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7-Zip 4.58 beta released (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 10.05.2008, 03:43

> 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.

I think he's storing file creation timestamps now, so that probably bloats up the header a tiny tiny bit. Anyways, it's less than 1% difference, so it's no biggie. You can also use "-m0=ppmd" instead of default LZMA, but that uses lots more memory.

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