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build: fix MSVC warnings (#3495) by @embg
doc: updated zstd specification to clarify corner cases, by @Cyan4973
doc: document how to create fat binaries for macos (#3568) by @rickmark
misc: improve seekable format ingestion speed (~+100%) for very small chunk sizes (#3544) by @Cyan4973
misc: tests/fullbench can benchmark multiple files (#3516) by @dloidolt

v1.5.4 (Feb 2023)
perf: +20% faster huffman decompression for targets that can't compile x64 assembly (#3449, @terrelln)
perf: up to +10% faster streaming compression at levels 1-2 (#3114, @embg)
perf: +4-13% for levels 5-12 by optimizing function generation (#3295, @terrelln)
pref: +3-11% compression speed for `arm` target (#3199, #3164, #3145, #3141, #3138, @JunHe77 and #3139, #3160, @danlark1)
perf: +5-30% faster dictionary compression at levels 1-4 (#3086, #3114, #3152, @embg)
perf: +10-20% cold dict compression speed by prefetching CDict tables (#3177, @embg)
perf: +1% faster compression by removing a branch in ZSTD_fast_noDict (#3129, @felixhandte)
perf: Small compression ratio improvements in high compression mode (#2983, #3391, @Cyan4973 and #3285, #3302, @daniellerozenblit)
perf: small speed improvement by better detecting `STATIC_BMI2` for `clang` (#3080, @TocarIP)
perf: Improved streaming performance when `ZSTD_c_stableInBuffer` is set (#2974, @Cyan4973)
cli: Asynchronous I/O for improved cli speed (#2975, #2985, #3021, #3022, @yoniko)
cli: Change `zstdless` behavior to align with `zless` (#2909, @binhdvo)
cli: Keep original file if `-c` or `--stdout` is given (#3052, @dirkmueller)
cli: Keep original files when result is concatenated into a single output with `-o` (#3450, @Cyan4973)
cli: Preserve Permissions and Ownership of regular files (#3432, @felixhandte)
cli: Print zlib/lz4/lzma library versions with `-vv` (#3030, @terrelln)
cli: Print checksum value for single frame files with `-lv`  (#3332, @Cyan4973)
cli: Print `dictID` when present with `-lv` (#3184, @htnhan)
cli: when `stderr` is *not* the console, disable status updates, but preserve final summary (#3458, @Cyan4973)
cli: support `--best` and `--no-name` in `gzip` compatibility mode (#3059, @dirkmueller)
cli: support for `posix` high resolution timer `clock_gettime()`, for improved benchmark accuracy (#3423, @Cyan4973)
cli: improved help/usage (`-h`,  `-H`) formatting (#3094, @dirkmueller and #3385, @jonpalmisc)
cli: Fix better handling of bogus numeric values (#3268, @ctkhanhly)
cli: Fix input consists of multiple files _and_ `stdin` (#3222, @yoniko)
cli: Fix tiny files passthrough (#3215, @cgbur)
cli: Fix for `-r` on empty directory (#3027, @brailovich)
cli: Fix empty string as argument for `--output-dir-*` (#3220, @embg)
cli: Fix decompression memory usage reported by `-vv --long` (#3042, @u1f35c, and #3232, @zengyijing)
cli: Fix infinite loop when empty input is passed to trainer (#3081, @terrelln)
cli: Fix `--adapt` doesn't work when `--no-progress` is also set (#3354, @terrelln)
api: Support for Block-Level Sequence Producer (#3333, @embg)
api: Support for in-place decompression (#3432, @terrelln)
api: New  `ZSTD_CCtx_setCParams()`  function, set all parameters defined in a  `ZSTD_compressionParameters`  structure (#3403, @Cyan4973)
api: Streaming decompression detects incorrect header ID sooner (#3175, @Cyan4973)
api: Window size resizing optimization for edge case (#3345, @daniellerozenblit)
api: More accurate error codes for busy-loop scenarios (#3413, #3455, @Cyan4973)
api: Fix limit overflow in `compressBound` and `decompressBound` (#3362, #3373, Cyan4973) reported by @nigeltao
api: Deprecate several advanced experimental functions: streaming (#3408, @embg), copy (#3196, @mileshu)
bug: Fix corruption that rarely occurs in 32-bit mode with wlog=25 (#3361, @terrelln)
bug: Fix for block-splitter (#3033, @Cyan4973)
bug: Fixes for Sequence Compression API (#3023, #3040, @Cyan4973)
bug: Fix leaking thread handles on Windows (#3147, @animalize)
bug: Fix timing issues with cmake/meson builds (#3166, #3167, #3170, @Cyan4973)
build: Allow user to select legacy level for cmake (#3050, @shadchin)
build: Enable legacy support by default in cmake (#3079, @niamster)
build: Meson build script improvements (#3039, #3120, #3122, #3327, #3357, @eli-schwartz and #3276, @neheb)
build: Add aarch64 to supported architectures for zstd_trace (#3054, @ooosssososos)
build: support AIX architecture (#3219, @qiongsiwu)
build: Fix `ZSTD_LIB_MINIFY` build macro, which now reduces static library size by half (#3366, @terrelln)
build: Fix Windows issues with Multithreading translation layer (#3364, #3380, @yoniko) and ARM64 target (#3320, @cwoffenden)
build: Fix `cmake` script (#3382, #3392, @terrelln and #3252 @Tachi107 and #3167 @Cyan4973)
doc: Updated man page, providing more details for `--train` mode (#3112, @Cyan4973)
doc: Add decompressor errata document (#3092, @terrelln)
misc: Enable Intel CET (#2992, #2994, @hjl-tools)
misc: Fix `contrib/` seekable format (#3058, @yhoogstrate and #3346, @daniellerozenblit)
misc: Improve speed of the one-file library generator (#3241, @wahern and #3005, @cwoffenden)

