> On 27 Sep 2022, at 14:29, Jia Tan <jiat0...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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! >
Fantastic news! Thank you! I'm testing out the alpha and all is well so far. > Jia Tan > Best, sam
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