0.18 "" (released xx.xx.xxxx) * Fixed unadf archive listing. 0.17 "I am Bruce Lee" (released 4.8.2012) * 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. * Added support for unadf handling ADF (.adf) amiga disk archives. * Removed support for orange handling self-extracting installers. * 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. * Rename the temporary output directory if it contains multiple files. The name is the archive name without extension, which is more readable than a random filename "UnpackXyz". * 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.