ken mays <maybird1...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Dennis Clarke wrote:
> > As a voice from the community I see star as a
> > *need* and not just a want. It archive and extracts/packs just about
> > anything.
>
> It is a want. A 'need' if nothing else existed which didn't serve similar
> purposes.
> This goes back to the 'need' for Sun tar, GNU tar, and now star if community
> was to choose
> only one of them moving forward. A technical whitepaper and some FAQs don't
> hurt.
I see absolutely no need for GNU tar. What features are unique to GNU tar that
"require" GNU tar?
There is a need for star in order to serve the needs for the features that are
only
available in star - note that star implements a lot more features than GNU tar.
> Most of Sun's paying customers might not know what star is or they have other
> tools
> in place if not commercial solutions. I don;t think they necessarily would
> come to
> Sun for those solutions unless it was part of a bigger solution.
I know of big sites that use star for backup purposes, so it is obvious that
UNIX adminds know about star. Why does this seem to be not true also for some
relevent Sun employees?
Jörg
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