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>
> On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 06:19:01PM -0500, David Douthitt scribbled:
> > It is COMMON and well-understood and used by EVERYONE. Every serious
> > unpacker for the Windows/DOS/BeOS/UNIX..... platform will understand a
> > *.tgz file...
>
> Agreed. That's the advantage of using the tar + gzip format for
> the actual file. So far, I'm just talking about naming.
>
> > If you make one up, then no one understands it - sort of like *.lrp
> > right now.
>
> I can open .lrp files just fine on any OS, using a 'serious
> unpacker'. Sometimes, I have to rename it to .tar.gz or .tgz;
> but that's easy and is rarely required.
Hah. I don't believe there is a single OS that out of the box knows
that *.lrp is a tar + gzip archive - well, except LRP that is.
Double-click on that *.lrp file in the Windows Explorer and see what
happens....
> > > them .tbz? Nobody uses .tbz for _anything_ not even bzip2'd
> > > tar files.
> >
> > Right. And nobody will be able to decipher them on other platforms
> > either.
>
> Why? There's no bunzip2 for other systems?
No - same thing as above - excepting the fact that bunzip2 support is
much rarer than tar/gzip support. To repeat: there isn't an OS in
existance today (that I know of) that straight out of the box would
recognize a *.tbz file as a tar + bzip2 file.
> > So... NO special format, NO special databases, NO special "support"
> > files needed, NO anything - just tar, gzip, and files.
>
> You don't think it's important for the package to carry some
> identifying information with it?
That's not what I mean; what I mean is that the "format" should be
completely standard (which it is). Many people create these fancy
format files - like RPM databases for example.
I think my thinking extends further than I've mentioned - that is, all
these files specially for LRP are *TEXT* files too - no funny
databases, no extra support required, no nothing - just text.
> I really think LRP packages are quite optimum, although improvements
> could come in the form of additional files in /var/lib/lrpkg that
> contain more information, or elsewhere, or containing extra
> functionality, such as pre/post install/remove scripts].
I'd like to add the latter - I've already added *.md5 sums....
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