Re: [PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix

[Mike Frysinger]

On 16 Dec 2021 18:28, Antonio Diaz Diaz wrote:
> Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > i like it for automake, and to help pull more of the ecosystem up to pax.
> 
> I don't think "pulling more of the ecosystem up to pax" is such a good idea. 
> Pax is not a good format neither from the point of view of efficiency nor 
> from the point of view of safety. IMO pax extensions should be used with 
> frugality until it is replaced by a properly designed format (hopefully 
> before the year 2246).

i don't care about extensions, i care that the "gnu" format has known
limitations in how it stores paths that "pax" fixes.  so if you have an
alternative that doesn't have these issues, and has a chance of being
widely adopted like "pax", then now would be the time to highlight it.
-mike

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