HISTORY of the 7-Zip\r
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+18.00 beta 2018-01-10\r
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+- 7-Zip now can unpack OBJ/COFF files.\r
+- new -sse switch to stop archive creating, if 7-Zip can't open some input file. \r
+- Some bugs were fixed.\r
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+17.01 beta 2017-08-28\r
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+- Minor speed optimization for LZMA2 (xz and 7z) multi-threading compression.\r
+ 7-Zip now uses additional memory buffers for multi-block LZMA2 compression.\r
+ CPU utilization was slightly improved.\r
+- 7-zip now creates multi-block xz archives by default. Block size can be \r
+ specified with -ms[Size]{m|g} switch.\r
+- xz decoder now can unpack random block from multi-block xz archives.\r
+ 7-Zip File Manager now can open nested multi-block xz archives \r
+ (for example, image.iso.xz) without full unpacking of xz archive.\r
+- 7-Zip now can create zip archives from stdin to stdout.\r
+- 7-Zip command line: @listfile now doesn't work after -- switch.\r
+ Use -i@listfile before -- switch instead.\r
+- The BUGs were fixed:\r
+ 7-Zip could add unrequired alternate file streams to WIM archives, \r
+ for commands that contain filename wildcards and -sns switch.\r
+ 7-Zip 17.00 beta crashed for commands that write anti-item to 7z archive.\r
+ 7-Zip 17.00 beta ignored "Use large memory pages" option.\r
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+17.00 beta 2017-04-29\r
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+- ZIP unpacking code was improved.\r
+- 7-Zip now reserves file space before writing to file (for extraction from archive).\r
+ It can reduce file fragmentation.\r
+- Some bugs were fixed. 7-Zip could crash in some cases.\r
+- Internal changes in code.\r
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+16.04 2016-10-04\r
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+- The bug was fixed: 7-Zip 16.03 exe installer under Vista didn't create \r
+ links in Start / Programs menu.\r
+- Some bugs were fixed in RAR code.\r
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+16.03 2016-09-28\r
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+- Installer and SFX modules now use some protection against DLL preloading attack.\r
+- Some bugs were fixed in 7z, NSIS, SquashFS, RAR5 and another code.\r
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+16.02 2016-05-21\r
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+- 7-Zip now can extract multivolume ZIP archives (z01, z02, ... , zip).\r
+- Some bugs were fixed.\r
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+15.14 2015-12-31\r
+-------------------------\r
+- 7-Zip File Manager:\r
+ - The code for "Open file from archive" operation was improved.\r
+ - The code for "Tools/Options" window was improved.\r
+ - The BUG was fixed: there was incorrect mouse cursor capture for \r
+ drag-and-drop operations from open archive to Explorer window.\r
+- Some bugs were fixed.\r
+- New localization: Yoruba.\r
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+15.12 2015-11-19\r
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+- The release version.\r
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+15.11 beta 2015-11-14\r
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+- Some bugs were fixed.\r
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15.10 beta 2015-11-01\r
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- The BUG in 9.21 - 15.09 was fixed:\r