Updated release notes and version bumped to 1.7.0.dev

ANNOUNCE.rst

@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
 ===============================================================
- Announcing c-blosc 1.6.2
+ Announcing c-blosc 1.7.0
  A blocking, shuffling and lossless compression library for C
 ===============================================================
 
 What is new?
 ============
 
-Fixed a subtle, but long-standing bug in the blosclz codec that could
-potentially overwrite an area beyond the output buffer.
+A new internal acceleration mode for LZ4 (updated internally to 1.7.0)
+and BloscLZ codecs that enters in operation with all compression
+levels except for the highest (9).  This allows for an important boost
+in speed with minimal compression ratio loss.
 
-Support for *runtime* detection of AVX2 and SSE2 SIMD instructions,
-allowing running AVX2 capable c-blosc libraries to run on machines
-with no AVX2 available (will use SSE2 instead).
+Also, Jack Pappas made great contributions allowing SSE2 operation in
+more scenarios (like types larger than 16 bytes or buffers not being a
+multiple of typesize * vectorsize).  Another contribution is a much
+more comprehensive test suite for SSE2 and AVX2 operation.
 
-Finally, a new blocksize computation allows for better compression
-ratios for larger typesizes (> 8 bytes), without not penalizing the
-speed too much (at least on modern CPUs).
+Finally Zbyszek Szmek fixed compilation on non-Intel archs (tested on
+ARM).
 
 For more info, please see the release notes in:
 

RELEASE_NOTES.rst

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 ================================
- Release notes for c-blosc 1.6.2
+ Release notes for c-blosc 1.7.0
 ================================
 
 :Author: Francesc Alted
 :Contact: francesc@blosc.org
 :URL: http://www.blosc.org
 
 
-Changes from 1.6.1 to 1.6.2
+Changes from 1.6.1 to 1.7.0
 ===========================
 
-* Fixed compilation on non-Intel archs (tested on ARM).  Thanks to
-  Zbyszek Szmek.
+* New acceleration mode for LZ4 and BloscLZ codecs that enters in
+  operation with complevel < 9.  This allows for an important boost in
+  speed with minimal compression ratio loss.  Francesc Alted.
+
+* LZ4 codec updated to 1.7.0 (r129).
+
+* Implemented SSE2 shuffle support for buffers containing a number of
+  elements which is not a multiple of (typesize * vectorsize).  Jack
+  Pappas.
+
+* Added SSE2 shuffle/unshuffle routines for types larger than 16
+  bytes.  Jack Pappas.
 
 * 'test_basic' suite has been split in components for a much better
   granularity on what's a possibly failing test.  Also, lots of new
-  tests have been added.  Thanks to Jack Pappas.
+  tests have been added.  Jack Pappas.
+
+* Fixed compilation on non-Intel archs (tested on ARM).  Zbyszek
+  Szmek.
 
 
 Changes from 1.6.0 to 1.6.1

blosc/blosc.h

@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ extern "C" {
 
 /* Version numbers */
 #define BLOSC_VERSION_MAJOR    1    /* for major interface/format changes  */
-#define BLOSC_VERSION_MINOR    6    /* for minor interface/format changes  */
-#define BLOSC_VERSION_RELEASE  2    /* for tweaks, bug-fixes, or development */
+#define BLOSC_VERSION_MINOR    7    /* for minor interface/format changes  */
+#define BLOSC_VERSION_RELEASE  0    /* for tweaks, bug-fixes, or development */
 
-#define BLOSC_VERSION_STRING   "1.6.2.dev"  /* string version.  Sync with above! */
+#define BLOSC_VERSION_STRING   "1.7.0.dev"  /* string version.  Sync with above! */
 #define BLOSC_VERSION_REVISION "$Rev$"   /* revision version */
-#define BLOSC_VERSION_DATE     "$Date:: 2015-05-06 #$"    /* date version */
+#define BLOSC_VERSION_DATE     "$Date:: 2015-05-27 #$"    /* date version */
 
 #define BLOSCLZ_VERSION_STRING "1.0.5"   /* the internal compressor version */