https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458334
Gerald Cox <gb...@bzb.us> changed:
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--- Comment #5 from Gerald Cox <gb...@bzb.us> ---
(In reply to Elvis Angelaccio from comment #4)
> (In reply to nl6720 from comment #3)
> > The fact that Ark needed to specifically add support for the 7z binary being
> > the official 7-zip, shows that thoughtlessly symlinking 7z to 7zz is not
> > wise.
>
> I disagree. Ark is the exception here, because it uses 7z in advanced way,
> so we had no choice.
>
> Think about the common case. The 7z binary has been around for years and
> software in the wild assumed they could extract a random 7zip archive with a
> simple call to "7z x foo.7z".
I understand that some people and distributions may use 7z for compatibility
purposes and I have no issues with that, but that doesn't mean that you
shouldn't support the actual binary from 7zip which is 7zz. My understanding
is that the one 7zz binary can be used to replace the unmaintained p7zip
('7zr', '7za', '7z'). 7zz will always exist on a system that has 7zip
installed, 7z as a symlink may or may not.
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