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authorCAM Gerlach <CAM.Gerlach@Gerlach.CAM>2019-03-21 14:44:51 (GMT)
committerSerhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>2019-03-21 14:44:51 (GMT)
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bpo-36268: Change default tar format to pax from GNU. (GH-12355)
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+Switch the default format used for writing tars with mod:`tarfile` to
+the modern POSIX.1-2001 pax standard, from the vendor-specific GNU.
+Contributed by C.A.M. Gerlach.