pitrery 1.9 has just been released.
In version 1.9, configuration of the restore_command through the restore_xlog script is handled with the configuration file. WAL file compression options have been renamed to avoid confusion, and messages can now be timestamped.
The CHANGELOG file in the source code contains a more complete list of changes in this version.
The release is available in the downloads page. See the upgrade page for more information.