[Bug-ddrescue] Version 1.17-pre2 of GNU ddrescue released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Version 1.17-pre2 of GNU ddrescue is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.17-pre2.tar.gz
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.17-pre2.tar.lz

The md5sums are:
97b6e7c81024e6a327099515695d2211  ddrescue-1.17-pre2.tar.gz
4d0551dc76c434f717383df9ac16ed77  ddrescue-1.17-pre2.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:

  * Trimming is now done from both edges of each non-trimmed block. 
Largest blocks are trimmed first.

  * Slow reads are now ignored during the first 10 seconds.


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.