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[Ellery Newcomer]

On 03/18/2010 11:32 AM, Robert Clipsham wrote:
> On 18/03/10 01:17, Ellery Newcomer wrote:
>> I was kind of hoping others would try it and give their opinions, but
>> apparently nobody else cares. Or they're on vacation, like I should be.
>> Or they're giving the infamous 'silent approval'. Who knows.
>
> I'm usually one of those, but seen as you asked... It looks good :) I
> haven't had chance to try it yet, but a simple tool like this could be
> really useful. I don't have the same reservations as Andrei about the
> amount of code/how it's done... If it does its job it's good enough for
> me :)
>
> One thing I would like to know, are there plans for file formats other
> than .zip? You can generally get files less than half the size with
> faster compression/decompression times using other formats... would
> adding support for them (.tar.xz, .tar.gz) be too much extra hassle?

It would only involve building support for those formats into phobos :)

I actually had the same thought after I saw Walter's suggestion for a 
std.archive. If I have time, I'd like to make it happen.

Wait, what's tar.xz?