2013-07-09  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

	* Version 1.17 released.
	* Added new option '-l, --logfile-size'.
	* Added new option '-w, --ignore-write-errors'.
	* Option '--fill' has been renamed to '--fill-mode'.
	* Option '--generate-logfile' has been renamed to '--generate-mode'.
	* Added option '--sector-size' as a synonym of '--block-size'.
	* Added option '--retries' as a synonym of '--max-retries'.
	* Added option '--size' as a synonym of '--max-size'.
	* rescuebook.cc: Trimming is now done from both edges of each
	  non-trimmed block. Largest blocks are trimmed first.
	* rescuebook.cc: Largest blocks are now split first until
	  logfile reaches '--logfile-size' entries.
	* logbook.cc (extend_sblock_vector, truncate_vector): Terminate
	  if truncation would discard finished blocks.
	* rescuebook.cc: Mark failed blocks with 1 sector as bad-sector.
	* logbook.cc (extend_sblock_vector): Remove last block of
	  logfile if it starts at isize and is not marked as finished.
	* io.cc (show_status,update_rates): Detect a jump back in time
	  and adjust status.
	* ddrescue.h (slow_read): Return false for the first 10 seconds.
	* io.cc (show_status) Leave cursor after message so that ^C does
	  not overwrite it.
	* main.cc: Do not require '--force' for generate mode.
	* ddrescue.h (Logbook::logfile_exists): Do not return false if
	  logfile exists but is empty.
	* Added new chapter 'Using ddrescue safely' to the manual.
	* Documented that 'direct disc access' only reads whole sectors.
	* configure: Options now accept a separate argument.
	* Makefile.in: Added new target 'install-bin'.

2012-06-11  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.16 released.
	* Added new option '-K, --skip-size'.
	* Added new option '-T, --timeout'.
	* Changed short name of option '--try-again' to '-A'.
	* Maximum skip size is now limited to 1% of infile size or 1 GiB
	  (whichever is smaller), rounded to the next multiple of sector
	  size.
	* Set current_pos to end of block when reading backwards.
	* The '-E, --max-error-rate' option now checks the rate of
	  actually failed reads, not the growth of error size.
	* The option '-v, --verbose' now increases verbosity if repeated.
	* Changed quote characters in messages as advised by GNU Standards.
	* configure: 'datadir' renamed to 'datarootdir'.
	* New files rational.h, rational.cc.

2012-01-01  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.15 released.
	* Added new option '-a, --min-read-rate'.
	* Added new option '-I, --verify-input-size'.
	* Added new option '-x, --extend-outfile'.
	* main.cc: Verify that infile, outfile and logfile are all
	  different.
	* Non-tried blocks are now read aligned to cluster-size sectors.
	* rescuebook.cc: Improved skip algorithm for the split pass.
	* main.cc: Removed spurious warning about '-D' ignored in fill mode.
	* ddrescue.texinfo: Improved description of algorithm.
	* logbook.cc (change_chunk_status): Return an adjust value (-1, 0, 1)
	  to keep "errors" updated without calling count_errors every time.
	* ddrescue.cc: Renamed to io.cc.
	* Added 'ddrescuelog', a program for logfile manipulation.

2011-01-10  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.14 released.
	* Added new option '-R, --reverse'.
	* Added new option '-E, --max-error-rate'.
	* Extended syntax '--max-errors=+N' to specify new errors.
	* Changed short name of option '--retrim' to '-M'.
	* Removed spurious warning about 'preallocation not available'.
	* Code reorganization. New class 'Genbook'.

2010-08-27  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.13 released.
	* Non-regular output files are no more overwritten by default.
	* Added new option '-f, --force'.
	* Added new option '-p, --preallocate'.
	* main.cc (write_logfile_header): Write command line to logfile.
	* ddrescue.texinfo: Added info about logfile and recoverable formats.
	* ddrescue.texinfo: Added a couple more warnings to the tutorial.
	* testsuite: 'test1' renamed to 'test.txt'
	* Revert to use 'long' instead of 'time_t' for time variables.
	  Ddrescue only needs counting seconds and 'time_t' causes
	  warnings on some systems.

2010-04-06  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.12 released.
	* main.cc: Outfile is now created with mode 0666 if umask allows it.
	* main.cc: New constant 'o_binary'.
	* Makefile.in: Added quotes to directory names.
	* Makefile.in: Added '--name' option to help2man invocation.
	* testsuite/check.sh: Use 'test1' instead of 'COPYING' for testing.
	* Use 'time_t' instead of 'long' for time variables.

2009-07-10  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.11 released.
	* logbook.cc (update_logfile): Ask user in case of write error.
	* rescuebook.cc (split_errors): Modified the split threshold.
	* rescuebook.cc (copy_and_update): Verify after every read error
	  that the input file does still exist.
	* ddrescue.cc (Rescuebook::show_status): Show the time elapsed
	  since last successful read.
	* ddrescue.cc (set_signals): Ignore SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2.
	* ddrescue.texinfo: Improved description of '-d', '-D' and '-S'.
	* ddrescue.texinfo: Improved description of algorithm.
	* testsuite/check.sh: Verify that files are open in binary mode.
	* Added logfile usage warning to 'ddrescue --help' output.

