patool/doc/changelog.txt

0.17 "" (released xx.xx.2012)

* Added support for Monkey's Audio Compressor handling APE (.ape) archives.
* Added support for shorten handling SHN (.shn) archives.
* Added support for flac handling FLAC (.flac) archives.
* Added support for the BSD cpio and tar programs.
* Added support for lhasa handling LZH (.lzh, .lha) archives.
* Added support for lcap handling CAB (.cab) archives.
* Added support for shar handling SHAR (.shar) shell archives.
* Generate standalone Windows .exe and Linux .rpm installer.
* Initialize the internal MIME database correct on all platforms.
* Improved option compatibility for the ar, cpio and tar programs.
* Require and use Python >=2.5


0.16 "Game of thrones" (released 12.5.2012)

* Document the --outdir option for the extract command.
  Closes: SF bug #3363964
* Added convenience library function to handle archives.
  Documentation for those functions can be found in
  doc/development.txt.
  Closes: SF bug #3351936
* Fix generating an RPM installer.
  Closes: SF bug #2977749
* Added support for the lbzip2 program handling BZIP2 archives.
* Added support for the plzip program handling LZIP archives.
* Prevent overwriting files with repack.
* Support extraction of BZIP2 (.bz2) files with the Python bz2 module.
* Support extraction of GZIP (.gz) files with the Python gzip module.
* Support extraction of ZIP (.zip) files with the Python zipfile module.
* Support extraction of TAR (.tar) files with the Python tarfile module.


0.15 "Contraband" (released 8.4.2012)

* Print help when unknown options are given.
* Print error when archive files do not exist.
* Added installation instructions in doc/install.txt
* Added support for the pigz program handling GZIP archives.


0.14 "Book of Dragons" (released 30.1.2012)

* Handle CRX (.crx) files as ZIP archives. They have garbage at
  the beginning of the file, but some unzip programs can cope with
  that.
* The xz program supports listing of XZ archives. Adjust the
  configuration accordingly.


0.13 "Megamind" (released 25.1.2011)

* Fix command argument order when extracting cpio archives.
* Added correct cpio MIME type on Debian systems.
* Added support for the clzip and pdlzip programs who are both capable
  of handling LZIP (.lz) archives.
* Added support for the orange program which is capable of extracting
  CAB (.cab) archives.
* Added support for DMS (.dms) files with the xdms program.
* Support ZIP (.zip) file creation with the 7z and 7za programs.
* Improved MIME type detection for compressed TAR archives.
* Fix needed archive programs for several test cases, including
  test_repack and test_mime.


0.12 "Galaxy Quest" (released 20.11.2010)

* Show commands that are run.
* Fix rar extraction unpack directory.
* Fix ZIP mimedb detection on Windows systems.


0.11 "Primer" (released 4.10.2010)

* Added support for the standalone 7za program.


0.10 "Matchpoint" (released 10.4.2010)

* Correct shell quoting of commandline arguments. Now files with
  spaces or other special characters are handled correctly.
* Use correct error routine on rmtree() errors. The previous
  one did not have the correct number of arguments.


0.9 "Cargo" (released 26.3.2010)

* Do not use the diff -B option when comparing archives.
* Improved documentation: explain commands in more detail.
* Added support for RZIP (.rz) archives.
* Added support for ZOO (.zoo) archives.


0.8 "Storage" (released 11.3.2010)

* Fix path error by using absolute pathname for archive when changing
  the current working directory to the unpack directory.
* Fix parsing of the "-v" short option.
* Added new command "patool diff" to show differences between two
  archives.
* Added new command "patool repack" to repackage archives in another
  format.


0.7 "3000 Miles to Graceland" (released 8.3.2010)

* Added support for ALZIP (.alz) archives.
* Added support for LRZIP (.lrz) archives.
* Added support for ARC (.arc) archives.


0.6 "Waking Ned" (released 6.3.2010)

* Remove the --force option. Local files are now never overwritten.
* Added option alias -v for --verbose.
* Added --verbose option to create command.
* Added support for extracting, listing and testing multiple archives.
* Fix permissions of extracted files: make them readable by the
  current user.
* Added support for ACE (.ace) archives.
* Added support for AR (.a) archives.
* Added support for LZH (.lha, .lzh) archives.


0.5 "Vanishing Point" (released 4.3.2010)

* Ported to Python 2.4.
* Added support for LZIP (.lz) archives.
* Removed support for setting options via config file.


0.4 "Nikita" (released 3.3.2010)

* Added support for Windows systems.
* Added support for creating ZIP files.
* Improved listing of available archive formats.
* Improved recognition of MIME types.


0.3 "Management" (released 23.2.2010)

* Better test if encodings of archive commands are supported
  (for example .tar.Z needs a decompress program).


0.2 "Birdy" (released 22.2.2010)

* Add support for LZMA and XZ archives.


0.1 "Hard Boiled" (released 21.2.2010)

* Initial release.