7zip/history.txt

7-Zip Extra history
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9.35 beta 2014-12-07
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  - SFX modules were moved to LZMA SDK package.
 
 
9.34 alpha 2014-06-22
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  - Minimum supported system now is Windows 2000 for EXE and DLL files.
  - all EXE and DLL files use msvcrt.dll.
  - 7zr.exe now support AES encryption.
 
 
9.18 2010-11-02
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  - New small SFX module for installers.
 
 
9.17 2010-10-04
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  - New 7-Zip plugin for FAR Manager x64.
 
 
9.10 2009-12-30
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  - 7-Zip for installers now supports LZMA2.
 
 
9.09 2009-12-12
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  - LZMA2 compression method support.
  - Some bugs were fixed.
 
 
4.65 2009-02-03
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  - Some bugs were fixed.
 
 
4.38 beta 2006-04-13
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  - SFX for installers now supports new properties in config file:
    Progress, Directory, ExecuteFile, ExecuteParameters.
 
 
4.34 beta 2006-02-27
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  - ISetProperties::SetProperties:
      it's possible to specify desirable number of CPU threads:
           PROPVARIANT: name=L"mt", vt = VT_UI4, ulVal = NumberOfThreads
      If "mt" is not defined, 7za.dll will check number of processors in system to set
      number of desirable threads.
      Now 7za.dll can use:
        2 threads for LZMA compressing
        N threads for BZip2 compressing
        4 threads for BZip2 decompressing
      Other codecs use only one thread.
      Note: 7za.dll can use additional "small" threads with low CPU load.
  - It's possible to call ISetProperties::SetProperties to specify "mt" property for decoder.
 
 
4.33 beta 2006-02-05
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  - Compressing speed and Memory requirements were increased.
    Default dictionary size was increased: Fastest: 64 KB, Fast: 1 MB,
    Normal: 4 MB, Max: 16 MB, Ultra: 64 MB.
  - 7z/LZMA now can use only these match finders: HC4, BT2, BT3, BT4
 
 
4.27 2005-09-21
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 - Some GUIDs/interfaces were changed.
   IStream.h:
     ISequentialInStream::Read now works as old ReadPart
     ISequentialOutStream::Write now works as old WritePart