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Re: Zip list

From "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Zip list
Date 2023-02-25 12:04 +0100
Message-ID <nj6pcjxblu.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink)
References (20 earlier) <W7OdnbtFZpwGgmX-nZ2dnZfqn_GdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <tt9g5e$3bpop$1@paganini.bofh.team> <z-mdnTKEy5vHBGT-nZ2dnZfqn_ednZ2d@earthlink.com> <ttca59$3pjeo$1@paganini.bofh.team> <nYqdnZ20Hp9fJGT-nZ2dnZfqnPhh4p2d@earthlink.com>

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On 2023-02-25 08:33, 25A.I866 wrote:
> On 2/25/23 1:34 AM, Andrei Z. wrote:
>> 25A.I866 wrote:
>>> On 2/23/23 11:58 PM, Andrei Z. wrote:
>>>> 25B.E866 wrote:
>>>>>    Next weeks project ....
>>>>>
>>>>>    I had gotten the impression that the 7zip people
>>>>>    had written their very own GUI front end, but it
>>>>>    looks like they rely on others.
>>>>>
>>>> p7zip looks abandoned.
>>>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/p7zip/
>>>>
>>>> 7-Zip for Linux first release 2021-03-10
>>>> https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/cec5e63147/
>>>
>>>    "Abandoned" - or just "perfected" ???
>>>
>>>    Once you Get It Right .....
>>
>> p7zip
>> https://github.com/btolab/p7zip
>> "7z archiver with source history"
>>
>> "A new p7zip fork with additional codecs and improvements"
>> https://github.com/jinfeihan57/p7zip/
> 
>    Sounds good.
> 
>    But why do people keep re-inventing the wheel ???
>    There's VERY little improvement in 'zipping' in
>    terms of speed/compression/ease in the last 20
>    years. Basically, what you get is not "improved",
>    just "different".

No, there are new compression methods that handle better this or that 
type of files. Also ones that do compression in parallel, which is faster.

Notice that decompressing in parallel is not a thing yet, so there is 
room for improvement.

Then there are features like having error recovery or not.


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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                Re: Zip list "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-02-25 12:04 +0100
                Re: Zip list The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-25 10:00 +0000
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