Idea #9662: remove file-roller

Written by henk0775 the 8 Jun 08 at 18:36. Category: System.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New

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File-roller has 46 critical bugs open, is (I think) orphan and has an inconsistent interface (contexual menu view and open with). It could be replaced by fuse or by a nautilus script.
Remove file-roller is secure, because is only a front-end to tar, unrar, etc...

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olskar wrote on the 8 Jun 08 at 21:40

I mailed the developer and he said the project is not dead. However it looks really dead to me..

vexorian wrote on the 9 Jun 08 at 02:19

When a FOSS project is orphan/dead it is everyone's fault.

A better suggestion would have been "get people to work on file-roller"

Either way, it works, the only problem so far I had with it was 7z compression on folders that have spaces. I like how it works by just installing other apps, I think working on a nautilus script would take more resources than fixing the bugs in this. Hmnn, I always wanted the 7z issue, perhaps when I get more time I'll be able to get the source and try a patch.

Rioting_Pacifist wrote on the 17 Jun 08 at 00:50

"It could be replaced by fuse or by a nautilus script."

Great so you mean redo the entire thing but this time get it right? why not jsut improve the existing tool?

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