Re: baz format archives in tla

Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Matthieu Moy <[email protected]> writes:
> 
>> There is no really big difference. The main one is that instead of
>> having c/c--b/c--b--v/, you have only c--b--v/ in the directory
>> structure, which reduces the probability to hid the max filename
>> length (this is indeed a keypoint if your archive is hosted on a
>> windows server, while you probably don't mind if your archive is on a
>> unix server).
> 
> Besides, my understanding was that the ultimate goal was to remove the
> obligation to use a `c--b--v' name space, and that this archive format
> change was one step in this direction.  Is this correct?

Yes, it was the plan, and it has been abandoned.

-- 
Matthieu