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  • Compressible file types have limited value/use

    From Rob Swindell@VERT to GitLab issue in main/sbbs on Thu Jan 13 20:17:30 2022
    open https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/320

    With the addition of libarchive integration and the migration of the temp_xfer section to JS, the compressible file types (configured in SCFG->File Options->Compressible File Types) have very limited use: they really only serve to compress QWK/REP packets that use a non-libarchive-supported type of compression/archival - and nothing else.

    Consider either: getting rid of compressible file types or making them a bit more useful by exposing the temp_cmd() function in the JS object model. At least then the compressible file types (or type of user's choice) could conceivably be used by tempxfer.js or some other JS module.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Rob Swindell on Thu Jan 13 20:56:32 2022
    Re: Compressible file types have limited value/use
    By: Rob Swindell to GitLab issue in main/sbbs on Thu Jan 13 2022 08:17 pm

    Consider either: getting rid of compressible file types or making them a bit more useful by exposing the temp_cmd() function in the JS object model. At least then the compressible file types (or type of user's choice) could conceivably be used by tempxfer.js or some other JS module.

    I'd be in favor of making them a bit more useful.

    Nightfox

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