Hi
> These patches add lzma_str_to_filters and lzma_filters_to_str to
> liblzma and add a new "-s, --filters" option to xz.
The existing way to add filter chain is confusing so this change will be good.
I do not think the -s short op is good. --filters as the long op is good no
need for -s.
>
> I chose "+" since it was the most intuitive delimiter that wasn't a
> special character on most shells. If we used ";" or "|" they would
> either have to be escaped or require the command to be in quotation
> marks, which are both annoying to use as a command line argument. If
> you can think of
>> The next alpha release should be coming this year so I
>> don't think it will be as long as you think until it is in a stable
>> release.
> Patches spend years on this mailing list. 5.2.0 release was 7 years ago.
> There is no reason to think anything is coming soon.
Over 1 month and no close
Progress will not happen until there is new maintainer. XZ for C has sparse
commit log too. Dennis you are better off waiting until new maintainer happens
or fork yourself. Submitting patches here has no purpose these days. The
current maintainer lost interest or doesn't care to maintain anymore
> Anyway, I assure you that I know far too well about the problem that
> not much progress has been made. The thought of finding new maintainers
> has existed for a long time too as the current situation is obviously
> bad and sad for the project.
>
> A new XZ Utils stable branch should get release
Hi
Is there any progress on this? Jia I see you have recent commits. Why can't you
commit this yourself?
Jigar
