Antonio Diaz Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 -- Wenn Sie mir E-Mail schreiben, stellen | When writing me e-mail, please Sie bitte vor meine E-Mail-Adresse | precede my e-mail address with meinen Vor- und Nachnamen, etwa so: | my full name, like Helmut Waitzmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, (Helmut Waitzmann) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
