[Feature request] Consider replacing with upstream 7-zip package
I'm contacting the maintainer via this feature request to propose upstream 7-zip as a replacement, and style it similar to how the Debian packaging has moved in that direction:
- 7zip or 7-zip (as AUR calls it) package that provides
7z
and7za
as well. - Transitional package for all the packages that depend on it, which provides minimal documentation on the transition and license info perhaps, but leave the compatibility binaries or symlinks in the main package. This package simply depends on the first one.
There could be other Arch/Pacman Replaces/etc mechanisms instead so there's no need for a transitional package in repositories, since I don't think apt has that mechanism.