On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 10:08:55AM -0400, Leonard Rosenthol <leonardr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A JAR is a special type of ZIP archive, which contains one or more
> "data files" along with an XML "manifest" about the contents. I've worked
> on a number of projects (both commercial and "open") that have used such a
> format - it works quite nicely and is compatible with existing tools and
> technologies. Always better than reinventing the wheel!!
the ar file format is much better established then jar, quick to access
(unlike jar), and very very very much simpler. a complex container
format like jar is not very helpful, as the added complexity just gets
in the way (we just need to bundle files...)
> I think the approach of a JAR-like file for the future GIMP (and
> possibly CinePaint) file format is an excellent choice and allows for many
> avenues of expansion.
i think jar-like is backwards. tar-like is much better (but tar itself
is unsuitable due to the lack of rigid definitions and a multitude of
different formats, the same is true for cpio).
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