zip: Support for external attributes in zipinfo
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- Dominant language
- Python
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Description
Feature or enhancement
Proposal:
zipinfo support for external attributes which provides atime, mtime and ctime.
Has this already been discussed elsewhere?
This is a minor feature, which does not need previous discussion elsewhere
Links to previous discussion of this feature:
No response
Linked PRs
- gh-121020
- gh-152704
Contributor guide
First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the Python zipinfo implementation and its tests; the issue does not name specific files or entry points. Determine how external attributes should expose atime, mtime, and ctime, and verify the behavior with focused zipinfo tests; linked PRs indicate that work is already underway.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100