makes sense - in that case would seem better to set this up to replace p7zip
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On 1 September 2026 05:26:50 [email protected] wrote:
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?
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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
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> 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.
