Re: First 4.4.0 release candidate on alpha.gnu.org

[John W. Eaton]

On 04/11/2018 10:34 PM, Mike Miller wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 21:59:05 -0400, John W. Eaton wrote:
> > On 04/11/2018 05:28 PM, Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
> >
> > > I propose to add 7zip archive one for windows binaries due to much higher 
> > > compession ability than zip archive.
> >
> > As an additional option, or to replace the zip archive?
> >
> > Will this utility work to produce the files?  I need something that runs on
> > my Debian build system and that is free software.
> >
> >    https://packages.debian.org/stretch/p7zip
>
> Either p7zip (includes 7zr) or p7zip-full (includes 7z and 7za).
>
> https://packages.debian.org/stretch/p7zip-full
>
> I'm not sure of all the differences but I've had no trouble extracting
> 7z files using 7z on Debian. I've not yet had the need to create one.

OK, I ended up trying p7zip.  The installer, 7z, and zip files are on 
alpha.gnu.org  now.  Let me know if unpacking the 7z file works for you 
on Windows.

jwe