Hi, Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org> schrieb am Mi., 23. März 2016 um 16:47 Uhr:
> Hi all > > after more than two years of a hiatus I'd like to pick up the compress2 > branch again. Back then we decided to embrace Java7 and I've taken the > bold step of moving on to Java 8 now. > +1 > > On the API side Java8 is only used for java.time.Instant (for the last > modified time of an entry). In addition I've used Java7's > SeekableByteChannel for random access and AutoCloseable in place of > Closeable. > +1 > > I'd ask everybody interested in compress to take a look at the > org.apache.commons.compress2.archivers package in the compress-2.0 git > branch - the implementation in .../formats/ar really only serves as a > PoC right now. > > If people think this is worth the effort, I'll try to invest more of my > OSS time there (which isn't too much, so don't hold your breath). If > people think it isn't worth the effort I'll delete the branch and can > stop feeling bad for not finishing what I've started. :-) > I've always planned to have a look at compress, but unfortunately at the moment I have little to no time for OSS :-( But it's cool to see some activity in [compress] again. Benedikt > > Cheers > > Stefan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >
