PSARC/2007/617 p7zip 4.55

Bill Sommerfeld sommerfeld at sun.com
Fri Nov 2 15:50:06 PDT 2007


On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 15:15 -0700, Danek Duvall wrote:
> 	  There are three executables: 7z, 7za, and 7zr.  The first is the
>         most general.  It supports multiple archive and compression formats
>         through shared-object plugins.  7za does not use any plugins, and
>         hence supports fewer formats.  7zr is even further reduced,
>         supporting only the 7z archive and compression formats. 
...
> 	For the purposes of this ARC case, however, only the 7z archive
> 	format and LZMA compression algorithms are supported.  Bzip2, gzip,
> 	zip, rar, tar, cpio, and its myriad other capabilities will likely
> 	be present, but their presence will not be guaranteed on an ongoing
> 	basis.

Given this caveat, why not make "7zr" the "Committed" variant and have
7z and 7za be "Uncommitted"?

					- Bill





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