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[Bug-tar] Cache directory tagging - update


From: Bryan Ford
Subject: [Bug-tar] Cache directory tagging - update
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 12:41:42 +0200
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Hi Paul, Joerg, and others,

An update on my cache directory tagging proposal - since several other 
developers on other projects also expressed concern about the tag file name 
compatibility issue, I've renamed it "CACHEDIR.TAG" to be compatible with 
both old POSIX and old MS-DOS file systems.  Does this sufficiently address 
your concerns?  If I re-submit my tar patch updated according to the new 
version of the proposal, would you (and the other GNU tar maintainers) be 
willing to incorporate it?

Also, Joerg - would you be willing to add this tag filename to your list of 
magic directory-exclusion filenames like ".exclude" and ".mirror" that "star" 
can recognize via the handy -FFF (or whatever it was) option?

Again, for reference, the tagging proposal is here:

        http://www.brynosaurus.com/cachedir/

FYI, the Mozilla and OpenOffice folks definitely intend to support the 
proposal now, and two other more minor caching apps already have support 
checked in.

Thanks!
Bryan




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