v1.5.3 (dev version, unpublished)

v1.5.2 (Jan, 2022)
perf: Regain Minimal memset()-ing During Reuse of Compression Contexts (@Cyan4973, #2969)
build: Build Zstd with `noexecstack` on All Architectures (@felixhandte, #2964)
doc: Clarify Licensing (@terrelln, #2981)

v1.5.1 (Dec, 2021)
perf: rebalanced compression levels, to better match the intended speed/level curve, by @senhuang42
perf: faster huffman decoder, using x64 assembly, by @terrelln
perf: slightly faster high speed modes (strategies fast & dfast), by @felixhandte
perf: improved binary size and faster compilation times, by @terrelln
perf: new row64 mode, used notably in level 12, by @senhuang42
perf: faster mid-level compression speed in presence of highly repetitive patterns, by @senhuang42
perf: minor compression ratio improvements for small data at high levels, by @cyan4973
perf: reduced stack usage (mostly useful for Linux Kernel), by @terrelln
perf: faster compression speed on incompressible data, by @bindhvo
perf: on-demand reduced ZSTD_DCtx state size, using build macro ZSTD_DECODER_INTERNAL_BUFFER, at a small cost of performance, by @bindhvo
build: allows hiding static symbols in the dynamic library, using build macro, by @skitt
build: support for m68k (Motorola 68000's), by @cyan4973
build: improved AIX support, by @Helflym
build: improved meson unofficial build, by @eli-schwartz
cli : custom memory limit when training dictionary (#2925), by @embg
cli : report advanced parameters information when compressing in very verbose mode (``-vv`), by @Svetlitski-FB

v1.5.0  (May 11, 2021)
api: Various functions promoted from experimental to stable API: (#2579-2581, @senhuang42)
  `ZSTD_defaultCLevel()`
  `ZSTD_getDictID_fromCDict()`
api: Several experimental functions have been deprecated and will emit a compiler warning (#2582, @senhuang42)
  `ZSTD_compress_advanced()`
  `ZSTD_compress_usingCDict_advanced()`
  `ZSTD_compressBegin_advanced()`
  `ZSTD_compressBegin_usingCDict_advanced()`
  `ZSTD_initCStream_srcSize()`
  `ZSTD_initCStream_usingDict()`
  `ZSTD_initCStream_usingCDict()`
  `ZSTD_initCStream_advanced()`
  `ZSTD_initCStream_usingCDict_advanced()`
  `ZSTD_resetCStream()`
api: ZSTDMT_NBWORKERS_MAX reduced to 64 for 32-bit environments (@Cyan4973)
perf: Significant speed improvements for middle compression levels (#2494, @senhuang42 @terrelln)
perf: Block splitter to improve compression ratio, enabled by default for high compression levels (#2447, @senhuang42)
perf: Decompression loop refactor, speed improvements on `clang` and for `--long` modes (#2614 #2630, @Cyan4973)
perf: Reduced stack usage during compression and decompression entropy stage (#2522 #2524, @terrelln)
bug: Improve setting permissions of created files (#2525, @felixhandte)
bug: Fix large dictionary non-determinism (#2607, @terrelln)
bug: Fix non-determinism test failures on Linux i686 (#2606, @terrelln)
bug: Fix various dedicated dictionary search bugs (#2540 #2586, @senhuang42 @felixhandte)
bug: Ensure `ZSTD_estimateCCtxSize*() `monotonically increases with compression level (#2538, @senhuang42)
bug: Fix --patch-from mode parameter bound bug with small files (#2637, @occivink)
bug: Fix UBSAN error in decompression (#2625, @terrelln)
bug: Fix superblock compression divide by zero bug (#2592, @senhuang42)
bug: Make the number of physical CPU cores detection more robust (#2517, @PaulBone)
doc: Improve `zdict.h` dictionary training API documentation (#2622, @terrelln)
doc: Note that public `ZSTD_free*()` functions accept NULL pointers (#2521, @animalize)
doc: Add style guide docs for open source contributors (#2626, @Cyan4973)