Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 09:46:03 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: "'freebsd-current@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de> Subject: Re: RFC: #mtree signature Message-ID: <46C873CB.7010503@kientzle.com> In-Reply-To: <20070819024258.GA23080@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <46C79A74.9050703@kientzle.com> <20070819024258.GA23080@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2007-Aug-18 18:18:44 -0700, Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> wrote: > >>Any concerns or thoughts about the following >>patch, which simply adds "#mtree" as the first >>line of every mtree file? > > > Sounds like a good idea. I would suggest that if we're going to add > a signature block, it include a version string in case we want to > incompatibly change the mtree format at some future date. > > Maybe: "#mtree v1.0\n". Good point. That will mean a little more effort to coordinate with the NetBSD folks, who have already revved the format. I suppose their "mtree -C" format should be marked "#mtree v2.0\n". Tim Kientzle
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