Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Tar replacement - format proposal

[David Kempe]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Spicer" <address@hidden>

>
> Interesting ideas.  You seem very focused on backup to disk, have you
> considered what happens if someone wants to backup to tape.  Since the
> index is at the end of the file they would need to read the entire file
> to get the index, then rewind and read (possibily) the entire file again
> to extract what they want.

I don't think duplicity is meant for tape - indeed my rdiff-backup main
usage now is to firewire drives.
Then I use it for SSH sessions.
Tape is dead for me. if people want to use tape then there is heaps of
options.
I don't think this new file format should be the greatest and solve all
possible problems, just focus on solving the problems inherent to duplicity

dave