2009-02-19  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.10 released.
	* Added new option '-T, --try-again'.
	* rescuebook.cc: 'skip_size' has been made independent of 'softbs'.
	* 'change_chunk_status' is now faster for large logfiles.
	* Fixed overflow when reading from devices of undefined size.
	* Block does no more admit negative sizes.
	* 'make install-info' should now work on Debian and OS X.
	* New file testsuite/check.sh.

2008-11-17  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.9 released.
	* Added new option '-m, --domain-logfile'.
	* Verbosity control of messages has been simplified.
	* Changed LONG_LONG_MAX to LLONG_MAX.

2008-02-24  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.8 released.
	* Added new option '-g, --generate-logfile'.
	* Added new option '-D, --synchronous'.
	* Fill mode now works when outfile offset differs from 0.
	* Updated 'Fill Mode' chapter of the manual.

2008-01-04  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.7 released.
	* Skips faster over damaged areas (small read, big jump).
	* Logfile is maintaned minimized at all times.
	* Rescuebook::errors now counts the error areas found.
	* Target 'check' added to Makefile.
	* rescuebook.cc (split_errors): Added new variable 'error_counter'.
	* Added new option '-R, --retrim'.

2007-11-16  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.6 released.
	* Code reorganization. New classes 'Fillbook' and 'Rescuebook'.
	* logbook.cc (copy_non_tried): Added new variable 'skip_counter'.
	* Added new pass that trims error areas backward before splitting.
	* Added support for sparse output files.
	* Blocks longer than hardbs are now split at sector boundaries.
	* Added new option '-F, --fill'.
	* Added new chapter 'Fill Mode' to the manual.
	* Added status line to logfile.
	* An interrupted retry pass is now resumed instead of reinitiated.
	* Perfect resumability if interrupted during trimming or splitting.
	* ddrescue.cc (set_signals): Handle also SIGHUP and SIGTERM.
	* '--quiet' option also quiets error messages.
	* Print a more informative error message when reading an old logfile.
	* Added note to ddrescue.texinfo about old logfiles.
	* Added some consistency checks.

2007-06-29  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.5 released.
	* License updated to GPL version 3 or later.

2007-06-18  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.4 released.
	* Added new option '-d, --direct'.
	* Fixed a bug showing bad initial error size.
	* Fixed error counting.
	* Small changes to documentation.

2006-12-13  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.3 released.
	* Some fixes made to 'configure' script.
	* Added 'sddrescue' target to Makefile.in.

2006-04-03  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.2 released.
	* Added new option '-C, --complete-only'.
	* Added new argument parser that replaces 'getopt_long'.
	* Logfile save interval is now dependent on logfile size.
	* Small changes to documentation.

2005-10-10  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.1 released.
	* 'iobuf' is aligned to the sector size for use with raw devices.
	* Added a small tutorial to the info file.
	* Added two missing headers.

2005-06-07  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.0 released.
	* A new logfile format makes multi-part rescue possible.
	* Logfile is saved every 30 seconds.
	* Logfile is now also saved in case of write error on outfile.
	* Fixed a race condition that could result in data not written
	  to outfile but annotated in logfile if computer crashes at
	  the wrong moment.

2005-01-04  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 0.9 released.
	* ddrescue is now part of the GNU project.
	* Added configure script and info file.
	* Two small bugs corrected.
	* Added new option '-B, --binary-prefixes' to show binary
	  multipliers in numbers (SI prefixes are used by default).
	* Numbers are accepted with decimal (SI) or binary multipliers.
	* 'badblocks file' renamed to 'logfile'.
	* Logfile is now also saved if max_errors are exceeded.

2004-12-14  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 0.8 released.
	* Added new option '-n, --no-split' to disable splitting of
	  damaged areas.

2004-10-30  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 0.7 released.
	* ddrescue now can be interrupted at any time, and resume
	  rescue at the same point later.

2004-09-28  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 0.6 released.
	* Skips faster over damaged areas (tries 1 block first).
	* Error messages have been improved.

2004-09-15  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 0.5 released.
	* Badblocks file is now also saved if ddrescue is interrupted
	  while splitting damaged areas.
	* Added man page.

2004-09-03  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 0.4 released.
	* The project name has been changed to 'ddrescue' to meet
	  command name standards.
	* Added long option names.

2004-08-18  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 0.3 released.
	* Added badblocks file, making the rescue much more efficient.

2004-08-14  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 0.2 released.
	* Fixed bug that sometimes ignored the last sectors of a damaged area.
	* The algorithm is now faster in presence of errors.

2004-08-12  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 0.1 released.


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Antonio Diaz Diaz.

This file is a collection of facts, and thus it is not copyrightable,
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[--snip--]
