by @cyan4973 (#2166). api : Fix ZSTD_CCtx_setParameter() with ZSTD_c_compressionLevel to make 0 mean default level, by @i-do-cpp (#2291) api : Rename ZSTDMT_NBTHREADS_MAX to ZSTDMT_NBWORKERS_MAX, by @marxin (#2228). build: Install pkg-config file with CMake and MinGW, by @tonytheodore (#2183) build: Install DLL with CMake on Windows, by @BioDataAnalysis (#2221) build: Fix DLL install location with CMake, by @xantares and @bimbashrestha (#2186) build: Add ZSTD_NO_UNUSED_FUNCTIONS macro to hide unused functions build: Add ZSTD_NO_INTRINSICS macro to avoid explicit intrinsics build: Add STATIC_BMI2 macro for compile time detection of BMI2 on MSVC, by @Niadb (#2258) build: Fix -Wcomma warnings, by @cwoffenden build: Remove distutils requirement for meson build, by @neheb (#2197) build: Fix cli compilation with uclibc build: Fix cli compilation without st_mtime, by @ffontaine (#2246) build: Fix shadowing warnings in library build: Fix single file library compilation with Enscripten, by @yoshihitoh (#2227) misc: Improve single file library and include dictBuilder, by @cwoffenden misc: Allow compression dictionaries with missing symbols misc: Add freestanding translation script in contrib/freestanding_lib misc: Collect all of zstd's libc dependencies into zstd_deps.h doc : Add ZSTD_versionString() to manual, by @animalize doc : Fix documentation for ZSTD_CCtxParams_setParameter(), by @felixhandte (#2270) v1.4.5 (May 22, 2020) fix : Compression ratio regression on huge files (> 3 GB) using high levels (--ultra) and multithreading, by @terrelln perf: Improved decompression speed: x64 : +10% (clang) / +5% (gcc); ARM : from +15% to +50%, depending on SoC, by @terrelln perf: Automatically downsizes ZSTD_DCtx when too large for too long (#2069, by @bimbashreshta) perf: Improved fast compression speed on aarch64 (#2040, ~+3%, by @caoyzh) perf: Small level 1 compression speed gains (depending on compiler) cli : New --patch-from command, create and apply patches from files, by @bimbashreshta cli : New --filelist= : Provide a list of files to operate upon from a file cli : -b -d command can now benchmark decompression on multiple files cli : New --no-content-size command cli : New --show-default-cparams information command api : ZDICT_finalizeDictionary() is promoted to stable (#2111) api : new experimental parameter ZSTD_d_stableOutBuffer (#2094) build: Generate a single-file libzstd library (#2065, by @cwoffenden) build: Relative includes no longer require -I compiler flags for zstd lib subdirs (#2103, by @felixhandte) build: zstd now compiles cleanly under -pedantic (#2099) build: zstd now compiles with make-4.3 build: Support mingw cross-compilation from Linux, by @Ericson2314 build: Meson multi-thread build fix on windows build: Some misc icc fixes backed by new ci test on travis misc: bitflip analyzer tool, by @felixhandte misc: Extend largeNbDicts benchmark to compression misc: Edit-distance match finder in contrib/ doc : Improved beginner CONTRIBUTING.md docs doc : New issue templates for zstd v1.4.4 (Nov 6, 2019) perf: Improved decompression speed, by > 10%, by @terrelln perf: Better compression speed when re-using a context, by @felixhandte perf: Fix compression ratio when compressing large files with small dictionary, by @senhuang42 perf: zstd reference encoder can generate RLE blocks, by @bimbashrestha perf: minor generic speed optimization, by @davidbolvansky api: new ability to extract sequences from the parser for analysis, by @bimbashrestha api: fixed decoding of magic-less frames, by @terrelln api: fixed ZSTD_initCStream_advanced() performance with fast modes, reported by @QrczakMK cli: Named pipes support, by @bimbashrestha cli: short tar's extension support, by @stokito cli: command --output-dir-flat= , generates target files into requested directory, by @senhuang42 cli: commands --stream-size=# and --size-hint=#, by @nmagerko cli: command --exclude-compressed, by @shashank0791 cli: faster `-t` test mode cli: improved some error messages, by @vangyzen cli: fix command `-D dictionary` on Windows, reported by @artyompetrov cli: fix rare deadlock condition within dictionary builder, by @terrelln build: single-file decoder with emscripten compilation script, by @cwoffenden build: fixed zlibWrapper compilation on Visual Studio, reported by @bluenlive build: fixed deprecation warning for certain gcc version, reported by @jasonma163 build: fix compilation on old gcc versions, by @cemeyer build: improved installation directories for cmake script, by Dmitri Shubin pack: modified pkgconfig, for better integration into openwrt, requested by @neheb misc: Improved documentation : ZSTD_CLEVEL, DYNAMIC_BMI2, ZSTD_CDict, function deprecation, zstd format misc: fixed educational decoder : accept larger literals section, and removed UNALIGNED() macro v1.4.3 (Aug 20, 2019) bug: Fix Dictionary Compression Ratio Regression by @cyan4973 (#1709) bug: Fix Buffer Overflow in legacy v0.3 decompression by @felixhandte (#1722) build: Add support for IAR C/C++ Compiler for Arm by @joseph0918 (#1705) v1.4.2 (Jul 26, 2019) bug: Fix bug in zstd-0.5 decoder by @terrelln (#1696) bug: Fix seekable decompression in-memory API by @iburinoc (#1695) misc: Validate blocks are smaller than size limit by @vivekmg (#1685) misc: Restructure source files by @ephiepark (#1679) v1.4.1 (Jul 20, 2019) bug: Fix data corruption in niche use cases by @terrelln (#1659) bug: Fuzz legacy modes, fix uncovered bugs by @terrelln (#1593, #1594, #1595) bug: Fix out of bounds read by @terrelln (#1590) perf: Improve decode speed by ~7% @mgrice (#1668) perf: Slightly improved compression ratio of level 3 and 4 (ZSTD_dfast) by @cyan4973 (#1681) perf: Slightly faster compression speed when re-using a context by @cyan4973 (#1658) perf: Improve compression ratio for small windowLog by @cyan4973 (#1624) perf: Faster compression speed in high compression mode for repetitive data by @terrelln (#1635) api: Add parameter to generate smaller dictionaries by @tyler-tran (#1656) cli: Recognize symlinks when built in C99 mode by @felixhandte (#1640) cli: Expose cpu load indicator for each file on -vv mode by @ephiepark (#1631) cli: Restrict read permissions on destination files by @chungy (#1644) cli: zstdgrep: handle -f flag by @felixhandte (#1618) cli: zstdcat: follow symlinks by @vejnar (#1604) doc: Remove extra size limit on compressed blocks by @felixhandte (#1689) doc: Fix typo by @yk-tanigawa (#1633) doc: Improve documentation on streaming buffer sizes by @cyan4973 (#1629) build: CMake: support building with LZ4 @leeyoung624 (#1626) build: CMake: install zstdless and zstdgrep by @leeyoung624 (#1647) build: CMake: respect existing uninstall target by @j301scott (#1619) build: Make: skip multithread tests when built without support by @michaelforney (#1620) build: Make: Fix examples/ test target by @sjnam (#1603) build: Meson: rename options out of deprecated namespace by @lzutao (#1665) build: Meson: fix build by @lzutao (#1602) build: Visual Studio: don't export symbols in static lib by @scharan (#1650) build: Visual Studio: fix linking by @absotively (#1639) build: Fix MinGW-W64 build by @myzhang1029 (#1600) misc: Expand decodecorpus coverage by @ephiepark (#1664) v1.4.0 (Apr 17, 2019) perf: Improve level 1 compression speed in most scenarios by 6% by @gbtucker and @terrelln api: Move the advanced API, including all functions in the staging section, to the stable section api: Make ZSTD_e_flush and ZSTD_e_end block for maximum forward progress api: Rename ZSTD_CCtxParam_getParameter to ZSTD_CCtxParams_getParameter api: Rename ZSTD_CCtxParam_setParameter to ZSTD_CCtxParams_setParameter api: Don't export ZSTDMT functions from the shared library by default api: Require ZSTD_MULTITHREAD to be defined to use ZSTDMT api: Add ZSTD_decompressBound() to