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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: kzip
From:       <uwe () uwix ! alt ! na>
Date:       1998-11-02 10:39:15
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On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, Peter Silva wrote:

> David Faure wrote:
> > 
> > On Sat, Oct 31, 1998 at 10:40:26AM +0100, Hans Petter Bieker wrote:
> > > On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, David Faure wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Tue, Sep 08, 1998 at 04:44:23PM -0400, Antal Novak wrote:
> > > > > > Is is possible to rename this to kziper or karchive?
> > > > > Yeah, this issue has been addressed before, but nothing has been done
> > > > > about it.  THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED!!!!!  :-)
> > > >
> > > > Is there a maintainer for kzip ?
> > > > The README points to robertp@macatawa.org
> > > >
> > > > Otherwise, I can do the rename in the CVS...
> > >
> > > Just do it! robertp@macatawa.org doesn't answer, the time goes and nobody
> > > else solves the problem.. Should be fixed before KDE v1.1
> > 
> > Ok, tell me the name you want instead of kzip, and I'll do it.
> > kziper ? Too much like "kzip" - related to zip file format. It seems that kzip
> > does more than that, doesn't it ?
> > karchive ? Why not, if it handles most archives file formats...
> > 
> 
> ark ?  archiver for KDE ?  I know I know, non-standard, I'm getting
> bored k* anyways :-)  It has such cute GUI potential, what with
> Noah and all.  For each archive you could have a picture of an ark,
> Opening an archive could extend a gang plank from towards the bottom
> of the image.  You can have animals walking off the ark as it is 
> de-archiving, and onto the ark when it's building an archive.
> Maybe if the archive is corrupt, the boat could sink ...

Think of non-christian countries. People won't associate anything with
the pics.

Uwe

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