Official p7zip project went unmaintained and the maintained version of p7zip on Github is starting to look the same way.
Functionality-wise, there is no benefit and should be the same. Security-wise, its a benefit to get security fixes since mainstream 7-zip is maintained. Many other package repos (Linux) have switched from p7zip to 7-zip which should make finding security patches easier since 7-zip development is still done in ancient ways. On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 19:49:35 +0100 Stuart Henderson <[email protected]> wrote: > what's the benefit when we already have p7zip? > > -- > Sent from a phone, apologies for poor formatting. > > On 29 August 2026 15:32:50 [email protected] wrote: > > >> 7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. > >> > >> The main features of 7-Zip are: > >> - High compression ratio in 7z format with LZMA and LZMA2 compression > >> - Multiple supported formats (7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP, WIM, etc.) > >> - Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats > > > > Tested and works on amd64 (clang) and sparc64 (gcc). Creating highly > > compressed archives may cause issues depending on user limits. > > RAR support not included currently. >
