🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <1992Aug3.025716.5593@cco.caltech.edu> madler@cco.caltech.edu (Mark  
Adler) writes:
> The answer is that when you make a package for distribution, you
> want the least common denominator to be able to extract it.  Which
> means you only use what's shipped with the system.  Like tar and
> compress.

That's the main reason.  The other is that keeping up with
archiver du jour is a lost cause.  I >do< keep current with
them and am familiar with them, but do not plan to change
the policies on sonata/nova until anything is as
widespread and stable as tar/compress.

Someone just said that transfer time should be our major
concern.  Maybe, but I think it is far more important to be
accessible to the maximum number of users.  The
difference between an archive and just a guy who has a lot
of stuff is mainly one of stability and accessibility.

The compression issue >is< important to me, but I'm just
not swayed yet.

(As for why I hate these things in general, I will post
about that when I have more time.) 

ab