Some linux distributions are starting to use https://github.com/jinfeihan57/p7zip as a new upstream, as the previous one seems to be dead. I think it'd be a good idea to follow along.
By "some distributions" apparently I meant only Arch, so nevermind. Apparently the full package of 7-zip now supports linux as well, but apparently it's incompatible enough to warrant a new package sadly.
There is no need for fork of 7-zip since they release linux version. https://www.7-zip.org/download.html It would be best to remove obsolete p7zip and introduce official 7-zip.
Current version of p7zip in the portage is 16.02 It is likely subject of multiple CVE https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-9220/product_id-30936/7-zip-P7zip.html
Proper upstream: https://github.com/p7zip-project/p7zip It's worth noting that most of the CVEs were fixed in gentoo's version of 16.02, and as such this bug isn't a security bug, but rather a request to unify cross-distro efforts into a single project.
So I started to look at this situation. Gentoo switched to what most other distros now consider to be the active fork at https://github.com/p7zip-project/p7zip This bug should really be about updating the metadata for p7zip to reflect the upstream change that was already made. I'm tacking a new commit on to close it with my current p7zip PR. As for the official 7zip releases, that could be filed as a new package request for app-arch/7zip. To get an idea of what other distros are tracking: https://repology.org/project/7zip/versions and https://repology.org/project/p7zip/versions
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=7497eeb19e82be490eabf8ffc83d0c635d3fff6f commit 7497eeb19e82be490eabf8ffc83d0c635d3fff6f Author: Joe Kappus <joe@wt.gd> AuthorDate: 2023-04-14 11:07:38 +0000 Commit: Matthew Thode <prometheanfire@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-04-14 15:34:05 +0000 app-arch/p7zip: update upstream metadata Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/855503 Signed-off-by: Joe Kappus <joe@wt.gd> Signed-off-by: Matthew Thode <prometheanfire@gentoo.org> app-arch/p7zip/metadata.xml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
