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Bug 773366 - Archive compression with other application
Archive compression with other application
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: general
master
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
: ---
Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
: 779941 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2016-10-22 22:27 UTC by Jerry Casiano
Modified: 2017-10-23 22:10 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 3.21/3.22


Description Jerry Casiano 2016-10-22 22:27:51 UTC 
Please consider detecting whether file-roller is installed and using it by default. Falling back to the built-in method if file-roller is not available.

Rationale behind this request is that the built-in solution is a little too basic at this point and does not provide the same functionality. i.e. support for very few formats, no support for passwords, etc.

Unless it's already planned to implement the same functionality in the future, I believe this would offer users the best possible experience.

Those that require those features would have the same level of integration as those who don't.
Comment 1 Lapo Calamandrei 2016-10-23 19:11:26 UTC 
What are the features you are actually missing? I guess it's about compression, since we have an option in the nautilus prefs to pick the default app for opening archives, right?
Comment 2 Jerry Casiano 2016-10-24 14:44:57 UTC 
Sorry. 

This stems from people suggesting a bug be filed in a discussion at https://www.reddit.com/r/gnome/comments/58gzup/fileroller_madness/

Feel free to close if no one chooses to add to this. Sorry for the noise.
Comment 3 Lapo Calamandrei 2016-10-24 22:16:28 UTC 
Just asking for a clear picture.
Comment 4 Ernestas Kulik 2017-03-12 15:03:19 UTC 
*** Bug 779941 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Carlos Soriano 2017-10-23 22:10:53 UTC 
This was implemented and Nautilus it's just another handler as file-roller is.