Zstandard v1.3.7
perf: slightly better decompression speed on clang (depending on hardware target)
fix: ratio for dictionary compression at levels 9 and 10, reported by @indygreg
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
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
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
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v1.1.2
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
Zstd, short for Zstandard, is a fast lossless compression algorithm,
targeting real-time compression scenarios at zlib-level and better
compression ratios.