Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Re: [RFC] gpkg format proposal v2

2018-11-13 Thread Michał Górny
On Tue, 2018-11-13 at 00:45 +0100, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, 12 Nov 2018, Michał Górny wrote: > > Once tar is used for inner archive format, it is also a natural choice > > for the outer format. If you believe we should use another format, that > > is introduce a second distinct

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Re: [RFC] gpkg format proposal v2

2018-11-12 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2018, Michał Górny wrote: > Once tar is used for inner archive format, it is also a natural choice > for the outer format. If you believe we should use another format, that > is introduce a second distinct archive format and depend on a second > tool, you need to have a good

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Re: [RFC] gpkg format proposal v2

2018-11-12 Thread Michał Górny
On Mon, 2018-11-12 at 21:23 +0100, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, 12 Nov 2018, Michał Górny wrote: > > > Also, what would be wrong with ar? It's a standard POSIX tool, and > > > should be available everywhere. > > The original post says what's wrong with ar. Please be more specific > >

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Re: [RFC] gpkg format proposal v2

2018-11-12 Thread Alec Warner
On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 3:24 PM Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > On Mon, 12 Nov 2018, Michał Górny wrote: > > >> Also, what would be wrong with ar? It's a standard POSIX tool, and > >> should be available everywhere. > > > The original post says what's wrong with ar. Please be more specific > > if

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Re: [RFC] gpkg format proposal v2

2018-11-12 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2018, Michał Górny wrote: >> Also, what would be wrong with ar? It's a standard POSIX tool, and >> should be available everywhere. > The original post says what's wrong with ar. Please be more specific > if you disagree with it. AFAICS, the arguments are that ar would be

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Re: [RFC] gpkg format proposal v2

2018-11-12 Thread Michał Górny
On Mon, 2018-11-12 at 18:33 +0100, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, 12 Nov 2018, Michał Górny wrote: > > On Mon, 2018-11-12 at 17:51 +0100, Fabian Groffen wrote: > > > I'm wondering here, how much sense does it make to compress 2., 3. > > > and/or 4. if you compress the whole gpkg? I

[gentoo-portage-dev] Re: [RFC] gpkg format proposal v2

2018-11-12 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2018, Michał Górny wrote: > On Mon, 2018-11-12 at 17:51 +0100, Fabian Groffen wrote: >> I'm wondering here, how much sense does it make to compress 2., 3. >> and/or 4. if you compress the whole gpkg? I have the impression >> compression on compression isn't beneficial here.