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Prepared 2.00 release notes.

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Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer
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WARNING - UNSTABLE BETA VERSION
===============================
All versions 1.9x are unstable beta releases - use them only for testing,
and never distribute a program that is packed with them !
There will be hidden bugs. Really.
The current stable release is 1.25, and the next stable release
will be called version 2.00.
The main news since 1.25 are:
- slightly better compression using the new NRV2E algorithm
- new options for compression tuning (e.g. `--brute')
- support for bootable Linux kernels ("vmlinuz/386")
- support for Linux kernel building ("vmlinux/386")
- direct Linux ELF-to-memory decompression ("linux/elf386") and
shell-to-memory decompression ("linux/sh386")
- support for arm/WinCE ("arm/pe") exes
- support for mach/ppc32
- support for Linux elf/ppc32
- support for Linux elf/amd64
- support for playstation exes ("ps1/exe")
- lots of new bugs ;-) take care
WELCOME
=======
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commercial programs.
MAJOR NEWS IN UPX 2
===================
The main news since 1.25 are:
* new format: added support for arm/pe (ARM executables running on WinCE)
* new format: added support for linux elf/amd64
* new format: added support for linux elf/ppc32
* new format: added support for mach/ppc32 (Apple Mac OS X)
* new format: added support for bootable Linux kernels ("vmlinuz/386")
* new format: added support for Playstation exes ("ps1/exe")
* slightly better compression using the new NRV2E algorithm
* new options for compression tuning (e.g. '--brute')
* improved win32/pe compatibility
* direct ELF-to-memory decompression
* various minor bug fixes
INTRODUCTION
============
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SHORT DOCUMENTATION
===================
`upx program.exe' will compress a program or DLL. For best compression
results try `upx --best program.exe'.
'upx program.exe' will compress a program or DLL. For best compression
results try 'upx --brute program.exe'.
Please see the file UPX.DOC for the full documentation. The files
NEWS and BUGS also contain various tidbits of information.
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Having said that, we think that UPX is quite stable now. Indeed we
have compressed lots of files without any problems. Also, the
current version has undergone several months of beta testing -
actually it's more than 4 years since our first public beta.
actually it's almost 8 years since our first public beta.
This is the first production quality release, and we plan that future
releases will be backward compatible with this version.

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WARNING - UNSTABLE BETA VERSION
===============================
The current stable release is 1.25, and the next stable release
will be called version 2.00.
The current stable release is 2.00, and the next stable release
will be called version 3.00.
The main news since 1.25 are:
- slightly better compression using the new NRV2E algorithm
- new options for compression tuning (e.g. `--brute')
- support for bootable Linux kernels ("vmlinuz/386")
- support for Linux kernel building ("vmlinux/386")
- direct Linux ELF-to-memory decompression ("linux/elf386") and
shell-to-memory decompression ("linux/sh386")
- support for arm/WinCE ("arm/pe") exes
- support for Linux elf/amd64
- support for Linux elf/ppc32
- support for mach/ppc32
- support for playstation exes ("ps1/exe")
The main news since 2.00 are:
- (NONE YET)