Re: Dar slice numbering

Denis Corbin <[email protected]> Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:37:28 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.dar.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello,

Thank your for your feedback, I take care of your remark and as you have 
already added the feature request to sourceforge, this saves me a little 
time. This is the best way for I do not forget to implement it!

Kind Regards,
Denis.


T wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 21:30:29 +0100, Wiebe Cazemier wrote:
> 
> 
>>Coincidently, I just field a feature request for this at the tracker:
>>
>>http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1619638&group_id=65612&atid=511615
>>
>>Summarized, I suggested either an option to set the number of digits, or just
>>use four. 9999 slices should be enough for everybody, and I don't think having
>>slices like 0001 is ugly. Blender, for instance, uses this for it's
>>framenumbering, and it's very clean in my opinion. 
> 
> 
> I've been using dar for over 3 years. This is actually the 1st time that I
> post to this mlist to discuss the problem that has bugged me for over 3
> years. I guess it is an issue for most dar users, even though they have
> not speak up. 
> 
> Personally, I think Wiebe's suggestion does make sense. It is a good
> compromise to both side.
> 
> 
>>I know that in theory you
>>can surpass it, but is that really a problem? No one is going to make a backup
>>of 10.000 slices.
> 
> 
> Some might exceed it, but it might only be 0.001 of a chance. Still they
> have 2 choices: 
> 
> - live with it, as they are living with current dar
> - or increase the per slice size.
> 
> I second to Wiebe's proposal.
>

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