[xwiki-dev] .xar Extension NOT Used Properly

[Catalin Hritcu]

Hello,

Why not use .xwiki then? Or something that does not lead to so much
confusion? The times when file extensions were limited by the file
system to 3 characters are long gone.

Using .xar is not just using an extension that is already used for
something else, it's using one that is used for exactly the same
thing. It's like using .rar for archiving zip files, it's like
OpenOffice.org was saving open document files with the .doc extension.

Anyway, if you think that xar is just OK, and not causing confusion
then no problem with me, I'll retract my proposal.

Catalin

On 2/3/07, jeremi joslin <jeremi at xwiki.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  -1
>
> I'm not for changing to jar. it's not a Java archive, it's an XWiki
> Archive. I don't see the point to change. People will think it's
> javacode.
>
> if you look at this page :
> http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=XAR there is some other
> software who are using this extension. So why XWiki can't use it?
>
>
> jeremi
>
> On 2/3/07, Catalin Hritcu <catalin.hritcu at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > What would you think of using the JAR extension instead of (mis-)
> > using XAR for XWiki applications, and using the JAR manifest for
> > storing the information that is now stored in package.xml ? Any other
> > way this can be fixed ?
> >
> > Already created a JIRA task about this
> >
> > http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-802
> >
> > but I would like to hear your opinions before spending the time to
> > implement a change you might actually not want :)
> >
> > Catalin
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Vincent Massol <vincent at massol.net>
> > Date: Feb 2, 2007 7:56 PM
> > Subject: Re: [xwiki-dev] .xar Extension NOT Used Properly
> > To: Catalin Hritcu <catalin.hritcu at gmail.com>
> >
> >
> > Hi Catalin,
> >
> > I think it's best to discuss all this on the list.
> >
> > Also, I've provided some answer in JIRA.
> >
> > Thanks
> > -Vincent
> >
> >
> > On Feb 1, 2007, at 11:22 PM, Catalin Hritcu wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Vincent,
> > >
> > > I created a JIRA issue for this and assigned it to myself:
> > > http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-802
> > >
> > > At the time I don't really know much about what needs to be changed to
> > > make it happen, but I'll look into it. Suggestions welcome :)
> > >
> > >> I guess we could use a JAR format and use information in the manifest
> > >> to describe the content of an archive
> > >
> > > Can you also be more precise about the information you want stored in
> > > the manifest?
> > > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/jar/jar.html#JAR%20Manifest
> > > According to this it seems that a manifest can store many things.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Catalin
> > >
> > > On 1/31/07, Vincent Massol <vincent at massol.net> wrote:
> > >> Hi Catalin,
> > >>
> > >> See my other email on this topic. Basically I think I agree with
> > >> you but
> > >> we're currently focusing on releasing XWiki 1.0 and fixing bugs.
> > >> this is an
> > >> improvement request that will have to wait for quite long unless
> > >> someone
> > >> contributes a patch for it (including patches for the
> > >> documentation ;-)).
> > >>
> > >> Thanks
> > >> -Vincent
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Jan 8, 2007, at 11:32 AM, Catalin Hritcu wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> The new way to import/export wiki pages is very useful. However, I
> > >>  think that using the .xar extension for the zip(!) archive is highly
> > >>  confusing. This because there is already a XAR(eXtensible ARchiver)
> > >>  archiving utility which uses the .xar extension for quite a
> > >> while. And
> > >>  while now XAR is standalone, it will be quite probable used by the
> > >>  MacOSX package system in the future. Then download your archive will
> > >>  yield an error like this (safari automatically expands archives):
> > >>
> > >>  "Error opening xar archive: xwiki-1.0-beta-1.xar"
> > >>
> > >>  Links:
> > >>  http://www.opendarwin.org/projects/xar/
> > >>  http://www.nabble.com/xar-in-Mac-OS-X-t2081148.html
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> <messagefooter.txt>
> > >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ___________________________________________________________________________
> > Yahoo! Mail réinvente le mail ! Découvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail et
> > son interface révolutionnaire.
> > http://fr.mail.yahoo.com
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > You receive this message as a subscriber of the xwiki-dev at objectweb.org mailing list.
> > To unsubscribe: mailto:xwiki-dev-unsubscribe at objectweb.org
> > For general help: mailto:sympa at objectweb.org?subject=help
> > ObjectWeb mailing lists service home page: http://www.objectweb.org/wws
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> jeremi
>
>
> --
> You receive this message as a subscriber of the xwiki-dev at objectweb.org mailing list.
> To unsubscribe: mailto:xwiki-dev-unsubscribe at objectweb.org
> For general help: mailto:sympa at objectweb.org?subject=help
> ObjectWeb mailing lists service home page: http://www.objectweb.org/wws
>
>