Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Some issues

[Matthieu Moy]

Andrew Suffield <address@hidden> writes:

> On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 06:45:38PM +0200, Matthieu Moy wrote:
>> Then we should change tla's archive  format not to gzip files. This is
>> a  useless feature  that  should be  removed,  since you  could use  a
>> compressed filesystem and a compressed network protocol. 
>
> No, this change would be a completely pointless way to break archive
> compatibility.

1) You didn't answer the previous points

2) This doesn't explain the original design choice (which is good!). 

I _don't_ mean that arch's archive format must be changed right now to
include xdelta's  compression, but  I say it  would have been  nice to
have it.

> WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
>
> *plonk*

OK, read or read not, as you like. 

-- 
Matthieu