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[debian/gzip] / NEWS

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@@ -2,10 +2,23 @@ GNU gzip NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
 
+
+* Noteworthy changes in release 1.6 (2013-06-09) [stable]
+
+** New features
+
+  gzip now accepts the --keep (-k) option, for consistency with tools
+  like xz, lzip and bzip2.  With this option, gzip no longer removes
+  named input files when compressing or decompressing.
+
 ** Bug fixes
 
   gzip -d no longer malfunctions with certain invalid data in 'pack' format.
-  Problem reported by Aki Helin.  [bug introduced in gzip-0.8]
+  [bug introduced in gzip-0.8]
+
+  When overwriting, gzip no longer acts as if you typed "y" when you type "n",
+  on some platforms when compiled with optimization.
+  [bug introduced in gzip-1.3.6]
 
   zgrep no longer malfunctions with a multi-digit context option like -15.
   Now, it passes that option to grep (equivalent to -C15) just as it does
@@ -420,7 +433,7 @@ Major changes form 0.5 to 0.6:
 
 ========================================================================
 
-Copyright (C) 1999, 2001-2002, 2006-2007, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation,
+Copyright (C) 1999, 2001-2002, 2006-2007, 2009-2013 Free Software Foundation,
 Inc.
 Copyright (C) 1992, 1993 Jean-loup Gailly