Andrei Kulakov <andrei....@gmail.com> added the comment:

I think it may be good enough to add a warning on skipped files in 
_unpack_zipfile().

 - this way we keep backwards compatibility (especially since behavior in both 
modules differed for such a long time.)

 - it's not clear that ZipFile behavior is superior -- for example, what if a 
file with stripped path components overwrites existing files?

 - if requested in the future, a parameter can be added to enable ZipFile-like 
behavior

 - it can be very confusing if files are silently skipped, especially if an 
archive has thousands of files. 

I've added a PR, note that the test in PR also tests that files with '..' are 
indeed skipped, we don't have a test for that now, so that's an added benefit.

----------

_______________________________________
Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org>
<https://bugs.python.org/issue20907>
_______________________________________
_______________________________________________
Python-bugs-list mailing list
Unsubscribe: 
https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com

Reply via email to