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