provide an upper bound on decompressed size by @shakeelrao api: Fix ZSTD_decompressDCtx() corner cases with a dictionary api: Move ZSTD_getDictID_*() functions to the stable section api: Add ZSTD_c_literalCompressionMode flag to enable or disable literal compression by @terrelln api: Allow compression parameters to be set when a dictionary is used api: Allow setting parameters before or after ZSTD_CCtx_loadDictionary() is called api: Fix ZSTD_estimateCStreamSize_usingCCtxParams() api: Setting ZSTD_d_maxWindowLog to 0 means use the default cli: Ensure that a dictionary is not used to compress itself by @shakeelrao cli: Add --[no-]compress-literals flag to enable or disable literal compression doc: Update the examples to use the advanced API doc: Explain how to transition from old streaming functions to the advanced API in the header build: Improve the Windows release packages build: Improve CMake build by @hjmjohnson build: Build fixes for FreeBSD by @lwhsu build: Remove redundant warnings by @thatsafunnyname build: Fix tests on OpenBSD by @bket build: Extend fuzzer build system to work with the new clang engine build: CMake now creates the libzstd.so.1 symlink build: Improve Menson build by @lzutao misc: Fix symbolic link detection on FreeBSD misc: Use physical core count for -T0 on FreeBSD by @cemeyer misc: Fix zstd --list on truncated files by @kostmo misc: Improve logging in debug mode by @felixhandte misc: Add CirrusCI tests by @lwhsu misc: Optimize dictionary memory usage in corner cases misc: Improve the dictionary builder on small or homogeneous data misc: Fix spelling across the repo by @jsoref v1.3.8 (Dec 28, 2018) perf: better decompression speed on large files (+7%) and cold dictionaries (+15%) perf: slightly better compression ratio at high compression modes api : finalized advanced API, last stage before "stable" status api : new --rsyncable mode, by @terrelln api : support decompression of empty frames into NULL (used to be an error) (#1385) build: new set of macros to build a minimal size decoder, by @felixhandte build: fix compilation on MIPS32, reported by @clbr (#1441) build: fix compilation with multiple -arch flags, by @ryandesign build: highly upgraded meson build, by @lzutao build: improved buck support, by @obelisk build: fix cmake script : can create debug build, by @pitrou build: Makefile : grep works on both colored consoles and systems without color support build: fixed zstd-pgo, by @bmwiedemann cli : support ZSTD_CLEVEL environment variable, by @yijinfb (#1423) cli : --no-progress flag, preserving final summary (#1371), by @terrelln cli : ensure destination file is not source file (#1422) cli : clearer error messages, especially when input file not present doc : clarified zstd_compression_format.md, by @ulikunitz misc: fixed zstdgrep, returns 1 on failure, by @lzutao misc: NEWS renamed as CHANGELOG, in accordance with fboss v1.3.7 (Oct 20, 2018) perf: slightly better decompression speed on clang (depending on hardware target) fix : performance of dictionary compression for small input < 4 KB at levels 9 and 10 build: no longer build backtrace by default in release mode; restrict further automatic mode build: control backtrace support through build macro BACKTRACE misc: added man pages for zstdless and zstdgrep, by @samrussell v1.3.6 (Oct 6, 2018) perf: much faster dictionary builder, by @jenniferliu perf: faster dictionary compression on small data when using multiple contexts, by @felixhandte perf: faster dictionary decompression when using a very large number of dictionaries simultaneously cli : fix : does no longer overwrite destination when source does not exist (#1082) cli : new command --adapt, for automatic compression level adaptation api : fix : block api can be streamed with > 4 GB, reported by @catid api : reduced ZSTD_DDict size by 2 KB api : minimum negative compression level is defined, and can be queried