PSARC/2007/617 p7zip 4.55

[Joerg Schilling]

Danek Duvall <danek.duvall at sun.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 06:50:06PM -0400, Bill Sommerfeld wrote:
>
> > 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"?
>
> I want to commit to the executable name which most people expect (and is
> thus the least likely to disappear from upstream), and I believe that the
> more common commandline invocation is 7z.  If anyone has data to the
> contrary, I'm more than happy to switch the stability classifications.

I believe 7z is more common. I did decide to use the option -7z for star
when I added support for p7zip to star in spring.

Jörg

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