[jira] Updated: (COMPRESS-17) TAR formaT unspecified

[Stefan Bodewig (JIRA)]

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Stefan Bodewig updated COMPRESS-17:
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    Fix Version/s: 1.1

> TAR formaT unspecified
> ----------------------
>
>                 Key: COMPRESS-17
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMPRESS-17
>             Project: Commons Compress
>          Issue Type: Bug
>         Environment: I use win xp sp3, but this is probably irrelevant.
>            Reporter: Sam Smith
>             Fix For: 1.1
>
>
> The TarArchive*putStream and Tar*putStream (e.g. 
> TarInputStream/TarOutputStream) javadocs say nothing about which specific TAR 
> format(s) they support.
> They merely use the phrase "UNIX tar archive" which is WAY too generic of a 
> statement.
> Here are some discussions on the various TAR formats:
>       http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_section/Formats.html
>       http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=tar&section=5
> I HIGHLY URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE POSIX.1-2001 SPECIFICATION, SINCE IT SOLVES 
> SO MANY ISSUES (e.g. it supports unlimited path lengths and file sizes).
> Corollary, once you decide which TAR formats to support, this needs to be 
> added to the javadocs.  Make sure that the javadocs discuss all limitations 
> for whatever format(s) are supported (especially on pathlengths, file sizes, 
> character sets, etc).  Also make sure and include a hyperlink to a webpage 
> that describes the format standards.

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