Re: Zutils vs single compressor utilities

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Jim Meyering wrote:
> However, I have a profound aversion to using a shell script
> for any task that I require to be executed in a robust manner.
>
> As such, my medium-term goal is to prototype a perl-based tool
> using IO:Compress that can do the job more efficiently and more
> robustly than bourne shell-based code can.

Are you sure a runtime dependency of the gzip package on perl is worth 
the trouble?

In any case the coordination issue remains open.

If your future perl-based tools are for gzip files only, like the 
current ones, then I think it is better to rename them to gzdiff, etc.

If your future perl-based tools are multi-format, then I think it is 
better to package them independently of compressors. Meanwhile, I think 
it is better to rename the current gzip-only scripts to gzdiff, etc.

What do you think?


Regards,
Antonio.