On 2009-03-28, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 28/03/2009, Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org> wrote: >> On 2009-03-28, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I thought the idea was that the ArchiveInputStreams would not allow >>> one to read past the end of the entry, so one can just read until >>> read() returns -1? >> I don't think AR is the only archiver that does not return -1 once you >> read past the end of the current entry, nor am I convinced that it is >> a good idea to expect the streams to do so. > I thought that was the main idea of the archive input stream. > IMO, it makes using the classes much easier. It probably does. If this is the intended behaviour, we should document it properly. Ideally at the ArchiveInputStream level. >> BTW, while catching up with mail I saw a lot of discussion going on >> inside JIRA instead of on the dev list. This may be a project >> cultural thing, but to me JIRA is not the correct place for that. > I tend to agree, but it can be useful. > I've seen JIRA issues that have almost no information and so are hard > to follow; probably there was other information on the mailing list, > but if it's not referenced from the JIRA it can be hard to find later. Personally I prefer to have the JIRA entry point to the mailing list archive of the dev list in such a case. Not everybody who might be innterested in the discussion may be subscribed to the issues list. Stefan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
