if you could pick a standard format for a purpose what would it be and why?

e.g. flac for lossless audio because…

(yes you can add new categories)

summary:

  1. photos .jxl
  2. open domain image data .exr
  3. videos .av1
  4. lossless audio .flac
  5. lossy audio .opus
  6. subtitles srt/ass
  7. fonts .otf
  8. container mkv (doesnt contain .jxl)
  9. plain text utf-8 (many also say markup but disagree on the implementation)
  10. documents .odt
  11. archive files (this one is causing a bloodbath so i picked randomly) .tar.zst
  12. configuration files toml
  13. typesetting typst
  14. interchange format .ora
  15. models .gltf / .glb
  16. daw session files .dawproject
  17. otdr measurement results .xml
  • Longpork_afficianado@lemmy.nz
    24·
    1 year ago

    But it’s not a tarxz, it’s an xz containing a tar, and you perform operations from right to left until you arrive back at the original files with whatever extensions they use.

    If I compress an exe into a zip, would you expect that to be an exezip? No, you expect it to be file.exe.zip, informing you(and your system) that this file should first be unzipped, and then should be executed.

    • kadu@lemmy.world
      14·
      1 year ago

      it’s an xz containing a tar

      So what? When you zip 5 documents together do you name it .zip or .config.lib.sh.deb.zip?

      No, you expect it to be a file.exe.zip

      Double extensions are not conventional on Windows, so no, I do not.

      • 7eter@feddit.de
        3·
        1 year ago

        Dots in filenames are commonly used in any operating system like name_version.2.4.5.exe or similar… So I don’t see a problem.

          • 7eter@feddit.de
            1·
            1 year ago

            Hiding part of a file name might be the real problem. A IMG.jpg.exe - would result in a harmless looking JPG, but it isn’t.

            • kadu@lemmy.world
              1·
              1 year ago

              A IMG.jpg.exe - would result in a harmless looking JPG, but it isn’t.

              True. Which is why getting people used to seeing .extension.extension2 is a terrible convention. Call a .zip a .zip, not a .exe.zip.

              • 7eter@feddit.de
                1·
                1 year ago

                which will not stop a bad guy form doing so. Therefore dont hide part of a filename and get people used to seeing tar.gz