[elbe-devel] [PATCH] dump: remove 2nd extract of archive

[Goldschmidt Simon]

On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 11:33, Torben Hohn wrote:
> [..]
> I think the Use-Case was something like:
> 
> <rm>/usr/share/doc</rm>
> 
> and having a set of docfiles in the archive.
> 
> basically removing the contents of directory, and then adding
> a few files via archive seems like a valid use case.
> 
> We might just make the rm rule smarter, so that it does not delete
> files from the archive in such a case ?

As a user of elbe, I think making rm 'smart' would be even more confusing.
Why don't we just have two archives, pre and post fine tuning.
That way, everyone is free to use this feature as fits.
I think it's bad to put too many restrictions on this feature.
Also I wouldn't prevent fine tuning deleting files from the archive.
Anyone using this feature should know what they are doing!

Regards,
Simon