Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: tagging-method explicit implementation

[Ethan Benson]

On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 07:26:06PM -0700, Zack Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 10:21:30AM +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> > Bruce Stephens <address@hidden> writes:
> > > Because (while arch is still gaining mindshare) I can't justify adding
> > > taglines.
> > 
> > Actually taglines are even _more_ useful in such a situation, because
> > they mean a file keeps its `identity' even when exported and re-imported
> > later (perhaps after much hacking and re-arrangement).  They make using
> > arch in an ancillary role much easier.
> 
> I work a lot with english text, and tag-lines would be out of place in those
> files. Plain text is not the same as source code, because source code is meant
> to be compiled or run, in such a way that the tag-lines have no impact. For
> plain text, 'running' the file consists of reading it, and the tag-lines
> are intrusive in that case.

its really too bad extended attributes are not widespread enough yet,
it seems to be they are perfect for things like arch tags.  all the
benifits of tagline without crufting up the file data.

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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