Douglas Lewan <d.lewan2000@gmail.com> writes:
Hi Doug,
> tramp-archive.el is new in Emacs 27 and Tramp 2.4. So you might
> use latest sources from either Emacs or Tramp repository.
>
> Forgive me, but I don't know where the latest sources are.
> People write of them, but don't give explicit references.
Both Emacs and Tramp reside in git repositories. Cloning Emacs from
git is described for example at <https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsFromGit >.
Cloning Tramp from git is described in the Tramp manual, see for example
<https://www.gnu.org/software/tramp/#Obtaining-TRAMP >.
> Does your tramp code allow for editing of archive entries and their
> attributes? That would be a necessary piece of guaranteeing a
> consistent user experience.
Tramp would allow it. But the GVFS library does not support it (yet),
see bug <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=589617 >. This would
be one motivation for me to switch from GVFS to plain libarchive.
Best regards, Michael.