[linux-lvm] FW: Problem with vgscan/ vgcfgrestore

[linux-lvm] FW: Problem with vgscan/ vgcfgrestore

[Daniel Whicker]

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Re: [linux-lvm] FW: Problem with vgscan/ vgcfgrestore

[William Stearns]

Good afternoon, Daniel,

On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Daniel Whicker wrote:

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	I do understand that lists like this one occasionally need to be
used to send debugging information.
	That said, you should really consider whether sending even one
copy - let alone two - of a 700K file is truly necessary, or whether there
are better alternatives, such as:
	- Putting the debugging information on a web site and sending the
URL to the mailing list.
	- Compressing the data before sending to the list.
	- If the original signature was faulty, simply resending the
signature instead of the whole package.
	- Summarizing the data to the best of your ability and pointing
people at a url for the original data.

	In short, if the message comes out to more than 30-50K, you should
rethink what you're trying to send as a courtesy to the people from which
you're requesting help.  I'm reasonably confident I'm not the only
modem-based user of lvm.  1.5M to download takes quite a chunk out of my
afternoon, as terminal sessions become unusable during the mail download.
	Cheers,
	- Bill

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Re: [linux-lvm] FW: Problem with vgscan/ vgcfgrestore

[AJ Lewis]

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On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 04:31:33PM -0500, William Stearns wrote:
>       In short, if the message comes out to more than 30-50K, you should
> rethink what you're trying to send as a courtesy to the people from which
> you're requesting help.  I'm reasonably confident I'm not the only
> modem-based user of lvm.  1.5M to download takes quite a chunk out of my
> afternoon, as terminal sessions become unusable during the mail download.

What would be really useful is if everyone would start using our bugzilla
( http://bugzilla.sistina.com ) to file their bug reports.  That way, not
only would the list not get flooded with large attachments, but we would be
able to more easily identify the bug reports.

Regardless of how you submit your bugs, when you have attachments > 30-50k, 
you really should tar and gzip (or bzip) them to reduce download times and
network traffic.

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Re: [linux-lvm] FW: Problem with vgscan/ vgcfgrestore

[Luca Berra]

On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 04:31:33PM -0500, William Stearns wrote:
> Good afternoon, Daniel,
> 
> On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Daniel Whicker wrote:
> 
>   [NON-Text Body part not included]
> 
> 	I do understand that lists like this one occasionally need to be
> used to send debugging information.
> 	That said, you should really consider whether sending even one
> copy - let alone two - of a 700K file is truly necessary, or whether there
> are better alternatives, such as:

besides,
how the hell do you parse an 'application/x-pkcs7-mime' message

L.
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