7-Zip Extra history

------------------9.35 beta
2014-12-07
------------------------------ SFX modules were moved to LZMA SDK package.
9.34 alpha
2014-06-22
------------------------------ Minimum supported system now is Windows 2000 for EXE and DLL files.
- all EXE and DLL files use msvcrt.dll.
- 7zr.exe now support AES encryption.
9.18
2010-11-02
------------------------------ New small SFX module for installers.
9.17
2010-10-04
------------------------------ New 7-Zip plugin for FAR Manager x64.
9.10
2009-12-30
------------------------------ 7-Zip for installers now supports LZMA2.
9.09
2009-12-12
------------------------------ LZMA2 compression method support.
- Some bugs were fixed.
4.65
2009-02-03
------------------------------ Some bugs were fixed.
4.38 beta
2006-04-13
------------------------------ SFX for installers now supports new properties in config file:
Progress, Directory, ExecuteFile, ExecuteParameters.
4.34 beta
2006-02-27
------------------------------ ISetProperties::SetProperties:
it's possible to specify desirable number of CPU threads:
PROPVARIANT: name=L"mt", vt = VT_UI4, ulVal = NumberOfThreads
If "mt" is not defined, 7za.dll will check number of processors in system
to set
number of desirable threads.
Now 7za.dll can use:
2 threads for LZMA compressing
N threads for BZip2 compressing
4 threads for BZip2 decompressing
Other codecs use only one thread.

Note: 7za.dll can use additional "small" threads with low CPU load.
- It's possible to call ISetProperties::SetProperties to specify "mt" property
for decoder.
4.33 beta
2006-02-05
------------------------------ Compressing speed and Memory requirements were increased.
Default dictionary size was increased: Fastest: 64 KB, Fast: 1 MB,
Normal: 4 MB, Max: 16 MB, Ultra: 64 MB.
- 7z/LZMA now can use only these match finders: HC4, BT2, BT3, BT4
4.27
2005-09-21
------------------------------ Some GUIDs/interfaces were changed.
IStream.h:
ISequentialInStream::Read now works as old ReadPart
ISequentialOutStream::Write now works as old WritePart