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GUI-0.2 (!)
Second release, has many improvments.
GUI-0.1 (!!!)
First release(?) dated Sep 2006 - just another gift ;)
v0.51-Win32
Christmas release :))
14.11.2006 OpenDark project started!
v0.51-linux
Minor fixes and optimizations. Arguments change.
v0.50 (jump)
Total functionality simplification (similar to GUI ver).
Encoding model improved by 0.25%.
ver '0.50a':
Archon defence 1.5 bugfixes.
ver '0.50b':
New simple solid mode bugfixes.
ver '0.50c':
Command line params modified again. Minor fixes.
v0.47 (solid3)
New experimental solid 'Genius' mode.
ver '0.47a' !closed!:
Solid mode simplification, is implemented in GUI version
ver '0.47b':
Archon defence upgrade to 2.0
v0.46 (fixes)
Upgraded solid compression technique. Archon defence upgrade to 1.5.
Compression improved 0.1%-0.5%, little speed increase.
ver '0.46a': Minor internal fixes and speed improvements.
ver '0.46b':
Bug fixed (single-char block is compressed)
ver '0.46c':
Some internal fixes.
v0.45 (first)
First 'new-born' dark after HDD crash. Memory requipments: 5n(!!).
Archon defence system is rewritten. Now it's Archon3-lite-1.
Added Reverse('-r') and Infolev('-iN') flags. Interface upgraded.
v0.41 (block)
Encoding model simplified and improved a little.
Maximum block has now only 32bit limit :)
ver '0.41a':
all dark archives are considered to deny on read by the compressor
ver '0.41b':
improved little files compression, gained some speed.
v0.40 (solid)
Solid modes for high ratio many-files-folder compression.
Flag format: 's{0|1|2}' - disable/smart/direct solid mode.
Smart solid is recommended, because it uses fragmentation.
New flag 'i{0|1|2}' switches information level.
v0.39 (fragment)
Automatic fragmentation of binary data: great improvement in compression.
New flag 'f{+|-}' added to force/disable this feature.
ver '0.39a':
improved fragmentation analysis, switch now 'f{0|1|2}'
v0.38 (folders)
Now dark can compress folders with any contents!!!
All file's paths and attributes are stored. Russian names are allowed.
ver '0.38a': serious Archon bug fixed. An error occured on
file MYJULIA1.bmp
ver '0.38b':
added support for global paths
ver '0.38c': entropy coder now works in solid mode
ver '0.38d':
added wildcards support
v0.37 (reverse)
Reversing input, extracting now requares 6N.
Compression +1% (on texts), decoding speed +10%.
Recompiled for PPro (older versions were for 486:))
ver '0.37a':
some minor changes
v0.36-stable(!!)
Several fixes to Archon3r2, now it's stable (in theory, will see on MFC test).
Command line format is changed from enc/dec to compress/extract.
v0.35-beta (mtf speed)
MTF stage upgraded significantly:
total encoding speed improved 0-8% (up to 25% on random)
ver '0.35a':
fixed dc-decoding bug (it was working anyway)
ver '0.35b':
added 'outfile is an achive' check
v0.34-beta (dec-speed)
decoding speed improved (-1)-10% (up to 35% on random)
ver '0.34a' !closed!:
MTF rewritten on assembler:
encoding speed improved (-2)-4%
(up to 17% on random)
v0.33-beta (enc-speed)
encoding speed improved 5-15% (up to 25% on random)
v0.32-beta (memory)
fixed bug: memory allocation: was 9n, now 6n
ver '0.32a':
changed DC inner class structure
ver '0.32b':
modified initial distance codes: gained 20-30 bytes
v0.31-beta (block)
new flag -bSize sets block size
v0.30-beta
basic version: pack/unpack, multiple files, fixed block 4m