From 4d540bfc95a4b0eefc1d1f388ec33534aaeb3a2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julian Seward Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:13:13 +0100 Subject: bzip2-1.0.3 --- README | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 07505d8..1aff448 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ This is the README for bzip2, a block-sorting file compressor, version -1.0.2. This version is fully compatible with the previous public -releases, versions 0.1pl2, 0.9.0, 0.9.5, 1.0.0 and 1.0.1. +1.0.3. This version is fully compatible with the previous public +releases, versions 0.1pl2, 0.9.0, 0.9.5, 1.0.0, 1.0.1 and 1.0.2. -bzip2-1.0.2 is distributed under a BSD-style license. For details, +bzip2-1.0.3 is distributed under a BSD-style license. For details, see the file LICENSE. Complete documentation is available in Postscript form (manual.ps), -PDF (manual.pdf, amazingly enough) or html (manual_toc.html). A -plain-text version of the manual page is available as bzip2.txt. -A statement about Y2K issues is now included in the file Y2K_INFO. +PDF (manual.pdf) or html (manual.html). A plain-text version of the +manual page is available as bzip2.txt. A statement about Y2K issues +is now included in the file Y2K_INFO. HOW TO BUILD -- UNIX @@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ importance. To validate bzip2, I used a modified version of Mark Nelson's churn program. Churn is an automated test driver which recursively traverses a directory structure, using bzip2 to compress and then decompress each file it encounters, and checking that the -decompressed data is the same as the original. There are more details -in Section 4 of the user guide. +decompressed data is the same as the original. @@ -119,9 +118,9 @@ DISCLAIMER: PATENTS: To the best of my knowledge, bzip2 does not use any patented - algorithms. However, I do not have the resources available to - carry out a full patent search. Therefore I cannot give any - guarantee of the above statement. + algorithms. However, I do not have the resources to carry out + a patent search. Therefore I cannot give any guarantee of the + above statement. End of legalities. @@ -153,22 +152,26 @@ WHAT'S NEW IN 1.0.2 ? See the CHANGES file. +WHAT'S NEW IN 1.0.3 ? + + See the CHANGES file. + I hope you find bzip2 useful. Feel free to contact me at - jseward@acm.org + jseward@bzip.org if you have any suggestions or queries. Many people mailed me with comments, suggestions and patches after the releases of bzip-0.15, -bzip-0.21, and bzip2 versions 0.1pl2, 0.9.0, 0.9.5, 1.0.0 and 1.0.1, -and the changes in bzip2 are largely a result of this feedback. +bzip-0.21, and bzip2 versions 0.1pl2, 0.9.0, 0.9.5, 1.0.0, 1.0.1 and +1.0.2, and the changes in bzip2 are largely a result of this feedback. I thank you for your comments. At least for the time being, bzip2's "home" is (or can be reached via) -http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2. +http://www.bzip.org Julian Seward -jseward@acm.org +jseward@bzip.org -Cambridge, UK (and what a great town this is!) +Cambridge, UK. 18 July 1996 (version 0.15) 25 August 1996 (version 0.21) @@ -178,4 +181,5 @@ Cambridge, UK (and what a great town this is!) 8 June 1999 (bzip2, version 0.9.5) 4 Sept 1999 (bzip2, version 0.9.5d) 5 May 2000 (bzip2, version 1.0pre8) -30 December 2001 (bzip2, version 1.0.2pre1) \ No newline at end of file +30 December 2001 (bzip2, version 1.0.2pre1) +15 February 2005 (bzip2, version 1.0.3) -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g6feb