It looks like this should be a smooth release :) Gary
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 2:03 AM, Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > this is a heads-up that I intend to cut a RC for Compress 1.8 soon. We > have accumulated a few bugfixes and at least COMPRESS-264 is pretty > serious. > > I've already updated the website from trunk (basically to have the new > skin online) so you can already have a look at the reports. > > Before I cut the release I intend to spike a solution for COMPRESS-257 > which could bring us about six new filters supported as 7z methods > because they are supported by XZ for Java - if this turns out to be more > difficult than it looks right now, I wouldn't delay the release for it. > I don't intend to work on any other issue before the release, so if you > want anything else to go in, please speak up. > > Apart from the bugfixing we've added better support for 7z compression > methods - you can now chose a stack of more than one method when writing > (this has always been possible when reading), pass options to the > methods and use different configurations per entry. The core of this > are the new get/setContentMethods methods in SevenZOutpuzFile and > SevenZArchiveEntry along with the new SevenZMethodConfiguration class. > I'm notoriously bad at naming and am not too sure about the API I've > created, so any feedback on either or the minimal documentation I've > added to Javadoc and the examples page is more than welcome. > > Cheers > > Stefan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition<http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
