Re: baz format archives in tla

On 4/4/06, Miles Bader <[email protected]> wrote:
> What's the deal with "baz format" archives in tla?  I understand that
> for compatibility purposes, one probably wants to always use "classic
> tla format" archives for public mirrors and the like, but what about
> private archives?
>
> Er, to be a bit more specific:
>
>  * Are there any real advantages to "baz format" archives?

the directory structure is slightly simplified...

>
>  * Will they be supported by future versions of tla?
>
>  * Are there any problems with such archives in current/slightly-old
>    versions of tla?
>
tla supports the baz format since version 1.3.3 (or somewhere near). 
As baz is essentially died, the baz (1.4) format is essentially
frozen. Then the current baz format support should be there forever in
tla.

>  * Must a mirror have the same archive format as the source archive?
no (see the wiki)
>    If I had a baz-format internal archive, could I mirror it to a
>    classic-tla-format mirror?
>
yes.

> [The reason I ask all this, is that I'm about to create a new archive,
> and I noticed the "--baz" option to tla make-archive...]
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Miles