Re:Don't Use RAR
by account42 on Friday February 25, 2022 @08:45AM
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You can use an par2 file for that though. Yes, might be less convenient than having it built into the archive in some cases but on the other hand you can a) only download the .par2 file if you need it and b) use it to add error correction to files without putting them in an archive so you can access them directly and c) you can create the error correction information across multiple archives if you want.
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This sounds sooo much like that "dropbox? Just use rsync" comment.
I don't think you'll get why having all in a simple to use solution is superior for several of us.
the dropbox joke is that nobody would use dropbox, which is obviously false in hindsight. but nobody is claiming that nobody uses rar, but instead that nobody should use rar. the same argument is valid of dropbox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Dropbox.