200832 - Use 7-zip for JAR packaging

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 154965

(SeaMonkey :: Build Config, defect)

Description

[Aaron Kaluszka]

7-Zip's Zip algorithm results in smaller files compared to any other zip
utility.   We should use it to package JAR files.  The source code is available
under LGPL.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

> The source code is available under LGPL.

Which means we can't just use it in Mozilla....

Will their zip files decompress with the normal zlib?  If not, is it worth the
bother of shipping two separate decompression libs?

Comment 2

[Aaron Kaluszka]

Yes, the ZIP files will decompress, that's the point of using 7-zip, we don't
have to add any extra decompression libraries into Mozilla.  If we are using the
product for compression rather than incorporating it into Mozilla itself,
wouldn't it be acceptable?  The only reason I brought licensing up at all is
because right now the source is for Win32 only.

Comment 3

[hacker formerly known as [e-mail]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 154965 ***

Comment 4

[Aaron Kaluszka]

No! Bug 154965 is about packaging Mozilla distributions, not JAR archives.

Comment 5

[hacker formerly known as [e-mail]]

> No! Bug 154965 is about packaging Mozilla distributions, not JAR archives.

Mozilla distributions made with zip and JAR archives are created using the same
version of zip.  We're not going to use one version of zip for .jar and the
another version for the .zip just because someone opened a separate bug on it.  


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 154965 ***

Comment 6

[Tracy Walker [:tracy]]

verified