Uha format

davidsplash

would love to have this format added to pa. so i can make self extracting sfx archives

compresion ration better than 7zip

spwolf

didnt you see we are creating our own format? you will be fine with it :-)

davidsplash

yes i did and what i was wanting is uha format for the now instead of waiting untill you decide on your new format details

RJWaring

Having additional support for historic Formats is just as important as developing Future Technologies such as PAF.

Evidently, the more PowerArchiver supports enables users to eventually “Convert” them over to newer more efficient types such as PA’s.

davidsplash

people only stick with certain archivers cause of compatibility with certain archive formats. Uha give s you the best compression of any format.

davidsplash

would it not be a great idea for powerachiver to have some sort of way of interacting with older formats via their command line programs using pa’s plugin format?

spwolf

uha is dead format not developed for 6 years now.

RJWaring

@spwolf:

uha is dead format not developed for 6 years now.

:) Indeed, Keep the old for Backward combatibility and include the New formats for Conversions to more dynamic and updated types.

spwolf

we added a bunch of them in 2011… we will try adding only things that are used, as everything new that we add, adds complexity to PA.

RJWaring

I wish format methods wernt so scattered. Why cant we just upgrade on formats instead of creating new ones… I know why but it would be great to have cab, iso, 7zip & paf. And if someone codes something great instead of creating say .rjw just merge the new method into whatever existing formats match its criteria

davidsplash

well if the makers of powerarchiver could tell us how to add commandline versions of archivers to the plugin system i would be more than greatfull as it has to be specific to pa