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Re: [Bug-tar] Short option name for --use-compress-program
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Helmut Waitzmann |
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Re: [Bug-tar] Short option name for --use-compress-program |
Date: |
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:00:42 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) |
Antonio Diaz Diaz <address@hidden> writes:
>I was going to send a patch adding support for lzip files to tar but, given
>that lzop and maybe other compression programs are already waiting for such
>support and also that we are already scrapping the bottom of the barrel
>regarding short option names, instead I propose to assign a short name to
>the option --use-compress-program.
>
>I think this is a neat way of solving the recurrent problem of adding
>support for new compression formats.
I can't see any problem with the option "--use-compress-program". As
short option names are a scarce resource, I suggest to not use a short
option name for that purpose.
In my opinion short option names should be only used for options that are
compatible with other vendors' tar programs.
Helmut
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