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                            History For AdvanceCOMP
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ADVANCECOMP VERSION 1.20 2015/08
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* Fixed .gz recompression of data bigger than 400 MB.
* Fixed .gz recompression with -0 and -1 options.
* Updated to the latest zopfli [Aaron Kaluszka].
* Preserve the EFS flag in .zip files [Jason Penney].


ADVANCECOMP VERSION 1.19 2014/03
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* Limited the iterations number to 255 with the -3 option.
* Added a new -k, --keep-file-time option to advzip [Marco Banfi].
* Made the Windows binary again compatible with old 686 processors.


ADVANCECOMP VERSION 1.18 2013/11
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* Added build support for new powerpc architectures.
* Fixed build with BZIP.


ADVANCECOMP VERSION 1.17 2013/03
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* Changed to GPL3.
* Added zopfli support. It's enabled using -4, --shrink-insane.
  You can control the number of iterations with the
  new -i, --iter option.
  Thanks to Darik Horn for the patches.


ADVANCECOMP VERSION 1.16 2013/03
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* Allowed recompression with files with zero length.
* Some other minor bugfixes.
* Now in git repository.


ADVANCECOMP VERSION 1.15 2005/10
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* Fixed the date displayed with the -l advzip command.
* The advdef utility now detects the file type from the file
  header instead of using the extension.
* Fixed a lot of bugs in the 64 bits platforms.


ADVANCECOMP VERSION 1.14 2005/02
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* Relaxed a consistency check for the local header in zip files.
  The crc and size entries are allowed to contain the real
  value also if a data descriptor is present.
* Fixed the conversion of RGB images with less than 256 color
  with transparency data.
* Minor fixes at the documentation.


ADVANCECOMP VERSION 1.13 2004/11
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* Added support for .svgz files at advdef [rener].
* Fixed the 8 bit color reduction of 32 bit png files.


ADVANCECOMP VERSION 1.12 2004/09
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* Fixed a compilation problem with gcc 3.4.


ADVANCECOMP VERSION 1.11 2004/07
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* Fixed a FreeBSD libc compatibility issue recompressing
  .gz files [Radim Kolar].
* Fixed a segmentation fault when some invalid
  compressed .zip files are tested.


ADVANCECOMP VERSION 1.10 2004/04
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* Added support for alpha channel and the new -n option
  at advmng.
* Fixed the uncompressing error "Invalid compressed data in ..."
  with some GZIP files [Christian Lestrade].


ADVANCECOMP VERSION 1.9 2003/11
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* Added support for .tgz files at advdef.
* Added the -a option at advmng to create .mng files from
  a sequence of .png files.


ADVANCECOMP VERSION 1.8 2003/10
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* Added support for .gz files at advdef.
* Fixed support for .png files with splitted IDATs.


ADVANCECOMP VERSION 1.7 2003/08
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* Fixed a Segmentation Fault bug on the advmng -r option on
  the latest gcc.
* Better and faster (MMX) move recognition in the advmng scroll
  compression.
* The frame reduction of the advmng utility is now done only if possible.
  The compression process never fails.
* Added a new -S (--scroll-square) option at advmng.
* Added a new -v (--verbose) option at advmng to show the
  compression status.
* Changed the internal ID for the bzip2 and LZMA compression.
  The bzip2 ID is now compatible with the PKWARE specification.
* Added support for RGB images with alpha channel at the advpng utility.
* Updated with automake 1.7.6.


ADVANCECOMP VERSION 1.6 2003/05
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* Added the `-x' option at the advmng utility to export .png files
  from a .mng clip. Useful to compress it in an MPEG file.
* Fixed the support for zips with additional data descriptors.
* Updated with autoconf 2.57 and automake 1.7.4.
* Some fixes for the gcc 3.3 compiler.


ADVANCECOMP VERSION 1.5 2003/01
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* Splitted from AdvanceSCAN
* Added the `advdef' compression utility.


ADVANCESCAN VERSION 1.4 2002/12
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* Fixed a bug in the advmng utility when it was called with
  more than one file in the command line. The program
  was incorrectly adding a PLTE chunk at rgb images.


ADVANCESCAN VERSION 1.3 2002/11
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* Added the support for the transparency tRNS chunk at the
  advpng utility.
* Upgraded at the latest Advance Library.
* Fixes at the docs. [Filipe Estima]
* Minor changes at the autoconf/automake scripts.


ADVANCESCAN VERSION 1.2 2002/08
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* Added the advpng utility to compress the PNG files.
* Added the advmng utility to compress the MNG files.
* Added a Windows version.
* Other minor fixes.


ADVANCESCAN VERSION 1.1 2002/06
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* Fixed an infinite loop bug testing some small damaged zips.
* Removed some warning compiling with gcc 3.1.


ADVANCESCAN VERSION 1.0 2002/05
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* First public release.
* Fixed the compression percentage computation on big files.
* Added the --pedantic option at the advzip utility. These
  tests are only done if requested.


ADVANCESCAN VERSION 0.6-BETA 2002/05
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* Added the AdvanceZIP utility.
