Re: [Arx-users] Migrating to 2.0

[Walter Landry]

Kevin Smith <address@hidden> wrote:
> I successfully built arx 2.0(-pre) today (hooray!). Although one of my 
> goals is/was to avoid learning arx1, I used arx1 to pull the arx2 source 
> code. Now my arx2 working directory is in arx1 format, with an {arch} 
> directory.
> 
> I assume arx2 cannot directly read arx1 archives.

Correct.

> So it seems like I would have to have both executables on my system
> for some (possibly infinite) transition period. Obviously this is
> not a big deal for me, but seems like it would be for anyone who has
> been using arx for real work.
> 
> Is there a migration utility or planned migration path to upgrade 
> existnig archives to arx2 format?

Yes.  I have written it and I have converted all of my archives.

> Also, do you (Walter) plan to host an arx2 source archive in arx2 format 
> any time soon?

I should have something up later today.

Walter