[needs-packaging] FreeArc

[thometal]

[needs-packaging] FreeArc

FreeArc is an Win/Linux Archiver with many features and very good compression/time ratio.

URL: http://www.freearc.org
License: GPL
Notes: http://code.google.com/p/freearc/issues/detail?id=115 for license
http://encode.dreamhosters.com/showthread.php?t=43 Developement Threat

[Christopher Meiklejohn (cmeiklejohn)]

title/tag change

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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This bug is tagged needs-packaging which identifies it as a request for a new package in Ubuntu. As a part of the managing needs-packaging bug reports specification, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Specs/NeedsPackagingBugs, all needs-packaging bug reports have Wishlist importance. Subsequently, I'm setting this bug's status to Wishlist.

[Diaa Sami (diaa.sami)]

I don't think this bug is relevant because the author of FreeArc explicity says that a 64-bit version is a to be done in the future, so it's not a packaging issue, the source-code needs to be modified

[thometal (thometal)]

I think its relevant because it doesnt exist a 32bit package or a 64bit package with 32bit depiences there is nothing

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Fabien Lusseau (fabien-beosfrance)]

I also think this bug to be relevant, we already have 32bits only archivers. Arc files are becoming more and more common. Freearc is working well on Linux but is not packaged.

I use freearc a lot (with wine because it's the fastest and easiest way to install it nowadays).

Even on 32 bits it's way faster and compress way more efficiently than 7zip or Xz compiled for 64 bits.