Is tar minimum version 1.30 required for backups?

Type of issue

Problem to solve

Is tar version 1.30 necessary for backups?

Further details

In https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/commit/fccd7cb815e1b68f3ad7db8a3bfb3c9e48b7949e, @balasankarc specified that a minimum of version 1.30 should be used for backups.

I tested backup using 1.27 and it seem to have went fine.

Proposal

Clarify why a minimum of 1.30 is needed, or change the minimum version.

Who can address the issue

@balasankarc, I guess, since he added the relevant documentation.

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