#5729 NORM 9.1.0-c: Need Bundle activity (for handling zip files and other compressed/bundled formats)

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#5729: Need Bundle activity (for handling zip files and other compressed/bundled
formats)
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           Reporter:  skierpage  |       Owner:  marco          
               Type:  defect     |      Status:  new            
           Priority:  normal     |   Milestone:  9.1.0-cancelled
          Component:  sugar      |     Version:  Build 650      
         Resolution:             |    Keywords:  9.1.0:?        
        Next_action:  never set  |    Verified:  0              
Deployment_affected:             |   Blockedby:                 
           Blocking:             |  
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Changes (by skierpage):

  * next_action:  => never set


Comment:

 FYI,
 XULRunner and thus Browse can view the contents of ZIP files using the
 jar: protocol.  This is enough to let you directly view compressed files
 in the browser (letting you view a .xol content library bundle without
 unpacking it!), though not drag files out of them.

 I don't know how easy it would be to make Browse view .zip/.jar/.xo/.xol
 contents.
 I filed https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=502528 "Firefox
 should offer to view .ZIP archives using its jar: protocol handler"
 and http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/1258 "enhancement: support browsing
 HTML content within bundles instead of unzipping them".

 I guess this bug should be upstreamed.

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