[Tuxnes-devel] zip file support

[Mike M. <mel...@pc...>]

Hi team,
	I need some advice on incorporating a patch sent to me awhile
back. A user needed support for zip files since his entire ROM collection
was contained within zip files, 1 by 1. I tried it out tonight and it
appears to work all right. However, when he first sent me the patch, the
idea struck me as unintuitive since a zip file can contain many files, as
opposed to a gzip file which can only contain one file.

	Like I said, it works quite well, and I guess it makes some
intelligent decisions. If there's one .nes file in the archive, it uses
that file. If there's more than one .nes file, it appears to use the 1st
alphabetical one. If there are no .nes files, it exits gracefully with
"unrecognized format".

	So, should we go ahead and incorporate the change and trust that
users won't try to open up multi-ROM zip archives to play select
ROMs? Or should we figure out some new CLI option to be able to select
certain files inside an archive? Gee, the latter option sounds like work
to me...:) It's great that the zip file support meets one user's
need. Maybe we should release the option as it is (and document its
precise functionality) and add more advanced handling if users ask for it?

	Or maybe I'm just making a mountain out of a molehill.

	Thanks...
-- 
	-Mike Melanson