Re: [Gnu-arch-users] decoupling pfs/archive-pfs and the archive format

[Tom Lord]

    > From: Johannes Berg <address@hidden>

    > I've been looking through the code in archive-pfs, archive-version and
    > the like because I wanted to implement a new archive format that is
    > accessed over pfs just like the old one. 

I gather that you want to make an archive format which is based on a
dumb-fs transport (hence, uses the pfs layer) but which is not the
same as the current dumb-fs format (hence, does _not_ use the
archive-pfs layer).   Is that correct?


    > So I was thinking it might be desirable to have tla based on the
    > ".archive-version" file which archive-XY layer to use.

Oh, please no.  At least not yet.  Instead, just make up some new URI
methods.  So, instead of

        sftp:.....

use:

        johannes-arch-sftp:.....

or something similar.

Later, if the new format proves to be a win, we can explore how to
integrate it with archive-pfs.

-t


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