[illumos-Discuss] multi-extent files

[Alan Coopersmith]

Stefan Parvu wrote:
> Garrett,
> 
>> I haven't looked at this particular set of changes, but so far Joerg has
>> expressed a general unwillingness to work on more enhancements on
>> illumos until we approve his "star" program for integration.  That's a
>> particular axe of his to grind, and "star" has become somewhat
>> contentious as his goals and those of illumos are not necessarily
>> closely matched.
> 
> star could be a nice replacement for tar, pax. Isnt it ? I never understood 
> why Sun never considered integrating star into Solaris.

Sun considered it multiple times.

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