[Bug 1254798] Re: [MIR] p7zip

2014-01-31 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for p7zip (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: p7zip (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1254798 T

[Bug 1254798] Re: [MIR] p7zip

2013-12-02 Thread Bryan Quigley
> Is it possible to just patch unetbootin to use the main versions of any > decoding formats it needs? (like call > lzma instead of p7zip etc) Initial answer was no, I'm asking for clarification. Upstream doesn't want to maintain separate code-paths for Linux and Windows/Mac. > is the plan to a

[Bug 1254798] Re: [MIR] p7zip

2013-12-02 Thread Michael Terry
There are several problems with p7zip: * It uses built-in encoders/decoders for formats. This would be an ongoing maintenance and security problem. We already have encoders and decoders in main. * It also pulls in a whole new toolkit (wxgtk2.8) which is a large burden for a package that we don