[Lzip-bug] Lzlib 1.13-rc1 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Lzlib 1.13-rc1 is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/lzlib/lzlib-1.13-rc1.tar.lz
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/lzlib/lzlib-1.13-rc1.tar.gz

The sha256sums are:
1ee92da3b837be5685bcd159937a43c5255c3c9de3c21213b79056517432400f 
lzlib-1.13-rc1.tar.lz
b98b2ae2a35e3a8df72dfab60c4d1a80ab0a05cc0070223c9aa59f0f5d69a399 
lzlib-1.13-rc1.tar.gz

Please, test it and report any bugs you find.

Lzlib is a data compression library providing in-memory LZMA compression and 
decompression functions, including integrity checking of the decompressed 
data. The compressed data format used by the library is the lzip format. 
Lzlib is written in C.

The lzip file format is designed for data sharing and long-term archiving, 
taking into account both data integrity and decoder availability:

   * The lzip format provides very safe integrity checking and some data
     recovery means. The program lziprecover can repair bit flip errors
     (one of the most common forms of data corruption) in lzip files, and
     provides data recovery capabilities, including error-checked merging
     of damaged copies of a file.

   * The lzip format is as simple as possible (but not simpler). The lzip
     manual provides the source code of a simple decompressor along witha
     detailed explanation of how it works, so that with the only help ofthe
     lzip manual it would be possible for a digital archaeologist to extract
     the data from a lzip file long after quantum computers eventually
     render LZMA obsolete.

   * Additionally the lzip reference implementation is copylefted, which
     guarantees that it will remain free forever.

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


Changes in this version:

  * In case of error in a numerical argument to a command line option, 
minilzip now shows the name of the option and the range of valid values.

  * 'minilzip --check-lib' now checks that LZ_API_VERSION and 
LZ_version_string match.


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, lzlib author and maintainer.

--
If you care about data safety and long-term archiving, please consider using 
lzip. See http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip_benchmark.html
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/manual/lzip_manual.html#Quality-assurance and
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/safety_of_the_lzip_format.html Thanks.