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echo: fidosoft.husky
to: Tommi Koivula
from: Kai Richter
date: 2016-09-17 21:01:50
subject: zip and zipinternal

Hello Tommi!

16 Sep 16, Tommi Koivula wrote:

 TK>>> Pack ZIP  zipinternal
 TK>>> Unpack    zipinternal  0 504b0304

 KR>> What is the advantage, why use it?

 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.

I thought about changing to zipinternal if there is a good reason.

Have a nice weekend

Kai

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