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Info-ZIP Zip version 3.0 (source code) available (Announce)

posted by Steve  , US, 22.07.2008, 17:26

> http://rugxulo.googlepages.com/zip30dj.zip (with Bzip2 support, e.g.
> "-Z bzip2")

It works! Compression advantage seems to be with larger files. Results with small text files were bigger than without bzip2. With all files tested so far, deflate results are exactly the same as with older Zip versions.

Complete thread:

• Info-ZIP Zip version 3.0 (source code) available - rr, 10.07.2008, 15:58 (Announce)
  • Info-ZIP Zip version 3.0 (source code) available - Rugxulo, 10.07.2008, 22:26
    • Info-ZIP Zip version 3.0 (source code) available - rr, 11.07.2008, 10:42
    • Info-ZIP Zip version 3.0 (source code) available - Japheth, 11.07.2008, 11:34
    • Info-ZIP Zip version 3.0 (source code) available - ho1459, 15.07.2008, 06:40
      • Info-ZIP Zip version 3.0 (source code) available - ecm, 15.07.2008, 18:57
  • Info-ZIP Zip version 3.0 (source code) available - Rugxulo, 19.07.2008, 20:35
    • Info-ZIP Zip version 3.0 (source code) available - Steve, 22.07.2008, 17:26
      • Unpacking Info-ZIP Zip version 3.0 archives - Steve, 23.07.2008, 02:25
        • Unpacking Info-ZIP Zip version 3.0 archives - Rugxulo, 24.07.2008, 06:27
          • ZIP 3.0 (freshen or update) weird behavior, only on DR-DOS - Rugxulo, 28.08.2008, 05:18
            • ZIP 3.0 (freshen or update) weird behavior, only on DR-DOS - DOS386, 28.08.2008, 05:41
              • ZIP 3.0 (freshen or update) weird behavior, only on DR-DOS - Rugxulo, 28.08.2008, 10:47
  • Info-ZIP Zip version 3.0 for Win32 available - Steve, 22.07.2008, 17:21
    • Info-ZIP Zip version 3.0 for Win32 available - marcov, 22.07.2008, 17:30
      • Info-ZIP Zip version 3.0 for Win32 available - Steve, 22.07.2008, 19:18