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| author | CAM Gerlach <CAM.Gerlach@Gerlach.CAM> | 2019-03-21 14:44:51 (GMT) |
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| committer | Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> | 2019-03-21 14:44:51 (GMT) |
| commit | e680c3db80efc4a1d637dd871af21276db45ae03 (patch) | |
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bpo-36268: Change default tar format to pax from GNU. (GH-12355)
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst index 2e311ab..18ec2c2 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst @@ -316,6 +316,16 @@ and manipulating normal distributions of a random variable. [7.672102882379219, 12.000027119750287, 4.647488369766392] +tarfile +------- + +The :mod:`tarfile` module now defaults to the modern pax (POSIX.1-2001) +format for new archives, instead of the previous GNU-specific one. +This improves cross-platform portability with a consistent encoding (UTF-8) +in a standardized and extensible format, and offers several other benefits. +(Contributed by C.A.M. Gerlach in :issue:`36268`.) + + tokenize -------- |