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It's too bad that one tool exists that's 99% of the way there, but for whatever reason someone writes a different tool for the extra 1%, and now you have a spli
by StavrosK 7y ago
It's too bad that one tool exists that's 99% of the way there, but for whatever reason someone writes a different tool for the extra 1%, and now you have a split user base.
- justin66 7y agoDo you think this would split the existing PAR user base, given that the pros don't matter much to those users (recursive directory blah blah... just create a zip file) and the cons (can't replace a missing file) matter a lot? It's an eccentric user base to begin with, of course. Most archivists and ordinary users just create multiple backups, and the file integrity concerns aside from file sharing and archiving are best addressed at the filesystem level.
- StavrosK 7y agoI'm mostly referring to the choice between "using an unmaintained, less popular utility" vs "using the industry standards that lacks some useful features". It would obviously be nice if PAR were faster, for example.