-From: Roesinger Eric <ROESINGE@tce.com>
-Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 18:43:43 -0500
+Suggestions for improving GNU tar.
-It would be useful to be able to use '--remove-files' with '--diff',
-to remove all files that compare successfully, when verifying a backup.
+* Incorporate fixes from major distributions, e.g., Debian GNU/Linux.
+
+* Add support for GNU private keywords in POSIX 1003.1-2001 headers,
+so that the GNU extensions (--sparse, --incremental, --label and
+--multi-volume) may be used with POSIX archives.
+
+* Add support for a 'pax' command that conforms to POSIX 1003.1-2001.
+ This would unify paxutils with tar.
+
+* Remove command-line incompatibilities between GNU tar and UNIX tar
+ as specified by UNIX98. The main problem is:
+
+ l GNU tar doesn't cross filesystem boundaries.
+ UNIX98 tar warns if all links cannot be resolved.
+ (GNU tar --check-links option)
+
+ Perhaps we could announce a phase-in period where "l" changes in semantics.
+ In the meanwhile we could make the "l" semantics to be determined by the
+ value of POSIXLY_CORRECT variable.
+
+* Interoperate better with Joerg Schilling's star implementation.
+
+* Add an option to remove files that compare successfully.
+
+ From: Roesinger Eric <ROESINGE@tce.com>
+ Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 18:43:43 -0500
+
+ It would be useful to be able to use '--remove-files' with '--diff',
+ to remove all files that compare successfully, when verifying a backup.
+
+* Add tests for testing the added functonality.
+
+* Revise the --sparse option functionality.
+
+\f
+* Copyright notice
+
+ Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This file is part of GNU tar.
+
+ GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with tar; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
+ the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+\f
+Local variables:
+mode: outline
+paragraph-separate: "[ \f]*$"
+end: