[issue37095] [Feature Request]: Add zstd support in tarfile

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[issue37095] [Feature Request]: Add zstd support in tarfile

Ma Lin added the comment: I have spent two weeks, almost complete the code, a preview: https://github.com/animalize/cpython/pull/8/files Write directly for stdlib, since there are already zstd modules on pypi. In addition, the API of zstd is simple, not as complicated as lzma. Can also use

[issue37095] [Feature Request]: Add zstd support in tarfile

Ma Lin added the comment: There are two zstd modules on pypi: https://pypi.org/project/zstd/ https://pypi.org/project/zstandard/ The first one is too simple. The second one is powerful, but has too many APIs: ZstdCompressorIterator ZstdDecompressorIterator

[issue37095] [Feature Request]: Add zstd support in tarfile

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Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: The tarfile module supports arbitrary compressions by using the stream mode. You only need to use a third-party library which provides zstd support. Recent versions of the tar utility has options to explicit support of new compressions: --lzip, --lzma,

[issue37095] [Feature Request]: Add zstd support in tarfile

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Ma Lin added the comment: > Add zstd support in tarfile This requires the stdlib to contain a Zstandard module. You can ask in the Idea forum: https://discuss.python.org/c/ideas -- nosy: +malin ___ Python tracker

[issue37095] [Feature Request]: Add zstd support in tarfile

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[issue37095] [Feature Request]: Add zstd support in tarfile

Anatol Pomozov added the comment: Is there any progress with this feature development? Arch Linux uses Python tar library for its toolset. Arch devs are looking to add ZSTD support to the toolset but it needs this feature to be implemented. -- nosy: +Anatol Pomozov

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Jerrod Frost added the comment: Curious about this as well. -- nosy: +Jerrod Frost ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list

[issue37095] [Feature Request]: Add zstd support in tarfile

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[issue37095] [Feature Request]: Add zstd support in tarfile

New submission from Evan Greenup : Zstandard is getting more and more popular. It could be awesome if tarfile support this compression format for .tar.zst file. -- components: Library (Lib) messages: 343945 nosy: evan0greenup priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: