Skip to content

whats-new.md

Latest commit

 

History

History
59 lines (47 loc) · 3.18 KB

whats-new.md

File metadata and controls

59 lines (47 loc) · 3.18 KB
Raw

What's new

2.0.0 — cross-platform rebuild

Released: 2026-11-06

Batch Convert to Compressed File 2.0.0 is a complete cross-platform rebuild of the 1.3.1 Windows application. The archive engine is now fully managed, the UI runs on Avalonia, and official bundles are produced for Windows, Linux, and macOS on x64 and arm64.

Highlights

  • Windows, Linux, and macOS support on x64 and arm64.
  • Avalonia 12 UI with a black/indigo theme, a resizable live log on the right, and tooltips on every control.
  • SharpCompress archive engine — no native 7z.dll / 7z.so binaries.
  • Batch compression to individual .7z (LZMA2) or .zip (Deflate) archives.
  • Batch verification of .7z, .zip, and .rar archives with full size and CRC-32 checks.
  • Safer file handling — existing archives are never overwritten; partial archives are removed; archive moves are contained inside the selected destination.
  • Portable output names — Windows-reserved names, trailing dots/spaces, and duplicate base names are handled safely.
  • Skipped statistics in the UI, alongside total, success, failed, elapsed, and write speed.
  • Serilog logging with a live in-app log and Warning+ forwarding to the bug report API.
  • GitHub update check, donation verification, and anonymous startup statistics.
  • Framework-dependent single-file bundles — one executable per platform, no .NET runtime embedded. The .NET 10 runtime must be installed on the target machine.

Fixed since 1.3.1

  • Canceled compression no longer leaves a partial archive at the destination.
  • Two source files with the same base name no longer silently overwrite or skip each other.
  • Verification moves cannot escape the destination folder through .. paths.
  • Update checks treat timeouts as "up to date" instead of raising a startup error.
  • Donation response reads now honor the request timeout.
  • Expected conditions such as locked files, corrupt archives, and offline networks are logged at Information instead of generating noisy bug reports.
  • Every async void UI event handler is guarded with try/catch.
  • Donor email addresses are no longer written to logs or persisted in local state.
  • Archive verification skips inaccessible directories and reparse points instead of aborting.
  • Cross-volume archive moves fall back to copy-then-delete.

Upgrade notes from 1.3.1

  1. Install the .NET 10 runtime if it is not already present.
  2. Download the bundle for your platform from the latest release.
  3. Extract it and run BatchConvertToCompressedFile (.exe on Windows).
  4. Existing .7z, .zip, and .rar archives remain compatible.
  5. The 2.0.0 bundles include LICENSE, ReadMe.md, and this WhatsNew.md.

Downloads

Platform x64 arm64
Windows BatchConvertToCompressedFile_2.0.0_win-x64.zip BatchConvertToCompressedFile_2.0.0_win-arm64.zip
Linux BatchConvertToCompressedFile_2.0.0_linux-x64.tar.gz BatchConvertToCompressedFile_2.0.0_linux-arm64.tar.gz
macOS BatchConvertToCompressedFile_2.0.0_osx-x64.tar.gz BatchConvertToCompressedFile_2.0.0_osx-arm64.tar.gz

SHA-256 checksums are published as checksums.txt on the release page.