Add archives category
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IMHO since most archive formats usually include compression by default I'm not sure we really need another top-level category for this 🤔 @rust-lang/crates-io thoughts? |
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There are many file formats that can both be archived and compressed, such as ZIP and 7z, but there are also some file formats that can only be archived, such as tar and cpio.1 Since tar and cpio can only archive, I don't think it's appropriate to assign them to the Footnotes |
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This pull request adds a category for crates that implement archives formats such as tar and ZIP.
It seems there is no category for archives formats. For this reason, the following crates are either not assigned to any category, or crates for file formats that can both archive and compress, such as LHA/LZH, are assigned the
compressioncategory.Examples of crates
ar- a library for encoding/decoding Unix archive files.cab- Read/write Windows cabinet (CAB) files.cpio-archive- cpio archive reading and writing.delharc- a library for parsing and extracting files from LHA/LZH archives.ouch- a command-line utility for easily compressing and decompressing files and directories.sevenz-rust2- a 7z decompressor/compressor written in pure Rust.tar- a Rust implementation of a TAR file reader and writer.unrar- list and extract RAR archives.zip- library to support the reading and writing of zip files.