add unpack_archive to shutil

[tarekziade]

BPO	8295
Nosy	@tarekziade, @merwok

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labels = ['type-feature', 'library']
title = 'add unpack_archive to shutil'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue8295'
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[tarekziade]

unpack_archive is the reverse operation of make_archive and works the same way: it has a registery of function for each archive format.

[tarekziade]

done in r80589