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echo: fidosoft.husky
to: Kai Richter
from: Tommi Koivula
date: 2016-09-26 14:33:56
subject: zip and zipinternal

Kai Richter : Tommi Koivula wrote:

 TK>>>> Why call an external program if the software can do it by
 >>> itself?

 >>> Because other external software is still in activ maintenance.
 >>> info-zip.org for example is latest release 2009 but got security and
 >>> bug fixes by several open source software distributors.

 TK>> You better stop unzipping any archived mail bundles if you're that
 TK>> paranoid. :D

 KR> It's not a question of paranoia. I prefer maintained code.

Hpt uses zlib for 'zipinternal', which AFAIK is maintained code, isn't it?

'Tommi

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