[Lzip-bug] Lzip 1.16-pre2 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Lzip 1.16-pre2 is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/lzip-1.16-pre2.tar.lz

The sha1sum is:
b9ddbe95ce95cfdba34b14c0649619ffbcf7aec7  lzip-1.16-pre2.tar.lz

Please, test it and report any bugs you find.

Lzip is a lossless data compressor with a user interface similar to the 
one of gzip or bzip2. Lzip is about as fast as gzip, compresses most 
files more than bzip2, and is better than both from a data recovery 
perspective. Lzip is a clean implementation of the LZMA algorithm.

The lzip file format is designed for long-term data archiving. It is 
clean, provides very safe 4 factor integrity checking, and is backed by 
the recovery capabilities of lziprecover.

The homepage is at http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip.html


Changes in this version:

  * Compression ratio of option "-9" has been slightly increased.

  * Compression time of option "-0" has been reduced by 2%. "lzip -0" 
is now comparable in compression speed and ratio to "gzip -6".


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, lzip author and maintainer.