Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, I didn't understand your suggestion. Would you prefer that > I cut 1.16.1 now, or do you think it's better to wait until after > you flush your local changes?
I'd prefer to wait until I flush my changes. > > +Notice, that when speaking about ``excluding the directory'' we mean > > +that the files and subdirectories it contains will not get into the > > +archive, while the entry for the directory itself will > > Is that actually the preferred semantics? I would have thought that > people would want the directory entry itself to be absent. Well, I simply documented the way tar works now. I agree that it would make more sense to omit the directory entry, and actually this is one of the changes I want to incorporate before the release. Regards, Sergey
