Yeah basically Chris is Gay. :)
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 06:15:15PM -0700, maccrawj wrote:
> Other than RAR I do not know of a format 7Z doesn't write and frankly making
> RAR,
> Arj, Lzh, whatever files is not a real concern for me in this day & age.
>
> On 4/26/2010 1:47 AM, Christopher Fisk wrote:
> > On Fri, 23 Apr 2010, maccrawj wrote:
> >
> >> Well 7z & Zip have supplanted Rar as defacto standards for downloaded
> >> content with Zip as usual the most common.
> >>
> >> If it does Rar, Zip, adds better compressing 7z format, and
> >> incorporates all the positives / none of the negatives you mention
> >> then one would have to question "why use use WinRAR at all?"
> >>
> >> I can think of nothing I had to compromise switching from WinRar to 7Z.
> >
> > 7z doesn't support jar files from the specs. I've had to use it for that
> > a few times recently, but it isn't heavy use for me, I could keep winzip
> > around for that.
> >
> > A lot of the formats for 7z that winrar supports read and write are only
> > read on 7z. (According to the spec page I read on it).
> >
> >
> > I have not yet tried it though.
> >
> >
> > Christopher Fisk
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