On Sun, 2018-11-18 at 12:00 +0100, Fabian Groffen wrote:
> On 18-11-2018 10:38:51 +0100, Michał Górny wrote:
> > On Sun, 2018-11-18 at 10:16 +0100, Fabian Groffen wrote:
> > > On 17-11-2018 12:21:40 +0100, Michał Górny wrote:
> > > > Problems with the current binary package format
> > > > -
On 21-11-2018 10:33:18 +0100, Michał Górny wrote:
> > > > > 2. **The format relies on obscure compressor feature of ignoring
> > > > >trailing garbage**. While this behavior is traditionally
> > > > > implemented
> > > > >by many compressors, the original reasons for it have become long
>
On Wed, 2018-11-21 at 11:45 +0100, Fabian Groffen wrote:
> > > > > > 5. **Metadata is not compressed.** This is not a significant
> > > > > > problem,
> > > > > >it is just listed for completeness.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Goals for a new container format
> > > > > >
On 20-11-2018 21:33:17 +0100, Michał Górny wrote:
> The volume label
>
>
> The volume label provides an easy way for users to identify the binary
> package without dedicated tooling or specific format knowledge.
>
> The implementations should include a volume label consisting of
On Wed, 2018-11-21 at 14:10 +0100, Fabian Groffen wrote:
> On 20-11-2018 21:33:17 +0100, Michał Górny wrote:
> > The volume label
> >
> >
> > The volume label provides an easy way for users to identify the binary
> > package without dedicated tooling or specific format knowledge.
# Tiziano Müller (21 Nov 2018)
# Project is in maintenance-only mode with the last big release in 2012.
# Needs a dedicated maintainer with a matching LDAP setup (extra schemas
required).
# Several open issues (#370985, #356827, #399845, #544562, #651092) and
one security
# bug (bug #66912). There
