| From: | Matthew Kille |
| Date: | 1 Sep 2000 at 22:24:51 |
| Subject: | AMIOPEN: Compressed archive formats |
Hi All,
Is Amiga going to decide on a 'preferred' archive format?
Looking through the contributions to ftp.amiga.com lists, there are so many
different formats in use, zip, tgz, lha, bzip2, etc., that it can be a bit
of a pain remembering which command/arguments need to be used to extract
the files you want.
The Aminet, with its consistant use of lha, (my personal favourite), is far
more helpful, whereas the ftp.amiga.com lists just look messy in
comparison.
I'm not really saying that once Amiga makes a decision, that everyone is
forced to used that, but it would be helpful for those of us who wonder
which would be better, given such a wide choice. (Better in this case,
means better for maintenance, and user friendliness -- I don't think
compression is really much of an issue these days.)
Secondly, on a similar theme, it would be good if a 'preferred' archive
organisation could be determined. By this I mean the layout of the
files/directories within the archive. Should all file/directories be added
to the root of the archive, or contained within a suitably named
subdirectory? Where should the .readme be held? -- A second copy within
the archive, or just the one on the outside? etc...
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