using ZSTD_minCLevel(). build: support Haiku target, by @korli build: Read Legacy format is limited to v0.5+ by default. Can be changed at compile time with macro ZSTD_LEGACY_SUPPORT. doc : zstd_compression_format.md updated to match wording in IETF RFC 8478 misc: tests/paramgrill, a parameter optimizer, by @GeorgeLu97 v1.3.5 (Jun 29, 2018) perf: much faster dictionary compression, by @felixhandte perf: small quality improvement for dictionary generation, by @terrelln perf: slightly improved high compression levels (notably level 19) mem : automatic memory release for long duration contexts cli : fix : overlapLog can be manually set cli : fix : decoding invalid lz4 frames api : fix : performance degradation for dictionary compression when using advanced API, by @terrelln api : change : clarify ZSTD_CCtx_reset() vs ZSTD_CCtx_resetParameters(), by @terrelln build: select custom libzstd scope through control macros, by @GeorgeLu97 build: OpenBSD patch, by @bket build: make and make all are compatible with -j doc : clarify zstd_compression_format.md, updated for IETF RFC process misc: pzstd compatible with reproducible compilation, by @lamby v1.3.4 (Mar 27, 2018) perf: faster speed (especially decoding speed) on recent cpus (haswell+) perf: much better performance associating --long with multi-threading, by @terrelln perf: better compression at levels 13-15 cli : asynchronous compression by default, for faster experience (use --single-thread for former behavior) cli : smoother status report in multi-threading mode cli : added command --fast=#, for faster compression modes cli : fix crash when not overwriting existing files, by Pádraig Brady (@pixelb) api : `nbThreads` becomes `nbWorkers` : 1 triggers asynchronous mode api : compression levels can be negative, for even more speed api : ZSTD_getFrameProgression() : get precise progress status of ZSTDMT anytime api : ZSTDMT can accept new compression parameters during compression api : implemented all advanced dictionary decompression prototypes build: improved meson recipe, by Shawn Landden (@shawnl) build: VS2017 scripts, by @HaydnTrigg misc: all /contrib projects fixed misc: added /contrib/docker script by @gyscos v1.3.3 (Dec 21, 2017) perf: faster zstd_opt strategy (levels 16-19) fix : bug #944 : multithreading with shared dictionary and large data, reported by @gsliepen cli : fix : content size written in header by default cli : fix : improved LZ4 format support, by @felixhandte cli : new : hidden command `-S`, to benchmark multiple files while generating one result per file api : fix : support large skippable frames, by @terrelln api : fix : streaming interface was adding a useless 3-bytes null block to small frames api : change : when setting `pledgedSrcSize`, use `ZSTD_CONTENTSIZE_UNKNOWN` macro value to mean "unknown" build: fix : compilation under rhel6 and centos6, reported by @pixelb build: added `check` target v1.3.2 (Oct 10, 2017) new : long range mode, using --long command, by Stella Lau (@stellamplau) new : ability to generate and decode magicless frames (#591) changed : maximum nb of threads reduced to 200, to avoid address space exhaustion in 32-bits mode fix : multi-threading compression works with custom allocators fix : ZSTD_sizeof_CStream() was over-evaluating memory usage fix : a rare compression bug when compression generates very large distances and bunch of other conditions (only possible at --ultra -22) fix : 32-bits build can now decode large offsets (levels 21+) cli : added LZ4 frame support by default, by Felix Handte (@felixhandte) cli : improved --list output cli : new : can split input file for dictionary training, using command -B# cli : new : clean operation artefact on Ctrl-C interruption cli : fix : do not change /dev/null permissions when using command -t with root access, reported by @mike155 (#851) cli : fix : write file size in header in multiple-files mode