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@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ Suggestions for improving GNU tar.
 
 * 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 (--sparse, --incremental, --label and
+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.
@@ -32,7 +34,20 @@ so that the GNU extensions (--sparse, --incremental, --label and
 
 * Add tests for testing the added functonality.
 
-* Revise the --sparse option functionality.
+* 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)
 
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