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From: | Antonio Diaz Diaz |
Subject: | Re: Zutils vs single compressor utilities |
Date: | Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:09:46 +0100 |
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Jim Meyering wrote:
However, I have a profound aversion to using a shell script for any task that I require to be executed in a robust manner. As such, my medium-term goal is to prototype a perl-based tool using IO:Compress that can do the job more efficiently and more robustly than bourne shell-based code can.
Are you sure a runtime dependency of the gzip package on perl is worth the trouble?
In any case the coordination issue remains open.If your future perl-based tools are for gzip files only, like the current ones, then I think it is better to rename them to gzdiff, etc.
If your future perl-based tools are multi-format, then I think it is better to package them independently of compressors. Meanwhile, I think it is better to rename the current gzip-only scripts to gzdiff, etc.
What do you think? Regards, Antonio.
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