Re: [file-roller] 7zip archive format support planned ?

[Paolo Bacchilega <paolo bacchilega libero it>]

Vincent Rubiolo wrote:
> Hello to you guys,
>
> Please redirect me if I am posting on the wrong list; since there is no 
> list dedicated to file-roller I thought it might be the most appropriate 
> one (Google searches also show that I might me true as other requests 
> for file-roller have been apparently posted here).
>
> I was wondering whether the increasingly popular 7-zip format 
> (www.7-zip.org by Igor Pavlov) is to be supported by file-roller.
>
> Looking at the last changelog on the CVS 
> (http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/file-roller/ChangeLog?rev=1.233&view=markup), 
> I see not mention of 7-zip whatsoever.
> The TODO 
> (http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/file-roller/TODO?rev=1.1.1.1&view=markup) 
> does not mention it explicitly.
> I also tried to do a search on this list archives 
> (http://mail.gnome.org/archives/ and 
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/) but the search 
> engines keeps hitting a 404.
>
> In case it is not planned, I may consider implementing it myself. Could 
> sb then give me pointers on how to support a new archive format with 
> file-roller?

read the HACKING file and then take a look at some implementations that 
 can be found in the fr-command-*.c files

> Thank you for your consideration.
>
> Regards,
>
> Vincent Rubiolo

good luck,

Paolo.