Friday I published PeaZip 1.3, after a couple of weeks only from 1.2 version publication.
I was glad to have been able to complete frontend for 7z utility, adding support to in-archive add/update and delete operation, and improving extract and run feature on Windows, now displaying "Open with" dialog if file association is not resolved.
Moreover, I added create, browse and extract support to PAQ8F and PAQ8JD, two experimental compressors giving exceptionally high compression ratios.
I felt 1.3 version mature for publication and bringing interesting new features, so I didn't waited too much to publish it, after have performed needed testing on different Windows and Linux systems.
Monday, February 05, 2007
Thursday, February 01, 2007
PeaZip 1.2
After three months of work, PeaZip 1.2 release is out; IMHO it's growing up well as an interesting project!
Below, SourceForge's "News" posts of the last two version, explaining the roadmap followed in the development.
1.2
This update is focused in enhancing archives management; a navigational browser and an alternative multiple inclusion and exclusion filtering mechanism are introduced to explore and selectively extract archive's contents.
7za, used in 1.0 and 1.1 versions as backend application to support many common archive types, is now replaced by 7z, that allows to browse/extract more archive types (ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, ISO, LZH, RAR, RPM, Z, Nsis executables, most of OpenOffice native file formats etc) while the full supported archive types remains the same (7Z, BZ2, GZ, PEA, split, TAR, ZIP).
For archive creation, 7Z format is now set as the default one, being it the more complete and overall best archiving format supported.
1.1
This update is focused in giving the program more usability, through many UI improvements and fixes.
Windows version now runs fine also on 9x systems; most used functions as add to archive or extract here are accessible from shortcuts in SendTo menu; Windows installer now asks for optionally creating additional file associations.
For Linux is now available also a Gtk2 build (and the traditional build for Gtk1).
Both Linux versions are standalone, you just need to unpack and run them; for look and feel differences from Gtk1 and Gtk2 PeaZip build you can see this page.
Below, SourceForge's "News" posts of the last two version, explaining the roadmap followed in the development.
1.2
This update is focused in enhancing archives management; a navigational browser and an alternative multiple inclusion and exclusion filtering mechanism are introduced to explore and selectively extract archive's contents.
7za, used in 1.0 and 1.1 versions as backend application to support many common archive types, is now replaced by 7z, that allows to browse/extract more archive types (ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, ISO, LZH, RAR, RPM, Z, Nsis executables, most of OpenOffice native file formats etc) while the full supported archive types remains the same (7Z, BZ2, GZ, PEA, split, TAR, ZIP).
For archive creation, 7Z format is now set as the default one, being it the more complete and overall best archiving format supported.
1.1
This update is focused in giving the program more usability, through many UI improvements and fixes.
Windows version now runs fine also on 9x systems; most used functions as add to archive or extract here are accessible from shortcuts in SendTo menu; Windows installer now asks for optionally creating additional file associations.
For Linux is now available also a Gtk2 build (and the traditional build for Gtk1).
Both Linux versions are standalone, you just need to unpack and run them; for look and feel differences from Gtk1 and Gtk2 PeaZip build you can see this page.
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