Consider supporting deflate64 in zipfile
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Description
Feature or enhancement
Proposal:
Among the third-party projects that monkeypatch zipfile to support additional compression formats is https://github.com/brianhelba/zipfile-deflate64 with notes at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deflate#Deflate64,_Enhanced_Deflate about the "proprietary nature"
I wish adding additional formats didn't require monkeypatching, but in the meantime this is one of the ones that files containing it exist in the wild.
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Research direction
Start by reviewing Python's zipfile implementation and the linked zipfile-deflate64 project, then assess how Deflate64 support could fit without monkeypatching. Confirm the format's licensing and proprietary constraints, and define completion as opening files using Deflate64 compression through zipfile.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
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- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
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- 35/100