Merge pull request #2301 from terrelln/prepare-for-release

Prepare library for a release

CHANGELOG

@@ -1,3 +1,38 @@
+v1.4.6
+fix : Always return dstSize_tooSmall when that is the case
+fix : Fix ZSTD_initCStream_advanced() with static allocation and no dictionary
+perf: Improve small block decompression speed by 20%+, by @terrelln
+perf: Reduce compression stack usage by 1 KB, by @terrelln
+perf: Improve decompression speed by improving ZSTD_wildcopy, by @helloguo (#2252, #2256)
+perf: Improve histogram construction, by @cyan4973 (#2253)
+cli : Add --output-dir-mirror option, by @xxie24 (#2219)
+cli : Warn when (de)compressing multiple files into a single output, by @senhuang42 (#2279)
+cli : Improved progress bar and status summary when (de)compressing multiple files, by @senhuang42 (#2283)
+cli : Call stat less often, by @felixhandte (#2262)
+cli : Allow --patch-from XXX and --filelist XXX in addition to --patch-from=XXX and --filelist=XXX, by @cyan4973 (#2250)
+cli : Allow --patch-from to compress stdin with --stream-size, by @bimbashrestha (#2206)
+api : Do not install zbuff.h, since it has long been deprecated, by @cyan4973 (#2166).
+api : Fix ZSTD_CCtx_setParameter() with ZSTD_c_compressionLevel to make 0 mean default level, by @i-do-cpp (#2291)
+api : Rename ZSTDMT_NBTHREADS_MAX to ZSTDMT_NBWORKERS_MAX, by @marxin (#2228).
+build: Install pkg-config file with CMake and MinGW, by @tonytheodore (#2183)
+build: Install DLL with CMake on Windows, by @BioDataAnalysis (#2221)
+build: Fix DLL install location with CMake, by @xantares and @bimbashrestha (#2186)
+build: Add ZSTD_NO_UNUSED_FUNCTIONS macro to hide unused functions
+build: Add ZSTD_NO_INTRINSICS macro to avoid explicit intrinsics
+build: Add STATIC_BMI2 macro for compile time detection of BMI2 on MSVC, by @Niadb (#2258)
+build: Fix -Wcomma warnings, by @cwoffenden
+build: Remove distutils requirement for meson build, by @neheb (#2197)
+build: Fix cli compilation with uclibc
+build: Fix cli compilation without st_mtime, by @ffontaine (#2246)
+build: Fix shadowing warnings in library
+build: Fix single file library compilation with Enscripten, by @yoshihitoh (#2227)
+misc: Improve single file library and include dictBuilder, by @cwoffenden
+misc: Allow compression dictionaries with missing symbols
+misc: Add freestanding translation script in contrib/freestanding_lib
+misc: Collect all of zstd's libc dependencies into zstd_deps.h
+doc : Add ZSTD_versionString() to manual, by @animalize
+doc : Fix documentation for ZSTD_CCtxParams_setParameter(), by @felixhandte (#2270)
+
 v1.4.5
 fix : Compression ratio regression on huge files (> 3 GB) using high levels (--ultra) and multithreading, by @terrelln
 perf: Improved decompression speed: x64 : +10% (clang) / +5% (gcc); ARM : from +15% to +50%, depending on SoC, by @terrelln

lib/README.md

@@ -143,6 +143,14 @@ The file structure is designed to make this selection manually achievable for an
   Setting this macro will either force to generate the BMI2 dispatcher (1)
   or prevent it (0). It overrides automatic detection.
 
+- The build macro `ZSTD_NO_UNUSED_FUNCTIONS` can be defined to hide the definitions of functions
+  that zstd does not use. Not all unused functions are hidden, but they can be if needed.
+  Currently, this macro will hide function definitions in FSE and HUF that use an excessive
+  amount of stack space.
+
+- The build macro `ZSTD_NO_INTRINSICS` can be defined to disable all explicit intrinsics.
+  Compiler builtins are still used.
+
 
 #### Windows : using MinGW+MSYS to create DLL
 

lib/zstd.h

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ extern "C" {
 /*------   Version   ------*/
 #define ZSTD_VERSION_MAJOR    1
 #define ZSTD_VERSION_MINOR    4
-#define ZSTD_VERSION_RELEASE  5
+#define ZSTD_VERSION_RELEASE  6
 #define ZSTD_VERSION_NUMBER  (ZSTD_VERSION_MAJOR *100*100 + ZSTD_VERSION_MINOR *100 + ZSTD_VERSION_RELEASE)
 
 /*! ZSTD_versionNumber() :