> Are there any open issues? If not, what needs to be done before the > final release can happen?
The 5.4.0 release that will contain the multi threaded decoder is planned for December. The list of open issues related to 5..4.0 in general that I am tracking are: - Final tweaks to multi threaded decoder (error handling may need improvements since the worker threads stay running in some cases when they should not). - New ARM64 filter needs to be properly coordinated to other xz implementations and documented. - Converting tests to the new tuktest framework. Most of the tests have been written, but they still need to be reviewed. - liblzma and xz functionality to convert a string into a filter chain. A draft of this is on the mailing list already, but the syntax needs finalizing and the code was not polished. - A patch for .lz support needs review. - A patch for crc64 optimizations needs review. - Misc. minor bug fixes. This is everything currently planned. Most things are done and just needs review and minor improvements. Don't worry, multi threaded decompression will be coming to xz in a stable release very soon! Jia Tan
