Re: [Gnu-arch-users] baz format archives in tla

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Matthieu Moy <address@hidden> 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?

Thanks,
Ludovic.