I can reproduce the behaviour you described in KDE
3.5.10,
so it did exist at
some point but may now have been fixed (or not).
However, I should probably
note that I get the "Extract" option replacing "Compress"
only if all the files I
select are recognized as being compressed--if I select,
say, two .zip files and a
.txt, the "Compress" option remains available.
What you describe rang a bell. I tried a directory only with compressed files. I still
can't repeat the problem here with either 3.5.10 or R14_GIT. My head hurts. :)
Darrell