Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide sufficient compress ratio

[Pavel Raiskup]

On Friday, April 26, 2013 01:36:02 AM Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 04/26/2013 01:17 AM, Pavel Raiskup wrote:
> > Do you have some
> > requirements for this option name?
> 
> We could have --use-compress-program for the compress API,
> and --use-filter-program for the more-vanilla API.
> Or something like that.  I'm fine with your preparing
> a patch.

I agree that this would be the most logical.  But there is a problem with
backward compatibility.  The behaviour of --use-compress-program will
change.. what about this:

  -I, --use-filter-program (general 'vanilla' API)
  --use-compress-program (obsoleted alias to ^^^)
      // remove from --help & man & info to not confuse people
  --use-compress-like-program (with a *proper* definition what it does)
      // or choose a better name?

Pavel