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. Danek
