makes sense - in that case would seem better to set this up to replace p7zip

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On 1 September 2026 05:26:50 ed@groovyexpress.com wrote:

> Official p7zip project went unmaintained and the maintained version of
> p7zip on Github is starting to look the same way.
>
> Functionality-wise, there is no benefit and should be the same.
>
> Security-wise, its a benefit to get security fixes since mainstream
> 7-zip is maintained. Many other package repos (Linux) have switched
> from p7zip to 7-zip which should make finding security patches
> easier since 7-zip development is still done in ancient ways.
>
> On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 19:49:35 +0100
> Stuart Henderson <stu@spacehopper.org> wrote:
>
>> what's the benefit when we already have p7zip?
>>
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>> On 29 August 2026 15:32:50 ed@groovyexpress.com wrote:
>>
>> >> 7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.
>> >>
>> >> The main features of 7-Zip are:
>> >> - High compression ratio in 7z format with LZMA and LZMA2 compression
>> >> - Multiple supported formats (7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP, WIM, etc.)
>> >> - Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
>> >
>> > Tested and works on amd64 (clang) and sparc64 (gcc). Creating highly
>> > compressed archives may cause issues depending on user limits.
>> > RAR support not included currently.
>>