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Re:Pack: A New Container Format for Compressed Files by masklinn on Saturday March 23, 2024 @03:40AM (#39798187)
> The world of ZIP users on Windows seems to be sort of blind to them - thinking firmly in that box.

Seems to me like this is you being blind to certain use cases, and so stuck in your streaming oriented box that you can not conceive of other use cases where a streaming format is actively detrimental.

Re:Pack: A New Container Format for Compressed Files by t43562 on Saturday March 23, 2024 @10:59AM (#39800420)
I started on ZIP like most people and discovered what could be done with streaming so I don't think so.