From: Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@oracle.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.33-rc7
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 02:20:16 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100207102016.GH3416@mail.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1002061445210.3829@localhost.localdomain>
On Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 02:49:49PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Would it be ok to _only_ have the 'bz2' patches and tar-balls?
>
> Having two copies of every large file seems silly, if nobody really
> requires the traditional .gz format..
When I grab tarballs, I only grab .gz. Bandwidth isn't a
problem (3 minutes versus four on my DSL, I still switch over to another
screen and check back). But .bz2 unpacks very slowly in the
environments I'm usually grabbing a tarball for. I save more time
unpacking .gz than I do downloading .bz2.
That said, I'm often doing repeated unpacks, so I could easily
turn a .bz2 into .gz when I first grab it, then use the local .gz.
Joel
--
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Joel Becker
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-02-07 10:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-02-06 22:44 Linux 2.6.33-rc7 Linus Torvalds
2010-02-06 22:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-02-06 23:00 ` John Kacur
2010-02-06 23:06 ` Justin P. Mattock
2010-02-07 4:54 ` Mark Lord
2010-02-07 4:58 ` Kyle McMartin
2010-02-07 5:11 ` Mark Lord
2010-02-07 5:09 ` Justin P. Mattock
2010-02-07 10:39 ` John Feuerstein
2010-02-07 19:10 ` James Cloos
2010-02-08 3:27 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-02-07 10:20 ` Joel Becker [this message]
2010-02-07 10:43 ` Justin P. Mattock
2010-02-07 18:32 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-02-07 18:39 ` Joerg Roedel
2010-02-08 18:28 ` Pavel Machek
2010-02-08 21:49 ` Jiri Slaby
2010-02-10 8:14 ` Pavel Machek
2010-02-08 3:26 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-02-09 11:30 ` Pádraig Brady
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