Re: [gentoo-dev] [pre-GLEP r3] Gentoo binary package container format

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Mon, 26 Nov 2018, Michał Górny wrote:

> Specification
> =============

> The container format
> --------------------

> The gpkg package container is an uncompressed .tar achive whose filename
> should use ``.gpkg.tar`` suffix.  This archive contains the following
> members, all placed in a single directory whose name matches
> the basename of the package file, in order:

I see no value in adding another directory indirection, and it will add
more overhead. Also, AFAICS the tar|tar pipeline that you previously
suggested won't work any more (or would at least require additional
arguments).

> 1. The package identifier file ``gpkg-1.txt`` (required).

> [...]

> The implementations must include a package identifier file named
> ``gpkg-1.txt``.  The filename includes package format version;
> implementations should reject packages which do not contain this file
> as unsupported format.

> The file can have any contents.  Normally, it should be empty.

If the file is empty, why is it named gpkg-1.txt (instead of just
gpkg-1)?

Ulrich