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nbdkit-release-notes-1.8(1)	     NBDKIT	     nbdkit-release-notes-1.8(1)

NAME
     nbdkit-release-notes-1.8 - release notes for nbdkit 1.8

DESCRIPTION
     These are the release notes for nbdkit stable release 1.8.  This describes
     the major changes since 1.6.

     nbdkit 1.8.0 was released on 12th November 2018.

   New features
     *	 New plugin: nbdkit-sh-plugin(3) for running shell scripts and other ex-
	 ternal programs.  See: https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/write-nbd-
	 kit-plugins-in-shell-script/

     *	 New plugin: nbdkit-partitioning-plugin(1) which creates a partitioned
	 disk from a list of partitions in files.

     *	 New plugin: nbdkit-iso-plugin(1) which creates an ISO (CD-ROM) image on
	 the fly from a directory of files.  See: https://rwmj.word-
	 press.com/2018/10/18/new-in-nbdkit-create-an-iso-image-on-the-fly/

     *	 New plugin: nbdkit-floppy-plugin(1) which creates a virtual FAT-format-
	 ted floppy disk from a directory of files.  https://rwmj.word-
	 press.com/2018/10/29/new-in-nbdkit-create-a-virtual-floppy-disk/

     *	 Magic config key allows simpler invocation of many plugins, eg:

	  nbdkit file file=foo

	 becomes:

	  nbdkit file foo

     *	 nbdkit-data-plugin(1): Add disk2data.pl script to generate data parame-
	 ters.

     *	 nbdkit-data-plugin(1) Use "<file" to inline a file.

     *	 nbdkit-vddk-plugin(1): Use -D vddk.diskinfo=1 to enable extra debug in-
	 formation.

     *	 tests: Use a helper function to refactor and simplify most tests.

     *	 nbdkit-partition-filter(1): Can handle > 128 GPT partitions.

     *	 nbdkit can be compiled on the Haiku operating system (FranA<section>ois
	 Revol).

     *	 New "nbdkit_parse_bool" API for parsing boolean parameters (Eric
	 Blake).

     *	 nbdkit-log-filter(1): Add "logappend=[true|false]" (Eric Blake).

     *	 nbdkit-ocaml-plugin(3): New "set_error" and "debug" calls.

     *	 Analyze code under AddressSanitizer and ThreadSanitizer and fix bugs
	 (Eric Blake).

     *	 Analyze code under Coverity and fix bugs.

     *	 Tests now run more quickly.

SEE ALSO
     nbdkit(1), https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2018-Novem-
     ber/msg00111.html.

AUTHORS
     Eric Blake

     Richard W.M. Jones

COPYRIGHT
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