Re: ZIP archive API?

On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 6:27 AM, Robin Berjon <robin@w3.org> wrote:

> Another question to take into account here is whether this should only be
> about zip. One of the limitations of zip archives is that they aren't
> streamable. Without boiling the ocean, adding support for a streamable
> format (which I don't think needs be more complex than tar) would be a big
> plus.
>

Zips are streamable.  That's what the local file headers are for.
http://www.pkware.com/documents/casestudies/APPNOTE.TXT

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Glenn Maynard