api : added macro ZSTD_COMPRESSBOUND() for static allocation api : experimental : new advanced decompression API api : fix : sizeof_CCtx() used to over-estimate build: fix : no-multithread variant compiles without pool.c dependency, reported by Mitchell Blank Jr (@mitchblank) (#819) build: better compatibility with reproducible builds, by Bernhard M. Wiedemann (@bmwiedemann) (#818) example : added streaming_memory_usage license : changed /examples license to BSD + GPLv2 license : fix a few header files to reflect new license (#825) v1.3.1 (Aug 21, 2017) New license : BSD + GPLv2 perf: substantially decreased memory usage in Multi-threading mode, thanks to reports by Tino Reichardt (@mcmilk) perf: Multi-threading supports up to 256 threads. Cap at 256 when more are requested (#760) cli : improved and fixed --list command, by @ib (#772) cli : command -vV to list supported formats, by @ib (#771) build : fixed binary variants, reported by @svenha (#788) build : fix Visual compilation for non x86/x64 targets, reported by Greg Slazinski (@GregSlazinski) (#718) API exp : breaking change : ZSTD_getframeHeader() provides more information API exp : breaking change : pinned down values of error codes doc : fixed huffman example, by Ulrich Kunitz (@ulikunitz) new : contrib/adaptive-compression, I/O driven compression strength, by Paul Cruz (@paulcruz74) new : contrib/long_distance_matching, statistics by Stella Lau (@stellamplau) updated : contrib/linux-kernel, by Nick Terrell (@terrelln) v1.3.0 (Jul 6, 2017) cli : new : `--list` command, by Paul Cruz cli : changed : xz/lzma support enabled by default cli : changed : `-t *` continue processing list after a decompression error API : added : ZSTD_versionString() API : promoted to stable status : ZSTD_getFrameContentSize(), by Sean Purcell API exp : new advanced API : ZSTD_compress_generic(), ZSTD_CCtx_setParameter() API exp : new : API for static or external allocation : ZSTD_initStatic?Ctx() API exp : added : ZSTD_decompressBegin_usingDDict(), requested by Guy Riddle (#700) API exp : clarified memory estimation / measurement functions. API exp : changed : strongest strategy renamed ZSTD_btultra, fastest strategy ZSTD_fast set to 1 tools : decodecorpus can generate random dictionary-compressed samples, by Paul Cruz new : contrib/seekable_format, demo and API, by Sean Purcell changed : contrib/linux-kernel, updated version and license, by Nick Terrell v1.2.0 (May 5, 2017) cli : changed : Multithreading enabled by default (use target zstd-nomt or HAVE_THREAD=0 to disable) cli : new : command -T0 means "detect and use nb of cores", by Sean Purcell cli : new : zstdmt symlink hardwired to `zstd -T0` cli : new : command --threads=# (#671) cli : changed : cover dictionary builder by default, for improved quality, by Nick Terrell cli : new : commands --train-cover and --train-legacy, to select dictionary algorithm and parameters cli : experimental targets `zstd4` and `xzstd4`, with support for lz4 format, by Sean Purcell cli : fix : does not output compressed data on console cli : fix : ignore symbolic links unless --force specified, API : breaking change : ZSTD_createCDict_advanced(), only use compressionParameters as argument API : added : prototypes ZSTD_*_usingCDict_advanced(), for direct control over frameParameters. API : improved: ZSTDMT_compressCCtx() reduced memory usage API : fix : ZSTDMT_compressCCtx() now provides srcSize in header (#634) API : fix : src size stored in frame header is controlled at end of frame API : fix : enforced consistent rules for pledgedSrcSize==0 (#641) API : fix : error code "GENERIC" replaced by "dstSizeTooSmall" when appropriate build: improved cmake script, by @Majlen build: enabled Multi-threading support for *BSD, by Baptiste Daroussin tools: updated Paramgrill. Command -O# provides best parameters for sample and speed target. new : contrib/linux-kernel version, by Nick