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On Sun, 12 Feb 2017, Roland Lutz wrote:

> On Sun, 12 Feb 2017, gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu wrote:
>> or we wait for some magic "everyone uses this common protocol/file 
>> format/API/lib/mechanism" and have the first solution to offer in 
>> t=infinite. (I strongly believe users won't wait till t=infinite.)
>
> I don't think that would even work.  Projects tend to have strongly diverging

Or if you meant the common file format, then sorry about my last mail, 
it's not clear which version you think wouldn't work.

I agree a common file format in the sense of lossless transfer wouldn't 
universally work. But I don't think lossless transfer is our only option 
for a common file format.