From: Stuart Henderson Subject: Re: NEW: archivers/7zip To: , Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 19:49:35 +0100 what's the benefit when we already have p7zip? -- Sent from a phone, apologies for poor formatting. 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.