Terrell v1.1.4 (Mar 18, 2017) cli : new : can compress in *.gz format, using --format=gzip command, by Przemyslaw Skibinski cli : new : advanced benchmark command --priority=rt cli : fix : write on sparse-enabled file systems in 32-bits mode, by @ds77 cli : fix : --rm remains silent when input is stdin cli : experimental : xzstd, with support for xz/lzma decoding, by Przemyslaw Skibinski speed : improved decompression speed in streaming mode for single shot scenarios (+5%) memory: DDict (decompression dictionary) memory usage down from 150 KB to 20 KB arch: 32-bits variant able to generate and decode very long matches (>32 MB), by Sean Purcell API : new : ZSTD_findFrameCompressedSize(), ZSTD_getFrameContentSize(), ZSTD_findDecompressedSize() API : changed : dropped support of legacy versions <= v0.3 (can be changed by modifying ZSTD_LEGACY_SUPPORT value) build : new: meson build system in contrib/meson, by Dima Krasner build : improved cmake script, by @Majlen build : added -Wformat-security flag, as recommended by Padraig Brady doc : new : educational decoder, by Sean Purcell v1.1.3 (Feb 7, 2017) cli : zstd can decompress .gz files (can be disabled with `make zstd-nogz` or `make HAVE_ZLIB=0`) cli : new : experimental target `make zstdmt`, with multi-threading support cli : new : improved dictionary builder "cover" (experimental), by Nick Terrell, based on prior work by Giuseppe Ottaviano. cli : new : advanced commands for detailed parameters, by Przemyslaw Skibinski cli : fix zstdless on Mac OS-X, by Andrew Janke cli : fix #232 "compress non-files" dictBuilder : improved dictionary generation quality, thanks to Nick Terrell API : new : lib/compress/ZSTDMT_compress.h multithreading API (experimental) API : new : ZSTD_create?Dict_byReference(), requested by Bartosz Taudul API : new : ZDICT_finalizeDictionary() API : fix : ZSTD_initCStream_usingCDict() properly writes dictID into frame header, by Gregory Szorc (#511) API : fix : all symbols properly exposed in libzstd, by Nick Terrell build : support for Solaris target, by Przemyslaw Skibinski doc : clarified specification, by Sean Purcell v1.1.2 (Dec 15, 2016) API : streaming : decompression : changed : automatic implicit reset when chain-decoding new frames without init API : experimental : added : dictID retrieval functions, and ZSTD_initCStream_srcSize() API : zbuff : changed : prototypes now generate deprecation warnings lib : improved : faster decompression speed at ultra compression settings and 32-bits mode lib : changed : only public ZSTD_ symbols are now exposed lib : changed : reduced usage of stack memory lib : fixed : several corner case bugs, by Nick Terrell cli : new : gzstd, experimental version able to decode .gz files, by Przemyslaw Skibinski cli : new : preserve file attributes cli : new : added zstdless and zstdgrep tools cli : fixed : status displays total amount decoded, even for file consisting of multiple frames (like pzstd) cli : fixed : zstdcat zlib_wrapper : added support for gz* functions, by Przemyslaw Skibinski install : better compatibility with FreeBSD, by Dimitry Andric source tree : changed : zbuff source files moved to lib/deprecated v1.1.1 (Nov 2, 2016) New : command -M#, --memory=, --memlimit=, --memlimit-decompress= to limit allowed memory consumption New : doc/zstd_manual.html, by Przemyslaw Skibinski Improved : slightly better compression ratio at --ultra levels (>= 20) Improved : better memory usage when using streaming compression API, thanks to @Rogier-5 report Added : API : ZSTD_initCStream_usingCDict(), ZSTD_initDStream_usingDDict() (experimental section) Added : example/multiple_streaming_compression.c Changed : zstd_errors.h is now installed within /include (and replaces errors_public.h) Updated man page Fixed : zstd-small, zstd-compress and zstd-decompress compilation targets v1.1.0 (Sep 28, 2016) New : contrib/pzstd, parallel version of zstd, by