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
