https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451203
Bug ID: 451203
Summary: Creating archives from files without a common name
prefixes are just named "archive" instead of the
folder name.
Product: ark
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: elvis.angelac...@kde.org
Reporter: natalie_clar...@yahoo.de
CC: aa...@kde.org, rthoms...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
As of v22.04, the name of an archive created from multiple files will be based
on the files' common prefix if they have one, and "archive" otherwise. The
former is fine, the latter i.m.o. is not an improvement but a regression. This
is a request to revert this change, and name an archive by the name of the
parent folder and not "archive" when no more specific name can be found.
From
https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/t72ir1/comment/hzhz7vw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3:
The folder name was much more informative in that case. [...]
> The reasoning here is that the containing directory is not always relevant
> for an archive name [...]
Throwing completely unrelated files together and giving it a name about
something entirely different would be a very strange way of using folders, and
not something most normal users do. The whole point of using folders is to
group together and label contents that are related. "Archive" for a file name
is never more relevant than the folder it comes from.
That it is an archive is already obvious from the file extension and the file
type icon. So naming it "archive" can not possibly add more informativity than
the folder name. Even in cases where the folder name is not very expressive,
like a number, it is still more informative than "archive", because that way I
at least know where the archive is coming from.
Zipping a bunch of files from different subdirectories of a common grandparent
directory, then moving or uploading them together to a common place, is
something rather common for me to do. Having 12 files just labeled
"archive.zip", possibly auto-renamed because the file names will conflict, with
no way to tell which is which, is going to be really annoying. I hope this will
be changed back.
(End of quote.)
See also the upvotes on the first comment for users sharing this opinition.
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