Nick Terrell added : NetBSD install target (#338) Improved : speed for batches of small files Improved : speed of zlib wrapper, by Przemyslaw Skibinski Changed : libzstd on Windows supports legacy formats, by Christophe Chevalier Fixed : CLI -d output to stdout by default when input is stdin (#322) Fixed : CLI correctly detects console on Mac OS-X Fixed : CLI supports recursive mode `-r` on Mac OS-X Fixed : Legacy decoders use unified error codes, reported by benrg (#341), fixed by Przemyslaw Skibinski Fixed : compatibility with OpenBSD, reported by Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado (#319) Fixed : compatibility with Hurd, by Przemyslaw Skibinski (#365) Fixed : zstd-pgo, reported by octoploid (#329) v1.0.0 (Sep 1, 2016) Change Licensing, all project is now BSD, Copyright Facebook Small decompression speed improvement API : Streaming API supports legacy format API : ZDICT_getDictID(), ZSTD_sizeof_{CCtx, DCtx, CStream, DStream}(), ZSTD_setDStreamParameter() CLI supports legacy formats v0.4+ Fixed : compression fails on certain huge files, reported by Jesse McGrew Enhanced documentation, by Przemyslaw Skibinski v0.8.1 (Aug 18, 2016) New streaming API Changed : --ultra now enables levels beyond 19 Changed : -i# now selects benchmark time in second Fixed : ZSTD_compress* can now compress > 4 GB in a single pass, reported by Nick Terrell Fixed : speed regression on specific patterns (#272) Fixed : support for Z_SYNC_FLUSH, by Dmitry Krot (#291) Fixed : ICC compilation, by Przemyslaw Skibinski v0.8.0 (Aug 2, 2016) Improved : better speed on clang and gcc -O2, thanks to Eric Biggers New : Build on FreeBSD and DragonFly, thanks to JrMarino Changed : modified API : ZSTD_compressEnd() Fixed : legacy mode with ZSTD_HEAPMODE=0, by Christopher Bergqvist Fixed : premature end of frame when zero-sized raw block, reported by Eric Biggers Fixed : large dictionaries (> 384 KB), reported by Ilona Papava Fixed : checksum correctly checked in single-pass mode Fixed : combined --test amd --rm, reported by Andreas M. Nilsson Modified : minor compression level adaptations Updated : compression format specification to v0.2.0 changed : zstd.h moved to /lib directory v0.7.5 (Aug 1, 2016) Transition version, supporting decoding of v0.8.x v0.7.4 (Jul 17, 2016) Added : homebrew for Mac, by Daniel Cade Added : more examples Fixed : segfault when using small dictionaries, reported by Felix Handte Modified : default compression level for CLI is now 3 Updated : specification, to v0.1.1 v0.7.3 (Jul 9, 2016) New : compression format specification New : `--` separator, stating that all following arguments are file names. Suggested by Chip Turner. New : `ZSTD_getDecompressedSize()` New : OpenBSD target, by Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado New : `examples` directory fixed : dictBuilder using HC levels, reported by Bartosz Taudul fixed : legacy support from ZSTD_decompress_usingDDict(), reported by Felix Handte fixed : multi-blocks decoding with intermediate uncompressed blocks, reported by Greg Slazinski modified : removed "mem.h" and "error_public.h" dependencies from "zstd.h" (experimental section) modified : legacy functions no longer need magic number v0.7.2 (Jul 4, 2016) fixed : ZSTD_decompressBlock() using multiple consecutive blocks. Reported by Greg Slazinski. fixed : potential segfault on very large files (many gigabytes). Reported by Chip Turner. fixed : CLI displays system error message when destination file cannot be created (#231). Reported by Chip Turner. v0.7.1 (Jun 23, 2016) fixed : ZBUFF_compressEnd() called multiple times with too small `dst` buffer, reported by Christophe Chevalier fixed : dictBuilder fails if first sample is too small, reported by Руслан Ковалёв fixed : corruption issue, reported by cj modified : checksum enabled by default in command line mode v0.7.0 (Jun 17, 2016) New : Support for directory compression, using `-r`, thanks to Przemyslaw Skibinski New : Command `--rm`, to remove source file after successful de/compression New : Visual build scripts, by Christophe Chevalier New : Support for Sparse File-systems (do not use space for zero-filled sectors) New : Frame checksum support New : Support pass-through mode (when using `-df`) API : more efficient Dictionary API : `ZSTD_compress_usingCDict()`, `ZSTD_decompress_usingDDict()` API : create dictionary files from custom content, by Giuseppe Ottaviano API : support for custom malloc/free functions New : controllable Dictionary ID New : Support for skippable frames v0.6.1 (May 13, 2016) New : zlib wrapper API, thanks to Przemyslaw Skibinski New : Ability to compile compressor / decompressor separately Changed : new lib directory structure Fixed : Legacy codec v0.5 compatible with dictionary decompression Fixed : Decoder corruption error (#173) Fixed : null-string roundtrip (#176) New : benchmark mode can select directory as input Experimental : midipix support, VMS support v0.6.0 (Apr 13, 2016) Stronger high compression modes, thanks to Przemyslaw Skibinski API : ZSTD_getFrameParams() provides size of decompressed content New : highest compression modes require `--ultra` command to fully unleash their capacity Fixed : zstd cli return error code > 0 and removes dst file artifact when decompression fails, thanks to Chip Turner v0.5.1 (Feb 18, 2016) New : Optimal parsing => Very high compression modes, thanks to Przemyslaw Skibinski Changed : Dictionary builder integrated into libzstd and zstd cli Changed (!) : zstd cli now uses "multiple input files" as default mode. See `zstd -h`. Fix : high compression modes for big-endian platforms New : zstd cli : `-t` | `--test` command v0.5.0 (Feb 5, 2016) New : dictionary builder utility Changed : streaming & dictionary API Improved : better compression of small data v0.4.7 (Jan 22, 2016) Improved : small compression speed improvement in HC mode Changed : `zstd_decompress.c` has ZSTD_LEGACY_SUPPORT to 0 by default fix : bt search bug v0.4.6 (Jan 13, 2016) fix : fast compression mode on Windows New : cmake configuration file, thanks to Artyom Dymchenko Improved : high compression mode on repetitive data New : block-level API New : ZSTD_duplicateCCtx() v0.4.5 (Dec 18, 2015) new : -m/--multiple : compress/decompress multiple files v0.4.4 (Dec 14, 2015) Fixed : high compression modes for Windows 32 bits new : external dictionary API extended to buffered mode and accessible through command line new : windows DLL project, thanks to Christophe Chevalier v0.4.3 (Dec 7, 2015) new : external dictionary API new : zstd-frugal v0.4.2 (Dec 2, 2015) Generic minor improvements for small blocks Fixed : big-endian compatibility, by Peter Harris (#85) v0.4.1 (Dec 1, 2015) Fixed : ZSTD_LEGACY_SUPPORT=0 build mode (reported by Luben) removed `zstd.c` v0.4.0 (Nov 29, 2015) Command line utility compatible with high compression levels Removed zstdhc => merged into zstd Added : ZBUFF API (see zstd_buffered.h) Rolling buffer support v0.3.6 (Nov 10, 2015) small blocks params v0.3.5 (Nov 9, 2015) minor generic compression improvements v0.3.4 (Nov 6, 2015) Faster fast cLevels v0.3.3 (Nov 5, 2015) Small compression ratio improvement v0.3.2 (Nov 2, 2015) Fixed Visual Studio v0.3.1 (Nov 2, 2015) Small compression ratio improvement v0.3 (Oct 30, 2015) HC mode : compression levels 2-26 v0.2.2 (Oct 28, 2015) Fix : Visual Studio 2013 & 2015 release compilation, by Christophe Chevalier v0.2.1 (Oct 24, 2015) Fix : Read errors, advanced fuzzer tests, by Hanno Böck v0.2.0 (Oct 22, 2015) **Breaking format change** Faster decompression speed Can still decode v0.1 format v0.1.3 (Oct 15, 2015) fix uninitialization warning, reported by Evan Nemerson v0.1.2 (Sep 11, 2015) frame concatenation support v0.1.1 (Aug 27, 2015) fix compression bug detects write-flush errors v0.1.0 (Aug 25, 2015) first release