Is there any need for up-to-date software for AOS 3.x?

[Varthall]

IMHO, there's still "need" for AmigaOS software, as some people use an Amiga/Amiga clone (be it an AmigaOne, a Pegasos or perhaps even a Sam or a 68k one, I don't know for AROS) as their primary computer. For some of them native PPC/x86 sw is preferred, but since OS4 and Mos have built-in 68k emulation, 68k software would be also welcome: e.g. AmiGift or HDRec.

What I'd need lately is a video editing software, a Flash plugin (both are under development anyway), a version of Lha which correctly handles archives with thousands of files (both OS4 and 68k versions have problems, at least under OS4, while LZX seems to work fine), and drivers and a simple application for USB webcams.

Varthall

[Varthall]

If you port something which get 10 downloads, and some other software which get 2000 downloads, i think it's obvious on which of them you should spent more time maintaining it up-to-date.

What if a single person downloads a program for 2000 times since he everytime accidentally deleted it? ;-)

Varthall

[Varthall]

Say what?  I have tested lha vs lzx vs zip a zillion times.
I was forced to do those tests because my game archive on Aminet has 24 gazillion files in it and lzx kept damaging files.

lha works perfectly on giant archives.

If you are having an lha problem then you are probably not using lha but some GUI thingamajig that damages the archive.

What version of lha doesn't work on OS4?
Did u use it from CLI or some GUI thing?

I have first tried it under DOpus 4, then directly tried under CLI. Both the OS4 and latest 68k versions halt at launch, using 100% of the CPU (this on an 1GHz machine), I believe they remain stuck while scanning the directory tree. I remember it remained in such a state for 10 minutes before I reset the machine, and I was trying to archive the whole updated SDK archive. I'll eventually check again, see if it eventually unstuck after a while and how many files and dirs I'm trying to archive.

All versions of lzx are bugged.  There is no way around it.  If you use lzx and it "works" you just got lucky.  Eventually your luck will run out.  Friendly warning.

I have tried it lately using the public registered version of LZX and it seemed to work well, at least for smaller archives. What problems have you encountered?

Varthall