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  {
    "Id": "275449",
    "ThreadId": "80365",
    "Html": "<p>DotNetZip v1.9 has been in development for a long time, since June 2009.&nbsp; I've just declared it final and stable, and is available at&nbsp;<a href=\"http://dotnetzip.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx\">http://dotnetzip.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx</a>&nbsp;.&nbsp; There are some really nice features in this release, that I know you will like.</p>\r\n<p>The big ones:</p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>A Parallel-deflate option that automatically makes zipping up to twice as fast was it was in v1.8.&nbsp; There's no change required in your applications to get the speed increase.&nbsp; Just compile with the new DLL, and it's faster. </li>\r\n<li>Support for multi-part ZIP files,&nbsp;also known as &quot;split archives&quot;&nbsp; or &quot;spanned archives&quot;.&nbsp; This allows you to specify a maximum size for a segment, and then save the file into multiple parts or segments, each of which is that size.&nbsp; </li>\r\n<li>ZipOutputStream and ZipInputStream classes, which provide a simple stream-based metaphor for writing or reading zip files . </li>\r\n<li>intelligent support for handing NTFS Junctions</li>\r\n<li>Support for a WriteDelegate so applications can write directly into a zip file.&nbsp; </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>There are a bunch of other smaller new features, too.&nbsp;&nbsp; v1.9 also includes a big set of fit-and-finish updates as well.&nbsp; For example, the library is actually smaller, even though I've added a number of features.&nbsp; And, I've delivered the help file in a Visual Studio integrated help format, so you can get DotNetZip help from Visual Studio in a context-sensitive manner. And, I've done many small updates to the documentation.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color:#ff0000\"><strong>Because there are so many nice features, I've raised the price by 50%</strong></span>:&nbsp; The old price was ZERO, so the new price is...... ZERO.&nbsp; Ha!&nbsp;&nbsp; But, DotNetZip is still donationware - I'm accepting donations if you feel generous.&nbsp; <a href=\"http://cheeso.members.winisp.net/DotNetZipDonate.aspx\">http://cheeso.members.winisp.net/DotNetZipDonate.aspx</a>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>If you like the release, I'd appreciate if you could provide a review for it.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>v1.8 will still work, of course.&nbsp; But v1.9 is likely to be more reliable, faster, and easier to use.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>",
    "PostedDate": "2010-01-10T14:41:06.13-08:00",
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