Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:54:00 +0300 From: Yar Tikhiy <yar@freebsd.org> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Archiver packages on FreeBSD CD 1 Message-ID: <20031219105400.GA39759@comp.chem.msu.su>
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Hi folks, Today I was surprised to find out that the collection of archiver packages on FreeBSD 4.9 installation disk 1 was rather strange: It consisted of fossil ones like "zoo" and "lha", and of not-so-widely-used items like "lzop." The 600-kilobyte "fileroller" is questionable, too, though I suspect it's included because of Gnome. In fact, I was looking for "unrar" and failed to find it there. Perhaps I'm missing some important point, but I've been sure that packages on disk 1 should be _really_ demanded ones. Among archivers, I'd vote for "unarj," "unrar," and "unzip" (the latter is the only one already supplied.) Is it time to review the disk 1 archiver package collection with respect to people's modern needs? -- Yar
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