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Re:Micro-Optimizing .tar.gz Archives by Changing File Order by pdw on Thursday August 20, 2020 @09:50AM (#24223190)
It's unix philosophy alright, but it's the other unix philosophy -- worse is better. tar has a poorly designed base format with lots of incompatible extensions, but for most people most of the time it works fine. So why change?
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Re:Micro-Optimizing .tar.gz Archives by Changing File Order by fomine3 on Monday August 24, 2020 @10:32PM (#24267663)
Is tar "worse" in the context?
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