On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 10:27:07PM +0000, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > Its customary file extension is ".zst", while some tools use ".tzst" > > as a shorthand for ".tar.zst". > > This shortening should die, just like DOS 8.3 filenames. > > If it's .tar.foo then eyeballs and scripts stand a chance of realising > it's a tar file that's had another transformation applied, and that's > what they have to undo first; with an unadulterated suffix as a clue. > Knowing .tng is a next-generation compression program applied to a tar > file, rather than the next generation in file formats, is tedious and > creates duplication where none is needed.
While I somewhat share your sentiment (in fact, the first version of the patch had no .tzst), Nick Terrell informed me that multiple projects have already accepted patches implementing this shortening: https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/commit/48ea99e1fadd91612818e7d75d396ae3afd88eaf https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/commit/f95bf3cd1f55cf8f99b88c7318c21c967b11dfd1 https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/e2134fb3b4cd20997e4d11c3373db2cf21ebaa47 Thus, it's probably better to have this in GNU tar as well. Of course, the decision belongs to you, and I can send the previous version (with two lines of difference), but as some folks use .tzst for over a year... Meow! -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢰⠒⠀⣿⡁ Imagine there are bandits in your house, your kid is bleeding out, ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ the house is on fire, and seven big-ass trumpets are playing in the ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ sky. Your cat demands food. The priority should be obvious...
