[Bug-tar] Re: GNU tar 1.22

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Sebastian Pipping <address@hidden> ha escrit:

> Are you sure? It seems to me these letters are theoretically still
> available:
> 
>   D E Q Y e n q y

Yes, I am sure.  All these letters are reserved for future use. 

> I have collected these letters through 1) and 2) from the tar 1.21
> man page as follows:

You could have saved effort if you'd looked at comment in src/tar.c,
lines 353-365.  The available option letters are listed there, along
with some of planned assignments.

>   - revert -J to plain LZMA
>   - add a new letter for XZ
>   - do a new release asap

No, the decision is taken, and there is no way back.

Regards,
Sergey