# \#under-consideration **URL:** https://erlangforums.com/tag/under-consideration/573.md [Latest](https://erlangforums.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://erlangforums.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://erlangforums.com/tags.md) --- ## [Proposed changes to the Erlang archives - are you using them?](https://erlangforums.com/t/proposed-changes-to-the-erlang-archives-are-you-using-them/2269)
**Author:** [@josevalim](https://erlangforums.com/u/josevalim)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://erlangforums.com/t/proposed-changes-to-the-erlang-archives-are-you-using-them/2269 "2023-01-26T11:07:23Z")
Are you using Erlang archives? For those unfamiliar, Erlang archives is a mechanism where Erlang can load .beam and .app files from add ZIP files (with the .ez extension). Archives are expected to have an ebin directory…