From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: "Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@aracnet.com>
Cc: mirrors <mirrors@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Deprecating .gz format on kernel.org
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 20:18:16 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3E794108.3020608@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3690000.1048132594@[10.10.2.4]>
Martin J. Bligh wrote:
>>OK, there seems to be enough resistance to this to put it off for a year
>>or two. Since that means I don't have to do any work, that plan has
>>inherent appeal to me.
>>
>>In other words, the current setup will remain for now. HOWEVER, I would
>>like to recommend that mirror sites start carrying .bz2 files if they
>>want to carry only one format.
>
>
> Can we at least switch the default upload format to bz2? I would think
> that's a reasonably simple change to the robot? For those of us
> uploading stuff over a slow modem link, the extra efficiency would be
> much appreciated.
>
No, I don't want to muck with working scripts. I suggest setting up a
script to upload to the /staging area and convert automatically. I have
put a script called bz2togz in /usr/local/bin to help out.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-20 4:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-19 20:19 Deprecating .gz format on kernel.org H. Peter Anvin
2003-03-19 20:39 ` wind
2003-03-19 20:46 ` Martin J. Bligh
2003-03-19 20:57 ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
2003-03-19 21:12 ` Tigran Aivazian
2003-03-19 21:42 ` Arjan van de Ven
2003-03-19 21:55 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2003-03-19 22:06 ` Kurt Garloff
2003-03-19 23:46 ` Eric Sandall
2003-03-20 8:27 ` Thierry Vignaud
2003-03-20 8:40 ` Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker
2003-03-20 15:37 ` Jon Portnoy
2003-03-20 11:23 ` [kernel.org mirrors] " Bruno Cornec
2003-03-20 0:21 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-03-20 17:53 ` Eric Sandall
2003-03-20 17:39 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-03-20 18:31 ` Eric Sandall
2003-03-20 21:14 ` Jörn Engel
2003-03-25 15:59 ` Bill Davidsen
2003-03-26 12:57 ` Jörn Engel
2003-03-20 14:03 ` Juan Quintela
2003-03-19 21:39 ` Sam Ravnborg
2003-03-20 22:17 ` LA Walsh
2003-03-20 23:30 ` [kernel.org mirrors] " H. Peter Anvin
2003-03-21 0:09 ` Eric Sandall
2003-03-21 4:42 ` Vlad@geekizoid.com
2003-03-21 7:24 ` Eric Sandall
2003-03-19 22:22 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <1048114783.5033.70.camel@tombigbee.neark.org>
2003-03-19 23:29 ` [kernel.org mirrors] " H. Peter Anvin
2003-03-20 3:56 ` Martin J. Bligh
2003-03-20 4:18 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2003-03-19 22:44 ` DervishD
2003-03-20 0:02 ` David S. Miller
2003-03-20 9:55 ` John Bradford
2003-03-20 13:10 ` John Jasen
2003-03-20 13:49 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-03-20 10:03 ` Erik Hensema
2003-03-20 16:32 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-03-20 16:42 ` Mike Dresser
2003-03-20 17:51 ` Eli Carter
2003-03-20 18:04 ` Thomas Duffy
2003-03-25 16:04 ` Bill Davidsen
2003-03-25 16:25 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-03-25 16:34 ` Stephen Frost
2003-03-25 20:26 ` Deprecating .gz format on kernel.org aka BogoMips Marc Giger
2003-03-20 18:10 ` Deprecating .gz format on kernel.org Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-03-24 2:12 ` Miles Bader
2003-03-24 2:24 ` Miles Bader
2003-03-24 2:40 ` nick
2003-03-24 11:33 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-03-20 17:23 ` Randy.Dunlap
2003-03-20 18:12 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-03-20 17:48 ` Tomas Szepe
2003-03-20 17:57 ` Dana Lacoste
2003-03-20 18:24 ` Tomas Szepe
2003-03-20 18:34 ` [kernel.org mirrors] " Ryan Finnie
2003-03-20 20:13 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] <20030320165007$503c@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <20030320180014$0e31@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <20030320182006$46bf@gated-at.bofh.it>
2003-03-20 18:44 ` Pascal Schmidt
2003-03-20 19:52 ` Pavel Machek
2003-03-23 23:30 ` Krzysztof Halasa
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-03-20 21:54 Hank Leininger
2003-03-20 22:13 ` Jörn Engel
2003-03-20 23:14 ` Hank Leininger
2003-03-20 23:34 ` Jörn Engel
2003-03-21 6:26 ` Ville Herva
2003-03-21 6:38 ` Ville Herva
2003-03-21 7:26 ` Hank Leininger
2003-03-20 23:50 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] <200303211124.h2LBO6mU011361@sunrise.pg.gda.pl>
2003-03-21 11:28 ` Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
2003-03-21 15:39 ` Alan Cox
2003-03-21 19:43 ` H. Peter Anvin
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