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-* TODO file for GNU tar                                -*- outline -*-
-
-Tell <tar-bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu> if you feel like volunteering for any
-of these ideas, listed more or less in decreasing order of priority.
-Some TODO items are implicit from received email.  See file BACKLOG.
-Significant contributions require written assignments and disclaimers.
-
-.* create.c: diagnostics missing when `goto badfile'.
-.* compare.c: confusion between stderr and stdlis, WARN and ERROR.
-.* --ignore-failed-read might have been defeated.
-.* Better clean sources for list.c, extract.c, create.c and buffer.c.
-.* revise all NAMSIZ references, too often related to short buffers.
-.* current_link_name, current_file_name not always quoted when printed.
-.* Take over script maintenance, implement a `restore' script.
-.* Make a debugging feature out of all `#if 0'.
+Suggestions for improving GNU tar.
+
+* Incorporate fixes from major distributions, e.g., Debian GNU/Linux.
+
+* Fix tar so that it can read and write POSIX.1-1990 tar archives.
+
+* Add support for POSIX 1003.1-2001 tar archives
+  (along with technical corrections to the standard since 2001).
+
+* 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)
+
+  Perhaps we could announce a phase-in period where "l" changes in semantics.
+  In the meanwhile we could make the "l" semantics to be determined by the
+  value of POSIXLY_CORRECT variable.
+
+* 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.
+
+* Copyright notice
+
+  Copyright (C) 2003 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.