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User visible changes for LZO -- a real-time data compression library
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Changes in 1.01 (10 Aug 1997)
  * improved LZO1X-999 and LZO1Y-999 compression ratio a little bit
  * i386+gcc: significant speedup of the C version of the LZO1, LZO1A,
    LZO1B and LZO1C decompressors
  * added example programs that show how to generate pre-compressed data
  * added Makefiles for DOS, Windows and OS/2 targets
  * updated benchmark values (added timings for Pentium gcc and Watcom C)

Changes in 1.00 (13 Jul 1997)
  * added miniLZO - can be easily included in your project
  * improved documentation, added LZO.FAQ
  * added build scripts for many systems where Autoconf is not available:
    Windows 3.1 (LIB+DLL), Windows 95/NT (LIB+DLL), DOS (16+32 bit), OS/2
  * adapted for Automake 1.2 and libtool 1.0

Changes in 0.90 (27 Jun 1997): never released
  * LZO now uses GNU Automake 1.0 - lots of configuration changes
  * added LZO1X-1(11): this version needs only 8kB for compression
  * implemented LZO1Y-1
  * added i386 assembler decompressors for MASM/TASM/WASM
  * the name of some assembler functions changed
  * the numeric value of some error codes changed
  * portability fixes

Changes in 0.29 (04 May 1997)
  * Linux ELF shared library support
  * workaround for gcc 2.7.2 optimizer bug under AIX
  * added lzo_crc32() checksum

Changes in 0.28 (22 Feb 1997)
  * new algorithm LZO1Y: LZO1Y-999 and LZO1Y decompressor
  * added lzo1x_optimize() and lzo1y_optimize()
  * minor speedup in assembler decompressors (i386+gcc)
  * lzo_test.c rewritten

Changes in 0.27 (19 Jan 1997)
  * fixed a bug in LZO1B-999 and LZO1C-999 that could produce
    invalid compressed data in very rare cases

Changes in 0.26 (18 Jan 1997): never released
  * LZO is now distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL)
  * implemented LZO1B-999
  * renamed LZO1D to LZO2A (also updated all docs)
  * some cleanups

Changes in 0.25 (28 Dec 1996): never released
  * some portability fixes (LZO now works on my old Atari ST :-)
  * adapted for Autoconf 2.12

Changes in 0.24 (30 Nov 1996): never released
  * improved Pentium performance of LZO1X assembler decompressor (i386+gcc)

Changes in 0.23 (23 Nov 1996)
  * added LZO1C, LZO1F and LZO1X decompressors in assembler (i386+gcc)
  * added corresponding LZO_PUBLIC to all LZO_EXTERN functions
  * added support for Microsoft C 7.0 (16 bit DOS)
  * introduced lzo_uint32. This could prove useful for a strict 16 bit
    version that doesn't use 'huge' pointers.
  * all algorithms use incremental hashing now
  * some cleanups and portability fixes

Changes in 0.22 (19 Sep 1996)
  * LZO1X: minor decompressor speedup, added some checks in safe decompressor
  * Autoconf: added detection of gcc strength-reduction bug
  * Makefile changes

Changes in 0.21 (08 Sep 1996)
  * LZO now uses GNU Autoconf 2.10 - lots of configuration changes
  * a few cosmetical changes
  * added 'official' LZO benchmark (see util/bench.sh)

Changes in 0.20 (11 Aug 1996)
  * new algorithm LZO1X: LZO1X-1, LZO1X-999 and LZO1X decompressor
  * significantly speeded up LZO1B, LZO1C and LZO1F decompressors
    on CPUs which allow unaligned memory access (e.g. Intel 80x86)
  * greatly speeded up LZO2A-999 compressor at the cost of some memory
  * some cleanups, portability fixes and minor speedups

Changes in 0.16 (22 Jul 1996)
  * speeded up LZO1F decompressor a little bit
  * improved LZO1F-999 compression ratio
  * removed contrib directory

Changes in 0.15 (10 Jul 1996)
  * new algorithm LZO1F: LZO1F-1, LZO1F-999 and LZO1F decompressor
  * improved LZO2A-999 compression ratio
  * removed LZO1E as it is dominated by LZO1F

Changes in 0.14 (06 Jul 1996): never released
  * experimental algorithms: LZO1E and LZO1F
  * added LZO_EXTERN to all prototypes. Useful when building a DLL.
  * improved LZO1C-999 and LZO2A-999 compression ratio a little bit
  * fixed progress indicator callback (it was called only once)

Changes in 0.13 (20 Jun 1996)
  * LZO2A compressed data format changed from v0.12
  * some speed improvements in LZO1C-999 and LZO2A-999

Changes in 0.12 (18 Jun 1996): never released
  * added LZO1C-999, a slow but nearly optimal compressor
    intended for generating pre-compressed data
  * added tests for lookbehind-overrun in all safe decompressors
  * source tree completely rearranged, some filenames changed
  * extensions changed: a .ch file is a C source code that is included
    for reasons of code sharing
  * new algorithm LZO2A: LZO2A-999 and LZO2A decompressor. There is
    no fast compressor yet.
  * some cleanups

Changes in 0.11 (29 May 1996)
  * source tree rearranged
  * LZO now compiles fine as a C++ library (interface still has C linkage)
  * improved overall compression ratio a little bit
  * LZO1B-99/LZO1C-99 now search for longer matches (MATCH_IP_END)
  * LZO_HASH_LZO_INCREMENTAL is working, it's a little bit faster
  * added unused_dict_entries in statistics
  * Makefile changed
  * fixed a typo in COPY_M2X
  * added lzo_uint and lzo_sizeof in some places
  * split LZO1B compressor into even more include-files

Changes in 0.10 (20 May 1996): first public release of the LZO library
  * includes LZO1, LZO1A, LZO1B and LZO1C algorithms
    (compression levels 1-9 and 99)

14 Mar 1996:
  * release of the LZO1A algorithm in the Internet newsgroups
    comp.compression and comp.compression.research

04 Mar 1996:
  * release of the LZO1 algorithm in the Internet newsgroups
    comp.compression and comp.compression.research
