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7-Zip 4.58 beta released (Announce)

posted by Steve  , US, 09.05.2008, 16:44

> > One issue: Larger archives than with 4.57. Tested by now in large and
> > small jobs, on mixed file types. Very small percentage difference,
> > possibly a trade-off for better speed.
>
> Some are bigger, and some are smaller. It seems to vary widely. The only
> quick example I could find of bigger (vs. 4.57) was trying to compress 3
> .PDF files (and the difference was only 10 bytes, so no big loss).

My tests on EXEs, text and ZIPs all produced larger 7z files. But I'll stay with 4.58 anyway - speed and bug fixes are worth a few bytes.

Complete thread:

• 7-Zip 4.58 beta released - Steve, 07.05.2008, 11:47 (Announce)
  • 7-Zip 4.58 beta released - Rugxulo, 08.05.2008, 01:52
    • 7-Zip 4.58 beta released - Steve, 08.05.2008, 02:10
  • 7-Zip 4.58 beta released - DOS386, 09.05.2008, 07:44
    • 7-Zip 4.58 beta released - Steve, 09.05.2008, 08:04
      • 7-Zip 4.58 beta released - DOS386, 09.05.2008, 08:07
        • 7-Zip 4.58 beta released - Rugxulo, 09.05.2008, 15:04
          • 7-Zip 4.58 beta released - Steve, 09.05.2008, 16:44
            • 7-Zip 4.58 beta released - Rugxulo, 10.05.2008, 03:43