From dev-return-86078-apmail-ant-dev-archive=ant.apache.org@ant.apache.org Fri Oct 29 17:23:58 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-ant-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 39599 invoked from network); 29 Oct 2010 17:23:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by 140.211.11.9 with SMTP; 29 Oct 2010 17:23:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 74219 invoked by uid 500); 29 Oct 2010 17:23:58 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-ant-dev-archive@ant.apache.org Received: (qmail 74159 invoked by uid 500); 29 Oct 2010 17:23:57 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@ant.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Ant Developers List" Reply-To: "Ant Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list dev@ant.apache.org Received: (qmail 74151 invoked by uid 99); 29 Oct 2010 17:23:56 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:23:56 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests=FREEMAIL_FROM,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [206.190.49.96] (HELO web53306.mail.re2.yahoo.com) (206.190.49.96) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with SMTP; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:23:47 +0000 Received: (qmail 13365 invoked by uid 60001); 29 Oct 2010 17:23:25 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1288373005; bh=EpK34v5G6bF2gsajwgezPQ8ZcsSuqwYu8mMkbIF0KAE=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=k42bqWbv1EyObrotk79vB/oB70E2UxAA3DdYgxiMJWdiLjKeVyYs8wGvN9rNe69E66ZAUWYpnL28HPMEv1/G/w6brRwVVF4Vqs1jGixLexeTOw3Ma3uq3GqMngcrdfgccoD+GFhcRloC9twonduemQ8fFx3SDbSh+igobBrAlV8= DomainKey-Signature:a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=eSKMqJqCX10BGzO50Fzpjr3K+giu6ioX0CeZDqgrWV0Q6MiSP0xOIwA+3ukCuBqZNWyrwLU5QXz4CN2d8VXqMlzYprhH70zbMdu6DRo8yWEIZfjIaANLwL98gKs8aF5RTT9GNz3RtImynnDkKzI1hhJQq3NEoYpruN1k4P5zqFU=; Message-ID: <42197.7621.qm@web53306.mail.re2.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: 5fkahNIVM1klDz5yj91CdmriUcuod6ipI04v7y5cUif_xk3 tlrCs7mEWbF.xDZ2tbuw7IbbPQ9SIKl7Qn4f3sz4p8EwMux8BPN7Ph9xgLbD Wzc5Jw7pn89tjD_dGf9zBEtwb_juBcyJm5u3nGYODH2.ti.BzRXgFitpu6um cjIHxSTuplb7TBvj8bRSXunuU9WppS8kVab0CyyGGhiLe0qZhEhnHFPTiyi2 D7Tbz7gP.w6GdMeapgV6YSoVZImIEn46mPjblbkOpp0X01KJRLnuRbHQpftM s4H5Y4Lmd.FfBvirFTl5OUEQ.6baEb3q_14KiH9XZxNWn5o3Jn4yG3Tap.X8 aEy2wVOhM Received: from [71.141.238.46] by web53306.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:23:24 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/11.4.9 YahooMailWebService/0.8.107.284920 Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:23:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Max Birkoff Subject: Re: support for symlinks To: Ant Developers List In-Reply-To: <874oc5to7y.fsf@v35516.1blu.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Thanks a lot, Stephan, that makes things a lot more clear. I appreciate you= taking the time to further describe the difference between the Compress An= tlib and the core tasks, and that you play a dual role between common compr= ess and ant -- knowing that makes everything very reasonable and a lot easi= er to understand.=0A=0AThank you.=0A=0AI've also seen that you've resolved:= =0A https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMPRESS-122=0AThank you very mu= ch!=0A=0ADo you have any ideas about when commons compress 1.2 might be rel= eased? I will build from source, test, and communicate on the commons-compr= ess mailing list in the meantime.=0A=0AThanks very much again, and I hope t= his finds you well!=0A=0Amax=0A=0A=0A--- On Fri, 10/29/10, Stefan Bodewig <= bodewig@apache.org> wrote:=0A=0A> From: Stefan Bodewig = =0A> Subject: Re: support for symlinks=0A> To: dev@ant.apache.org=0A> Date:= Friday, October 29, 2010, 1:09 AM=0A> On 2010-10-27, Max Birkoff wrote:=0A= > =0A> > I must admit to being a little confused by your=0A> suggestion. On= one=0A> > hand you seem to say "go to another project" and on=0A> the othe= r hand,=0A> > ant's code base contains the tar code that I have been=0A> us= ing and would=0A> > like to improve.=0A> =0A> 8-)=0A> =0A> This is what I w= anted to say:=0A> =0A> If you are using Ant's codebase to get access to the= tar=0A> package, then I=0A> recommend you use Commons Compress instead (an= d improve=0A> that).=A0 The tar=0A> package in Commons Compress started as = a copy of Ant's code=0A> but already=0A> has been improved with things Ant = itself doesn't need.=0A> =0A> > Do you plan to remove org.apache.tools.tar = from your=0A> code base?=0A> =0A> No.=0A> =0A> Since I'm a committer on Com= mons Compress as well as Ant I=0A> usually merge=0A> bugfixes from one to t= he other, but I don't invest time=0A> into merging=0A> enhancements that wo= uldn't be used by the tar/untar tasks=0A> in Ant.=0A> =0A> And then there i= s the Compress Antlib which also contains=0A> tar/untar=0A> classes based o= n Commons Compress.=A0 Personally I=0A> prefer working on the=0A> Compress = Antlib over adding features to the core tasks=0A> because it is=0A> easier = - that doesn't stop other Ant committers from doing=0A> it in a=0A> differe= nt way.=0A> =0A> > Is supporting symlinks in a tar file just unimportant=0A= > to ant?=0A> =0A> So far it hasn't been important enough to any user of An= t=0A> in way that=0A> would have led to a patch.=A0 That's all I know.=0A> = =0A> Stefan=0A> =0A> PS: yes, I've seen you've already approached Commons= =0A> Compress and will=0A> look into the JIRA issue, I just can't promise a= timeframe=0A> for it right=0A> now.=0A> =0A> -----------------------------= ----------------------------------------=0A> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-un= subscribe@ant.apache.org=0A> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@ant.= apache.org=0A> =0A> =0A=0A=0A --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@ant.apache.org