New in 1.7.0
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 * Added a pyeclib-backend tool to list backends, check their availability,
   test failure modes, and benchmark encode and decode operations.
 * Added support for a new isa_l_rs_vand_inv backend.
 * Binary wheels now bundle liberasurecode==1.7.1 and ISA-L==2.31.1
 * Various packaging improvements and modernization.
 * Dropped support for Python versions 2.7, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, and 3.9.
 * Various other minor bugs fixes and improvements

New in 1.6.4
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 * Binary wheels support a broader range of processors.

New in 1.6.3
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 * Only destroy liberasurecode descriptors on liberasurecode versions where it
   should be safe to do so.

New in 1.6.2
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 * Updated liberasurecode dependency to 1.4.0. For more information,
   see https://bugs.launchpad.net/pyeclib/+bug/1639691
 * Fix a resource leak when creating many ECDrivers.
 * Test against Python 3.11 - 3.13.
 * Fix building on free-threaded Python 3.13.
 * Binary wheels (bundling liberasurecode==1.6.4 and ISA-L==2.31.0) are now
   published to PyPI.

New in 1.6.1
------------

 * Deprecate Jerasure support
 * Use Py_ssize_t when calling PyArg_Parse
 * Test against Python 3.8 - 3.10
 * Use the Python Stable ABI; abi3 wheels may now be built with

       python setup.py bdist_wheel --py-limited-api=cp35

 * Various other minor bugs fixes and improvements

New in 1.6.0
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 * Find liberasurecode in more environments
 * Test against Python 3.7
 * Test with more backends

New in 1.5.0
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 * Added support for Phazr.IO libphazr library.
 * Fixed error handling that caused segfaults.
 * Use version number exposed by liberasurecode.
 * various other minor bugs fixes and improvements.


New in 1.4.0
------------

 * Added support for ISA-L Cauchy
 * Fixed memory leak in get_metadata
 * Added soft warning log line when using liberasurecode <1.3.1

New in 1.3.1
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 * Updated name in setup.py to work with release tooling.


New in 1.3.0
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 * Updated liberasurecode dependency to 1.2.0.

 * Fixed memory leak in get_segment_info (Launchpad bug #1604335).

 * Properly return an error code if liberasurecode returns an
   invalid fragment size.

 * ECDriver() now requries "k" and "m" values to be passed in.

 * Fix some requirements and installation instruction.


New in 1.2.1
------------

 * Eliminate spurious syslog messages and added cleaner
   mechanism for querying all available backends on a system.

 * Moved source code hosting from bitbucket to Openstack infra.
   This is first release with Openstack Infra

New in 1.2.0
------------

 * Remove integrated liberasurecode - the prereq library is now 
   available in major deb/rpm based distros

 * Eliminate liberasurecode-related rpath checks, library searches
   and architecture validation

 * Changes for compatibility with liberasurecode versions prior to
   1.1.0

 * Make VALID_EC_TYPES a runtime property - dynamically look for 
   liberasurecode EC schemes available at runtime

 * More comprehensive unit test coverage 

 * Add travis-ci build config for automated build/tests

New in 1.1.0
------------

 * Eliminate pyeclib dependency on alloc functions internal to
   liberasurecode

 * Update include subdirs to be explicit

 * Update internal liberasurecode version to 1.1.0

New in 1.0.9
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 * Eliminate rpath handling in setup.py

 * Clean py34 shared libraries created during build

 * Fix integer truncation issue with PyBuildValue on Big Endian
   systems by explicitly casting the size argument passed in to
   Py_ssize_t.  Also fix import issue with the API test where
   older versions of Python fail to import.

 * Add --install-liberasurecode option to setup.py.  Requested
   by Red Hat/Debian package maintainers.

 * Update bundled liberasurecode version to 1.0.9


New in 1.0.8
------------

 * Support for a new Reed-Soloman backend (liberasurecode_rs_vand)
   - naive, non-accelerated version, native to liberasurecode

 * Single version, with liberasurecode distributed in the package,
   installed if necessary.  No versions going forward with Jerasure
   included.  Use 'liberasurecode_rs_vand' for default test backend.

 * Test code refactor for eliminating duplicated code, add cases
   for liberasurecode_rs_vand and making jerasure/isa_l test cases
   conditional.

 * Better Python3 support

 * setup.py enhancements
   - improved library path detection on Mac OS X (and Linux) including
     workarounds for Mac OS X dyld bugs for library search paths
   - handling installroot better for optional liberasurecode installs

 * tox support for automated py27 and py34 testing