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Stefan Bodewig updated COMPRESS-49:
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Fix Version/s: 1.0
> seemingly duplicate functionality between TarArchive*putStream and
> Tar*putStream classes
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> Key: COMPRESS-49
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMPRESS-49
> Project: Commons Compress
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Environment: I use win xp sp3, but this is probably irrelevant
> Reporter: Sam Smith
> Fix For: 1.0
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> When I first looked at the Compress API, I began using the
> TarInputStream/TarOutputStream classes. But now I notice that there is also
> the TarArchiveInputStream/TarArchiveOutputStream classes. They seems fairly
> related to me, with a lot of duplicate functionality.
> In private email conversation with the developer Torsten Curdt about this, he
> wrote:
> **********
> You should be using TarArchive*putStream. All options should be available on
> the TarArchiveEntry. Which makes me wonder whether we should make the
> Tar*putStream classes package/private ...or merge them.
> **********
> I agree that the Tar*putStream classes should be merged or hidden in order to
> eliminate developer confusion, but ONLY AFTER you have the Tar*putStream
> classes truly support all options.
> Here is a critical one for me: I need long path name support, and said option
> is available on TarOutputStream via its setLongFileMode(int longFileMode)
> method, but I do not see that anywhere in TarArchiveOutputStream. There may
> be some more options like this.
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