We also support xz and bz2 with the next release. Already in JSword. -- DM
> On Apr 17, 2017, at 12:06 PM, Greg Hellings <greg.helli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 7z is a file format, not a compression format. As such, it is not really > relevant to SWORD, except as a possible method for distributing archives of > files (e.g. in lieu of a tar.gz of the conf files or a zip of an entire > module). For those few specific cases where we distribute archives, 7z does > not benefit us as much as either zip or tar, since those two are supported > native formats in our target operating systems. > > 7z does support more efficient compression algorithms than, for example, zip > files support. However, since our modules are typically already compressed we > are more in need of an easily accessible archive format. 7z is an archive > format, but it's not as easily accessible as zip. Compressing an already > compressed file generally yields very poor, if any, improvement on the > existing compression. > > Thus, 7z isn't really useful for SWORD's purposes. We already support its > better algorithms (LZMA) in the engine for compressing the modules. Our > additional needs are simply to distribute archive files of those compressed > modules, where our goal is ease of access to the format rather than > re-compressing the modules. The only additional benefit of compressing the > modules in the archive is compression of the conf file. On the whole, the > relative size of that component is miniscule compared to the module it's > accompanying, so gzip or zip compression is more than sufficient to tack onto > the archive file. > > --Greg > >> On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 10:43 AM, David Haslam <dfh...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> Have the SWORD developers ever considered adding support for the *7z* open >> compression format? >> >> See http://www.7-zip.org/7z.html >> >> Best regards, >> >> David >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://sword-dev.350566.n4.nabble.com/Compression-formats-tp4657076.html >> Sent from the SWORD Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org >> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel >> Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
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