[Release v2.2.4] QArchive v2.2.4 release.

This release has some minor bug fixes and refactoring,
move from Qt's Smart Pointers to C++ Standard Smart Pointers
whenever possible. Optimized IO Reader to reduce bad performance.
Handle libarchive versions properly when using ZSTD to compress and
other minor fixes.

Changelog:

* Refactor, use of more C++ Standard Smart Pointers than Qt's re-inventions whenever
  possible, credits to Rosen Panev (@neheb)

* Refactor, use best practices in C++ whenever possible,
  credits to Rosen Panev (@neheb)

* Bugfix, fallback to ZIP if ZSTD is not supported by libarchive,
  credits to @yosicovich

* Bugfix, improve IO Reader for more performance.

* Bugfix, allow compressing empty files in archive.

* Bugfix, fix removeFiles(QStringList &entry) method,
  credits to Rosen Panev (@neheb)

* CI/CD, use meson for macOS testing,
  credits to Rosen Panev (@neheb)

Signed-off-by: Divya Antony J R <[email protected]>

Author: antony-jr

Diff for: CMakeLists.txt

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # ---
 
 CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED( VERSION 3.17)
-project(QArchive VERSION 2.2.3)
+project(QArchive VERSION 2.2.4)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)

Diff for: docs/QArchiveMemoryFile.md

@@ -54,9 +54,11 @@ Returns file information as QJsonObject. The QJsonObject has the below format w.
 
 Returns a QBuffer pointer. This QBuffer is closed by default. You can read or write by opening this buffer. **Do not try to free this pointer. This pointer will be freed automatically when this class is destructed.**
 
+> This is obsolete since v2.2.4 in favor of sharedBuffer()
+
 ### std::shared_ptr\<QBuffer\> sharedBuffer() const
 
 Returns a std::shared_ptr QBuffer. This QBuffer is closed by default. You can read or write by opening this buffer.
 
-> Only available in the master branch, this is recommended since, you can do whatever with the shared pointer. Even if you free it,
-> the pointer will take care of itself.
+> Only available in v2.2.4 or later, this is recommended since, you can do whatever with the shared pointer. 
+> Even if you free it, he pointer will take care of itself.

Diff for: meson.build

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
   'QArchive',
   'cpp',
-  version: '2.2.3',
+  version: '2.2.4',
   license: 'BSD-3-Clause',
   default_options: ['cpp_std=c++17'],
   meson_version: '>=0.49.0',