[Bug-ddrescue] Version 1.16-rc1 of GNU ddrescue released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Version 1.16-rc1 of GNU ddrescue is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.16-rc1.tar.gz
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.16-rc1.tar.lz

The md5sums are:
5940253a09f876a14db0b2773083089b  ddrescue-1.16-rc1.tar.gz
723fbaf62a0d021e068a3136b9e2c7d5  ddrescue-1.16-rc1.tar.lz

Please, test it and report any bugs you find.

GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool. It copies data from one file or 
block device (hard disc, cdrom, etc) to another, trying hard to rescue 
data in case of read errors.

GNU Ddrescuelog is a tool that manipulates ddrescue logfiles, shows 
logfile contents, converts logfiles to/from other formats, compares 
logfiles, tests rescue status, and can delete a logfile if the rescue is 
done.

The homepage is at http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html

This version is also available in lzip format. If your distro doesn't 
yet distribute the lzip program, you can download it from 
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip.html


Changes in this version:

  * The "-E, --max-error-rate" option now checks the rate of actually 
failed reads, not the growth of error size, and shows the error rate in 
the error message.

  * Quote characters in messages have been changed as advised by GNU 
Coding Standards.


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.