Removing gtar from base

[Peter Wemm]

On Saturday 12 March 2005 01:08 pm, Tim Kientzle wrote:
> My plan with bsdtar has been to have both bsdtar and
> gtar in 5.x, bsdtar only in 6.x.
>
> I'd like to remove gtar from -CURRENT as the next
> step in that transition.
>
> Proposed timeline:
>     * 1 week from today (March 19): Disable WITH_GTAR in -CURRENT.
>     * End of March: Disconnect gtar from build in -CURRENT.
>     * End of May: Remove gtar from -CURRENT.
>
> Note:
>     * gtar will remain in 5.x tree indefinitely.
>     * WITH_GTAR will continue to be supported in 5.x.
>     * gtar will continue to be available in ports indefinitely.
>
> If there are no objections, I'll start this
> process 1 week from today.

By the way, I keep finding myself suprised that I don't notice that I'm 
using bsdtar instead of gtar.  It works so well as a transparent 
replacement for gtar (that my fingers know the args/switches/etc) that 
I keep forgetting that I'm using it.  I only notice when I read a help 
message or the man page.

Great job!
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Peter Wemm - peter at wemm.org; peter at FreeBSD.org; peter at yahoo-inc.com
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