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1 -*- text -*-
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3 To do:
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5 * Everything is messed up when an archive contains one file.
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7 * When we list how many archives are in the file, show a count, along with
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8 the number of regular files in the archive too. "foo.tar contains 5
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9 other archives, out of 81 files total."
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11 * When we extract a compressed file (or just one file?), check to see if it
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12 itself is an archive. Follow all the usual rules for recursive
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13 extraction when we do this.
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15 * It seems like when you extract an archive that only has one file, with
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16 -f, you still get prompted about what to do with it. -f should always
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17 assume that everything gets extracted in the current directory. Track
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18 this bug down.
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20 * Support InstallShield extraction with Unshield.
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22 * --expert mode, to trim down prompts?
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24 Things which I have a use case/anti-use case for:
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25 * Support pisi packages (http://paketler.pardus.org.tr/pardus-2007/)
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26 * Steal ideas from <http://martin.ankerl.com/files/e>.
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27 * More consistently raise and handle exceptions.
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29 Things that are generally good:
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30 * Better tests.
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31 * Better error messages.
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33 Things I think might be good but can't prove:
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34 * Consider having options about whether or not to make sane directories,
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35 have tarbomb protection, etc.
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36 * Use zipfile instead of the zip commands.
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37 * Processing from stdin.
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38 * shar support.

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