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7-Zip ZS Changelog

What's new in 7-Zip ZS 22.01 1.5.5 Release 3

Jun 18, 2023
  • Update command line parsing to be more secure - thanks @sebres
  • Add SHA3 hashing
  • Use .zst as default extension for Zstandard files
  • Understand also .tzst and .tzstd files (tar archives compressed via zstd)
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.9
  • Fast LZMA2 1.0.1
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.9.4
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.5.5

New in 7-Zip ZS 22.01 1.5.5 Release 2 (Apr 6, 2023)

  • update Zstandard to version 1.5.5
  • revert the cmdline parsing patch for now - will be added later
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.9
  • Fast LZMA2 1.0.1
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.9.4
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.5.5

New in 7-Zip ZS 22.01 1.5.5 Release 1 (Apr 5, 2023)

  • Update Zstandard to version 1.5.5
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.9
  • Fast LZMA2 1.0.1
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.9.4
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.5.5

New in 7-Zip ZS 22.01 1.5.4 Release 4 (Feb 27, 2023)

  • New Features and Bugfixes:
  • Update Zstandard to version 1.5.4
  • Fix issues
  • Release 2-4

New in 7-Zip ZS 22.01 1.5.4 Release 3 (Feb 22, 2023)

  • Release3:
  • fix issue #301
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.9
  • Fast LZMA2 1.0.1
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.9.4
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.5.4

New in 7-Zip ZS 22.01 1.5.4 Release 2 (Feb 19, 2023)

  • New Features and Bugfixes:
  • update Zstandard to version 1.5.4
  • fix these issues: #293, #292, #291, #277, #274 and maybe some more
  • Release 2:
  • issue #177 is really solved now - this is a very fast second release ;-)
  • thanks @EatDesk for notifying me about this: #299
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.9
  • Fast LZMA2 1.0.1
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.9.4
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.5.4

New in 7-Zip ZS 22.01 1.5.2 Release 1 Pre-release (Jan 15, 2023)

  • New Features and Bugfixes:
  • update 7-Zip to version 22.01
  • update LZ4 to version 1.9.4
  • update Zstandard to version 1.5.2
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.9
  • Fast LZMA2 1.0.1
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.9.4
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.5.2

New in 7-Zip ZS 21.03 1.5.0 Release 2 (Oct 5, 2021)

  • New Features and Bugfixes:
  • update 7-Zip to version 21.03
  • fix zstd property issue, thanks @sebres
  • fix #223 and LZMA decoding speed
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.9
  • Fast LZMA2 1.0.1
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.9.3
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.5.0

New in 7-Zip ZS 21.03 1.5.0 Release 1 (Aug 26, 2021)

  • New Features and Bugfixes:
  • update 7-Zip to version 21.03
  • fix zstd property issue, thanks @sebres
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.9
  • Fast LZMA2 1.0.1
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.9.3
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.5.0

New in 7-Zip ZS 21.02 1.5.0 Release 1 (May 16, 2021)

  • Update Zstandard to version 1.5.0
  • Fix issues: #190, #202 and #203

New in 7-Zip ZS 21.02 1.4.9 Release 1 (May 13, 2021)

  • New Features and Bugfixes:
  • update 7-Zip to version 21.02
  • ZIP files: add deprecated zstd method id=20 (decoding only)
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.9
  • Fast LZMA2 1.0.1
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.9.3
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.4.9
  • TODO:
  • check linux and macos support

New in 7-Zip ZS 19.00 1.4.9 Release 2 (Apr 7, 2021)

  • New Features and Bugfixes:
  • Add BLAKE3 hash function
  • make upper- or lowercase hash output an option for the user
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.9
  • Fast LZMA2 1.0.1
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.9.3
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.4.9

New in 7-Zip ZS 19.00 1.4.9 Release 1 (Mar 18, 2021)

  • New Features and Bugfixes:
  • update Zstandard to v1.4.9
  • change hot-key ALT+UP add CTRL+RIGHT/LEFT
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.9
  • Fast LZMA2 1.0.1
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.9.3
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.4.9

New in 7-Zip ZS 19.00 1.4.8 Release 1 (Dec 20, 2020)

  • New Features and Bugfixes:
  • Update Zstandard to v1.4.8
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.9
  • Fast LZMA2 1.0.1
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.9.3
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.4.8

New in 7-Zip ZS 19.00 1.4.5 Release 4 (Dec 6, 2020)

  • New Features and Bugfixes:
  • Update LZ4 to v1.9.3
  • Fix: Incorrect progress number (thanks @jinfeihan57)
  • Fix: method / level changing within the compression dialog was not okay (thanks @jinfeihan57)
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.9
  • Fast LZMA2 1.0.1
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.9.3
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.4.5

New in 7-Zip ZS 19.00 1.4.5 Release 3 (Oct 3, 2020)

