[Gnu-arch-users] which archive format?

[Anand Kumria]

Hi,

GNU Arch seems to have a number of archive formats.

tla and baz have one
aegis has another
likewise arx

The two closest cousins (tla, baz) both understand the same format (tla
format) however baz has some improvements which can help with both
portability to other platforms (Windows in particular) as well as
performing things like 'annotate'.

Are these improvement likely to be incorporated into tla?  I'm very
reluctant to create archives in (for want of another name) 'baz format' --
I'd much rather use a format that multiple tools understood and can use.

Right now that is 'tla format'; what is its future? [1]

Thanks,
Anand

[1]: Will some of the modifications the aegis / ArX crew have done also be
incorporated? Arx, from what I read, uses c--b,v for example.  Which
allows "null" branches.

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