> > It would require re-specifying ZOS.setMethod to set the default > compression method for non-directory entries and re-specifying > ZOS.putNextEntry to use the STORED method as the default for directory > entries. Even so, this wouldn't ensure that directory entries have 0 size. > Given that ZOS dates from JDK 1.1 then I think we have to cautious about > changing. >
I added a note to the Solution section in the suggested CSR documenting this as a road not taken. Eirik.