Re: [RFC] gpkg format proposal v2 (was: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [RFC] Improving Gentoo package format)

2018-11-14 Thread Michał Górny
On Sun, 2018-11-11 at 21:53 +0100, Michał Górny wrote: > Hi, > > Ok, here's the second version integrating the feedback received. > The format is much simpler, based on nested tarballs inspired by Debian. > > The outer tarball is uncompressed and uses '.gpkg.tar' suffix. It > contains

Re: [RFC] gpkg format proposal v2 (was: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [RFC] Improving Gentoo package format)

2018-11-13 Thread Zac Medico
On 11/13/18 11:11 AM, Michał Górny wrote: > On Tue, 2018-11-13 at 10:50 -0800, Zac Medico wrote: >> On 11/11/18 12:53 PM, Michał Górny wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Ok, here's the second version integrating the feedback received. >>> The format is much simpler, based on nested tarballs inspired by

Re: [RFC] gpkg format proposal v2 (was: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [RFC] Improving Gentoo package format)

2018-11-13 Thread Michał Górny
On Tue, 2018-11-13 at 10:50 -0800, Zac Medico wrote: > On 11/11/18 12:53 PM, Michał Górny wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Ok, here's the second version integrating the feedback received. > > The format is much simpler, based on nested tarballs inspired by Debian. > > > > The outer tarball is uncompressed

Re: [RFC] gpkg format proposal v2 (was: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [RFC] Improving Gentoo package format)

2018-11-13 Thread Michał Górny
On Tue, 2018-11-13 at 10:55 -0800, Zac Medico wrote: > On 11/13/18 10:50 AM, Zac Medico wrote: > > On 11/11/18 12:53 PM, Michał Górny wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Ok, here's the second version integrating the feedback received. > > > The format is much simpler, based on nested tarballs inspired

Re: [RFC] gpkg format proposal v2 (was: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [RFC] Improving Gentoo package format)

2018-11-13 Thread Zac Medico
On 11/13/18 10:50 AM, Zac Medico wrote: > On 11/11/18 12:53 PM, Michał Górny wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Ok, here's the second version integrating the feedback received. >> The format is much simpler, based on nested tarballs inspired by Debian. >> >> The outer tarball is uncompressed and uses '.gpkg.tar'

Re: [RFC] gpkg format proposal v2 (was: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [RFC] Improving Gentoo package format)

2018-11-13 Thread Zac Medico
On 11/11/18 12:53 PM, Michał Górny wrote: > Hi, > > Ok, here's the second version integrating the feedback received. > The format is much simpler, based on nested tarballs inspired by Debian. > > The outer tarball is uncompressed and uses '.gpkg.tar' suffix. It > contains (preferably in order

Re: [RFC] gpkg format proposal v2 (was: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [RFC] Improving Gentoo package format)

2018-11-13 Thread Michał Górny
On Tue, 2018-11-13 at 09:49 -0800, Zac Medico wrote: > On 11/11/18 12:53 PM, Michał Górny wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Ok, here's the second version integrating the feedback received. > > The format is much simpler, based on nested tarballs inspired by Debian. > > > > The outer tarball is uncompressed

Re: [RFC] gpkg format proposal v2 (was: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [RFC] Improving Gentoo package format)

2018-11-13 Thread Michał Górny
On Tue, 2018-11-13 at 10:03 -0800, Zac Medico wrote: > On 11/13/18 9:53 AM, Zac Medico wrote: > > On 11/13/18 9:49 AM, Zac Medico wrote: > > > On 11/11/18 12:53 PM, Michał Górny wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Ok, here's the second version integrating the feedback received. > > > > The format

Re: [RFC] gpkg format proposal v2 (was: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [RFC] Improving Gentoo package format)

2018-11-13 Thread Zac Medico
On 11/13/18 9:53 AM, Zac Medico wrote: > On 11/13/18 9:49 AM, Zac Medico wrote: >> On 11/11/18 12:53 PM, Michał Górny wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Ok, here's the second version integrating the feedback received. >>> The format is much simpler, based on nested tarballs inspired by Debian. >>> >>> The

Re: [RFC] gpkg format proposal v2 (was: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [RFC] Improving Gentoo package format)

2018-11-13 Thread Zac Medico
On 11/13/18 9:49 AM, Zac Medico wrote: > On 11/11/18 12:53 PM, Michał Górny wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Ok, here's the second version integrating the feedback received. >> The format is much simpler, based on nested tarballs inspired by Debian. >> >> The outer tarball is uncompressed and uses '.gpkg.tar'

Re: [RFC] gpkg format proposal v2 (was: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [RFC] Improving Gentoo package format)

2018-11-13 Thread Zac Medico
On 11/11/18 12:53 PM, Michał Górny wrote: > Hi, > > Ok, here's the second version integrating the feedback received. > The format is much simpler, based on nested tarballs inspired by Debian. > > The outer tarball is uncompressed and uses '.gpkg.tar' suffix. It > contains (preferably in order

Re: [RFC] gpkg format proposal v2 (was: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [RFC] Improving Gentoo package format)

2018-11-12 Thread Michał Górny
On Mon, 2018-11-12 at 17:51 +0100, Fabian Groffen wrote: > On 11-11-2018 21:53:33 +0100, Michał Górny wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Ok, here's the second version integrating the feedback received. > > The format is much simpler, based on nested tarballs inspired by Debian. > > > > The outer tarball is

Re: [RFC] gpkg format proposal v2 (was: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [RFC] Improving Gentoo package format)

2018-11-12 Thread Fabian Groffen
On 11-11-2018 21:53:33 +0100, Michał Górny wrote: > Hi, > > Ok, here's the second version integrating the feedback received. > The format is much simpler, based on nested tarballs inspired by Debian. > > The outer tarball is uncompressed and uses '.gpkg.tar' suffix. It > contains (preferably in

Re: [RFC] gpkg format proposal v2 (was: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [RFC] Improving Gentoo package format)

2018-11-12 Thread Michał Górny
On Mon, 2018-11-12 at 01:21 +0100, Francesco Riosa wrote: > Il giorno dom 11 nov 2018 alle ore 22:17 Michał Górny > ha scritto: > > > On Sun, 2018-11-11 at 21:53 +0100, Michał Górny wrote: > > [...-] > > Of course, one option would be to use ZIP ;-). I wasn't serious there. > Zip archives have

Re: [RFC] gpkg format proposal v2 (was: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [RFC] Improving Gentoo package format)

2018-11-11 Thread Francesco Riosa
Il giorno dom 11 nov 2018 alle ore 22:17 Michał Górny ha scritto: > On Sun, 2018-11-11 at 21:53 +0100, Michał Górny wrote: > [...-] > Of course, one option would be to use ZIP ;-). > Zip archives have another big advantage; there is an index of files, so listing the archive contents and

Re: [RFC] gpkg format proposal v2 (was: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [RFC] Improving Gentoo package format)

2018-11-11 Thread Michał Górny
On Sun, 2018-11-11 at 21:53 +0100, Michał Górny wrote: > Hi, > > Ok, here's the second version integrating the feedback received. > The format is much simpler, based on nested tarballs inspired by Debian. > > The outer tarball is uncompressed and uses '.gpkg.tar' suffix. It > contains

[RFC] gpkg format proposal v2 (was: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [RFC] Improving Gentoo package format)

2018-11-11 Thread Michał Górny
Hi, Ok, here's the second version integrating the feedback received. The format is much simpler, based on nested tarballs inspired by Debian. The outer tarball is uncompressed and uses '.gpkg.tar' suffix. It contains (preferably in order but PM should also handle packages with mismatched