  • New Features and Bugfixes:
  • Update Brotli to v1.0.9
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.9
  • Fast LZMA2 1.0.1
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.9.2
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.4.5

New in 7-Zip ZS 19.00 1.4.5 Release 2 (Jun 3, 2020)

  • New Features and Bugfixes:
  • create .gitattributes file and normalize all the line endings
  • fix #128 - format switching in archiv dialog makes options wrong
  • fix #130 - incorrect progress number with zstd
  • fix #133 - wrong block size used
  • fix zstd decompression for files with large window settings
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.7
  • Fast LZMA2 1.0.1
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.9.2
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.4.5

New in 7-Zip ZS 19.00 1.4.5 Release 1 (May 28, 2020)

  • New Features and Bugfixes:
  • update Zstandard to v1.4.5
  • fix these issues: #123 and #125
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.7
  • Fast LZMA2 1.0.1
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.9.2
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.4.5

New in 7-Zip ZS 19.00 1.4.4 Release 3 (Apr 16, 2020)

  • New Features and Bugfixes:
  • Add support of lz4 and zstd compression for squashfs files
  • the binaries are compiled with Visual Studio 2019 (for speed: /O2 /Ob3)
  • for security, the /DYNAMICBASE and /NXCOMPAT are used also when compiling
  • Remove Mutex code from ZstdEncoder.cpp
  • if zstd fails, try to give a more specific failure massage, this will fix #109
  • Issue #97 is completed now
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.7
  • Fast LZMA2 1.0.1
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.9.2
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.4.4

New in 7-Zip ZS 19.00 1.4.4 Release 2 (Apr 12, 2020)

  • New Features and Bugfixes:
  • Fix these LZ4 related issues: #73, #101, #102, #103, #104, #105 and #106
  • LZ4 compression defaults to one thread and uses 4MiB for buffering now
  • Add: clear various history tracking within registry, see issue #113 for more information
  • Fix issue #116
  • begin with #97 ... it's not ready yet, but method, level and thread count is re-used already
  • the binaries are created with Visual Studio 2017 now
  • we have 4 binary types now: X32, X64, ARM and ARM64 (MS Win10 ARM based)
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.7
  • Fast LZMA2 1.0.1
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.9.2
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.4.4

New in 7-Zip ZS 19.00 1.4.3 Release 1 (Nov 3, 2019)

  • New Features and Bugfixes:
  • update Zstandard to v1.4.3
  • update LZ4 to v1.9.2
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.7
  • Fast LZMA2 1.0.1
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.9.2
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.4.3 (new API)

New in 7-Zip ZS 19.00 1.4.2 Release 1 (Jul 30, 2019)

  • New Features and Bugfixes:
  • update Zstandard to v1.4.2
  • update Fast LZMA2 to v1.0.1
  • fix: 7za.exe -m0=ZSTD paramter (issue #86)
  • fixed default compression level for lizard (issue #88)
  • Vanilla 7-Zip compatibility options are marked with '[std]' in the Compression dialog now (issue #80)
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.7
  • Fast LZMA2 1.0.1
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.9.1
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.4.2 (new API)

New in 7-Zip ZS 19.00 1.4.0 Release 2 (May 6, 2019)

  • New Features and Bugfixes:
  • update LZ4 to v1.9.1
  • Fast LZMA2: Pass blockSize to fast-lzma2 and limit it to 256MiB
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.7
  • Fast LZMA2 1.0.0
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.9.1
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.4.0 (new API)

New in 7-Zip ZS 19.00 1.4.0 Release 1 (Apr 30, 2019)

  • New Features and Bugfixes:
  • update Zstandard to v1.4.0
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.7
  • Fast LZMA2 1.0.0
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.8.3
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.4.0 (new API)

New in 7-Zip ZS 19.00 1.3.8 Release 3 (Apr 1, 2019)

  • New Features and Bugfixes:
  • update Fast LZMA2 to v1.0.0
  • another try to fix issue #66 (fix blurring, used default manifest files)
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.7
  • Fast LZMA2 1.0.0
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.8.3
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.3.8 (new API)

New in 7-Zip ZS 19.00 1.3.8 Release 1 (Feb 25, 2019)

  • New Features and Bugfixes:
  • update 7-Zip to 19.00
  • fix issue #66 (the blurring)
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.7
  • Fast LZMA2 0.9.2
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.8.3
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.3.8 (new API)

New in 7-Zip ZS 1.3.8 Release 1 (Feb 11, 2019)

  • New Features and Bugfixes:
  • update 7-Zip to 18.06
  • Codecs.7z and TotalCmd.7z contain DLL files for ARM architecture
  • Compression versions in this release:
  • Brotli Version 1.0.7
  • Fast LZMA2 0.9.2
  • Lizard Version 1.0
  • LZ4 Version 1.8.3
  • LZ5 Version 1.5
  • Zstandard Version 1.3.8 (new API)