7 zip 24 beta

[elidiak]

Beta update dropped today 30th January 2024 for 7 zip

[leeaikong]

What’s new in 7-Zip 24.00 Beta
January 30, 2024
7-Zip now can unpack ZSTD archives (.zst filename extension).
7-Zip now can unpack ZIP, SquashFS and RPM archives that use ZSTD compression method.
7-Zip now supports fast hash algorithm XXH64 that is used in ZSTD.
7-Zip now can unpack RAR archives (that use larger than 4 GB dictionary) created by new WinRAR 7.00.
7-Zip now can unpack DMG archives that use XZ (ULMO/LZMA) compression method.
7-zip now can unpack NTFS images with cluster size larger than 64 KB.
7-zip now can unpack MBR and GDP images with 4 KB sectors.
Speed optimizations for archive unpacking: rar, cab, wim, zip, gz.
Speed optimizations for hash caclulation: CRC-32, CRC-64, Blake2sp.
The bug was fixed: 7-Zip for Linux could fail for multivolume creation in some cases.
Some bugs were fixed.

[mcmilk]

When 7-Zip does support Zstd now, I can close this project.
These are good news ;-)

[starg2]

When 7-Zip does support Zstd now, I can close this project.

Not until lz4/lz5/lizard etc are supported 😉

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BTW, when 7-Zip finally supports Zstd in 7z container, will it be able to unpack 7z archives compressed by this fork?

[malvarenga123]

When 7-Zip does support Zstd now, I can close this project. These are good news ;-)

But it only supports decompression for now, right? It's not a replacement for this project, yet ;)

[ColonelGerdauf]

Well, the updated 7zip lacks file creation and "save as..." options due to Pavlov sorting out a few bugs in this context.
The installer here is outdated, and properly conjoining this to the current builds will be a headache.

Meanwhile the codecs (currently the best option) lacks many functions, such as working with distinct compression file formats.

[mshedsilegx]

I agree with all the comments. This project is very valuable IMO. I think a possible solution is to open it to more contributors, if the current owner is willing to share the burden of maintaining the fork. Especially document the build process.

[elidiak]

I would recommend continuing this project. So far 7 zip is extract only

[mcmilk]

So for now, 7-Zip source for v24.01 isn't there currently: 7z2401-src.7z ...
I think I will skip v23 and update directly to v24. I someone wants to fix my v23 branch for release, I am open to it.

[mshedsilegx]

Makes total sense to me, ie update directly to v24.

[stefano2734]

See https://www.7-zip.org/history.txt for actual history by version 24.xy beta.