epic: archives

[nextestudios]

Summary

Incremental work on top of the existing extractor (ZIP, 7z, RAR4/RAR5, TAR, TAR.GZ, GZ) and creator (ZIP, TAR.GZ).

Motivation

ZIP64 and AES are required for 1.0; volumes, integrity tests, 7z creation and a better browser round out the feature set.

Scope (in recommended order)

• feat: add ZIP64 archive support (validation and fixtures) #63 — feat: add ZIP64 archive support (validation and fixtures) (priority: medium)
• feat: add AES-encrypted ZIP support (validation and fixtures) #64 — feat: add AES-encrypted ZIP support (validation and fixtures) (priority: medium)
• feat: support split and multi-volume archives #65 — feat: support split and multi-volume archives (priority: medium)
• feat: add archive integrity testing #66 — feat: add archive integrity testing (priority: medium)
• feat: add 7z archive creation #67 — feat: add 7z archive creation (priority: low)
• enhancement: improve archive browser UX #68 — enhancement: improve archive browser UX (priority: medium)
• feat: extract several selected archives at once (one folder per archive) #69 — feat: extract several selected archives at once (one folder per archive) (priority: medium)
• test: validate RAR and 7z archives with encrypted headers #70 — test: validate RAR and 7z archives with encrypted headers (priority: low)

Dependencies

• enhancement: make the action bar fully context-sensitive #35 (M2) → enhancement: improve archive browser UX #68

Acceptance Criteria

• Every issue in the scope is closed or explicitly moved out of the milestone with a reason.
• PROGRESS.md, both changelogs and the relevant docs reflect what shipped.

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Tracking issue for milestone 6 · Archives. Priority: medium.