[openbeos] Re: bzip2
- From: "Rob Tijssen" <rob.tijssen@xxxxxxx>
- To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:46:42 +0200
It would be nice to make the Expander somewhat plugin-able so other
compression-codecs could be inserted with ease.
(the only *real* (Open)BeOS-way I think).
This way the framework is made with the OpenBeOS and the codcs could be
inserted by the distro builder ...
thanx,
Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 8:19 AM
Subject: [openbeos] Re: bzip2
> > I compiled the latest bzip2 for beos.
> >
> > Does anyone want it? Should I check it in w/ other utils?
> >
> > I don't think it should be part of distro, but I think it should be
> > available to those who need it to port the bsd style apps to beos and
> > they
> > can't find a zipped ver.**
>
> I think it should be part of the distro - and I also think ace & lha
> should be part of the distro, just so that you (the user) should never
> have to care about which archive type you download - Expander should
> take care for them all.
> Okay, it doesn't need to be part of OpenBeOS, but I would very much
> appreciate any distro that includes support for all of these archiving
> formats.
>
> Adios...
> Axel.
>
>
>
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