Re: Re: COPY BINARY file format proposal

> ncm@zembu.com (Nathan Myers) writes:
> > I'd like to see a timestamp for when the image was created, and a 
> > 128-byte comment field to allow annotations, even after the fact.
> 
> Both seem like reasonable options.  If you don't mind, however,
> I'd suggest that they be left for inclusion as chunks in the header
> extension area, rather than nailing them down in the fixed header.
> 
> The advantage of handling a comment that way is obvious: it needn't
> be fixed-length.  As for the timestamp, handling it as an optional
> chunk would allow graceful substitution of a different timestamp
> format, which we'll need when 2038 begins to loom.
> 
> Basically what I want to do at the moment is get a minimal format
> spec nailed down for 7.1.  There'll be time for neat extras later
> as long as we get it right now --- but there's not a lot of time
> for extras before 7.1.

The have the look of creeping-featurism to me.

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