Re: [PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix

2021-12-11 Thread Paul Eggert
On 12/10/21 20:31, Mike Frysinger wrote: i think the take away is that GNU tar moves the ecosystem. if it changed its default to pax, then projects would be more incentivized to update. Yes, it's the classic chicken-and-egg problem. Something along the lines of patch 1/2 looks OK, though the

Re: [PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix

2021-12-11 Thread Mike Frysinger
On 11 Dec 2021 18:56, Paul Eggert wrote: > On 12/10/21 20:31, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > i think the take away is that GNU tar moves the ecosystem. if it changed > > its default to pax, then projects would be more incentivized to update. > > Yes, it's the classic chicken-and-egg problem. > > Some