[Bug-ddrescue] Version 1.17-rc1 of GNU ddrescue released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Version 1.17-rc1 of GNU ddrescue is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.17-rc1.tar.lz

The md5sum is:
f5b0971604abe2ca30dabd053cf661d2  ddrescue-1.17-rc1.tar.lz

Please, test it and report any bugs you find.

GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool. It copies data from one file or 
block device (hard disc, cdrom, etc) to another, trying hard to rescue 
data in case of read errors.

GNU Ddrescuelog is a tool that manipulates ddrescue logfiles, shows 
logfile contents, converts logfiles to/from other formats, compares 
logfiles, tests rescue status, and can delete a logfile if the rescue is 
done.

The homepage is at http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html

Test versions of ddrescue are released in lzip format. In the improbable 
case that lzip is not packaged in your distro, you can download it from
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip.html


Changes in this version:

  * The new option "-l, --logfile-size" has been added.

  * Largest blocks are now split first until logfile reaches 
"--logfile-size" entries. (See the chapter "Algorithm" in the manual).

  * The option "--retries" has been added as a synonym of "--max-retries".

  * The option "--size" has been added as a synonym of "--max-size".


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.