Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269440AbUICAU3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 20:20:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269436AbUICARI (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 20:17:08 -0400 Received: from hibernia.jakma.org ([212.17.55.49]:2958 "EHLO hibernia.jakma.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269409AbUICAQC (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 20:16:02 -0400 Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 01:14:09 +0100 (IST) From: Paul Jakma X-X-Sender: paul@fogarty.jakma.org To: Spam cc: Alan Cox , Jamie Lokier , Linus Torvalds , Horst von Brand , Adrian Bunk , Hans Reiser , viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, Christoph Hellwig , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List , Alexander Lyamin aka FLX , ReiserFS List Subject: Re: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives (was: silent semantic changes with reiser4) In-Reply-To: <32810200.20040903020308@tnonline.net> Message-ID: References: <20040826150202.GE5733@mail.shareable.org> <200408282314.i7SNErYv003270@localhost.localdomain> <20040901200806.GC31934@mail.shareable.org> <1094118362.4847.23.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20040902161130.GA24932@mail.shareable.org> <1835526621.20040903014915@tnonline.net> <1094165736.6170.19.camel@localhost.localdomain> <32810200.20040903020308@tnonline.net> X-NSA: arafat al aqsar jihad musharef jet-A1 avgas ammonium qran inshallah allah al-akbar martyr iraq saddam hammas hisballah rabin ayatollah korea vietnam revolt mustard gas british airways washington MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 824 Lines: 26 On Fri, 3 Sep 2004, Spam wrote: > Yes, some archive types can't be partially unzipped either. But my > point is that it wouldn't be transparent to the application/user in > the same way. It doesnt matter whether it is transparent to the application. It can be the application which implements the required level of transparency. User doesnt care what provides the transparency or how it's implemented. > ~S regards, -- Paul Jakma paul@clubi.ie paul@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A Fortune: A committee is a group that keeps the minutes and loses hours. -- Milton Berle - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/