Adding upstream version 0.8.upstream/0.8

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <mail@daniel-baumann.ch>

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dda5e9f..9cfeae0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
-Changes in version 0.7:
+Changes in version 0.8:
 
-Match length limits set by options -1 to -9 have been changed to match
-those of lzip 1.11.
+The option "-F, --recompress", which forces recompression of files whose
+name already has the ".lz" or ".tlz" suffix, has been added.
 
-A limit has been set on the number of packets produced by decompresor
-worker threads to limit the amount of memory used.
+The options "-d, --decompress" and "-t, --test" now also show
+compression ratio.
 
-Do not show the message "and `--stdout' was not specified" for file
-types that can't be read (directories, etc).
+Inability to change output file attributes has been downgraded from
+error to warning.
 
-A warning about fchown's return value being ignored has been fixed.
+A small change has been made in the "--help" output and man page.
+
+Quote characters in messages have been changed as advised by GNU Coding
+Standards.
+
+Stdin and stdout are now set in binary mode on OS2.