[ANN] Apache Commons Compress 1.15 Released

On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 11:55 AM, Stefan Bodewig <[email protected]> wrote:

> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > The Apache Commons Team is pleased to announce the release of Apache > Commons Compress 1.15. > > The Apache Commons Compress Library defines an API for working with > compression and archive formats. These include: bzip2, gzip, pack200, > lzma, xz, Snappy, traditional Unix Compress, DEFLATE, LZ4, Brotli and > ar, cpio, jar, tar, zip, dump, 7z, arj. > > Compress 1.15 contains big fixes and small improvements for the tar and > zip formats. In addition the jar's manifest file now contains an > Automatic-Module-Name entry that ensures the name will be > org.apache.commons.compress when the jar is used as an automatic module > in Java9. > > TarArchiveOutputStream now ensures record size is 512 and block size is > a multiple of 512 as any other value would create invalid tar > archives. This may break compatibility for code that deliberately > wanted to create such files. > > Source and binary distributions are available for download from the > Apache Commons download site: > > http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/download_compress.cgi > > When downloading, please verify signatures using the KEYS file available > at the above location when downloading the release. > > Changes in this version include: > > New features: > > o Added magic MANIFEST entry Automatic-Module-Name so the module > name will be org.apache.commons.compress when the jar is used > as an automatic module in Java9. > Issue: COMPRESS-397. > > o Added a new utility class FixedLengthBlockOutputStream that > can be used to ensure writing always happens in blocks of a > given size. > Issue: COMPRESS-405. Thanks to Simon Spero. > > o It is now possible to specify/read custom PAX headers when > writing/reading tar archives. > Issue: COMPRESS-400. Thanks to Simon Spero. > > Fixed Bugs: > > o Make sure "version needed to extract" in local file header and > central directory of a ZIP archive agree with each other. > Also ensure the version is set to 2.0 if DEFLATE is used. > Issue: COMPRESS-394. > > o Don't use a data descriptor in ZIP archives when copying a raw > entry that already knows its size and CRC information. > Issue: COMPRESS-395. > > o Travis build redundantly repeats compilation and tests redundantly > GitHub Pull Request #43. Thanks to Simon Spero. > Issue: COMPRESS-413 > > o The MANIFEST of 1.14 lacks an OSGi Import-Package for XZ for > Java. > Issue: COMPRESS-396. > > o BUILDING.md now passes the RAT check. > Issue: COMPRESS-406. Thanks to Simon Spero. > > o Made sure ChecksumCalculatingInputStream receives valid > checksum and input stream instances via the constructor. > Issue: COMPRESS-412. Thanks to Michael Hausegger. > > o TarArchiveOutputStream now verifies the block and record sizes > specified at construction time are compatible with the tar > specification. In particular 512 is the only record size > accepted and the block size must be a multiple of 512. > Issue: COMPRESS-407. Thanks to Simon Spero. > > o Fixed class names of CpioArchiveEntry and > CpioArchiveInputStream in various Javadocs. > Issue: COMPRESS-415. > > o The code of the extended timestamp zip extra field incorrectly > assumed the time was stored as unsigned 32-bit int and thus > created incorrect results for years after 2037. > Issue: COMPRESS-416. Thanks to Simon Spero. > > o Removed ZipEncoding code that became obsolete when we started > to require Java 5 as baseline long ago. > Issue: COMPRESS-410. Thanks to Simon Spero. > > o The tar package will no longer try to parse the major and > minor device numbers unless the entry represents a character > or block special file. > Issue: COMPRESS-417. > > o When reading tar headers with name fields containing embedded > NULs, the name will now be terminated at the first NUL byte. > Issue: COMPRESS-421. Thanks to Roel Spilker. > > o Simplified TarArchiveOutputStream by replacing the internal > buffering with new class FixedLengthBlockOutputStream. > Issue: COMPRESS-409. > > For complete information on Commons Compress, including instructions > on how to submit bug reports, patches, or suggestions for improvement, > see the Apache Commons Compress website: > > http://commons.apache.org/compress/ > > Stefan Bodewig, on behalf of the Apache Commons community > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1 > > iEYEARECAAYFAlnmRAkACgkQohFa4V9ri3L2cwCeLqFLHNuxK2YUuqzbJjXl8mZR > JF8AoNO7DXUdIbL3nMs74+kkuVb46T4C > =iZYS > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]