Hi, On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Ivan Shmakov <oneing...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> Ladislav Lacina <la...@seznam.cz> writes: > > > I have released new versions of my text editor Bloček (slight update, > > only bugfixes, new in version 1.36b) and unicode font editor Kašmár > > (nive new features, look at web). > > I wonder if it's possible to use an open format for the releases > (like, e. g., Zip used for FreeDOS packages, or 7-Zip, offering > better compression ratios, though I'm unsure if it's available > for FreeDOS)? The Rar archiver uses a proprietary format which, > AIUI, no free software unarchiver is able to process.
The only reason UnRAR is non-free, AFAICT, is because it says "don't develop a RAR competitor with it". BTW, I haven't checked closely, but Virtual Pascal had some old old RAR 1.x support libs and sources that may be free/libre (used by its installer). But yes, we have several LZMA-related things. (Heck, even ZIP technically supports LZMA compression as optional, among others, but since only p7zip can unpack that for us, what's the point? And ZIP is file-based, not in solid chunks, for good or bad.) http://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/util/file/7zip/ Honestly, I'm all for .7z, but Jim and pals around here seem to prefer .ZIP (pseudo "standard"). Which isn't so bad when we're dealing with normal-sized files. For big stuff, I'd want better compression: http://lzip.nongnu.org/benchmark.txt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
