+* Incorporate fixes from major distributions, e.g., Debian GNU/Linux.
+
+* --append should bail out if the two archives are of different types.
+
+* Add support for GNU private keywords in POSIX 1003.1-2001 headers,
+so that the GNU extensions (--incremental, --label and
+--multi-volume) may be used with POSIX archives.
+
+* Add support for a 'pax' command that conforms to POSIX 1003.1-2001.
+ This would unify paxutils with tar.
+
+* Remove command-line incompatibilities between GNU tar and UNIX tar
+ as specified by UNIX98. The main problem is:
+
+ l GNU tar doesn't cross filesystem boundaries.
+ UNIX98 tar warns if all links cannot be resolved.
+ (GNU tar --check-links option)
+
+ Currently tar prints a warning when this option is used. Somewhere
+ in the future its semantics will be changed to that of --check-links.
+ In the meanwhile we should announce a phase-in period where "l"
+ changes in semantics.
+
+* Interoperate better with Joerg Schilling's star implementation.
+
+* Add an option to remove files that compare successfully.
+
+ From: Roesinger Eric <ROESINGE@tce.com>
+ Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 18:43:43 -0500
+
+ It would be useful to be able to use '--remove-files' with '--diff',
+ to remove all files that compare successfully, when verifying a backup.
+
+* Add tests for testing the added functonality.
+
+* Consider this:
+
+ From: Dennis Pund
+ Subject: TAR suggestion...
+ Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 18:26:36 -0500 (EST)
+
+ What I would like to do is:
+
+ foo my.tar.gz | tar -xzOf - | tar -cMf - -L 650000 - | bar
+
+ where 'foo' is a program that retrieves the archive and streams it
+ to stdout and bar is a program that streams the stdin to CDR.
+
+ (http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2002-05/msg00022.html)
+
+\f
+* Copyright notice
+
+ Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This file is part of GNU tar.
+
+ GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with tar; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
+ the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+\f
+Local variables:
+mode: outline
+paragraph-separate: "[ \f]*$"
+end: