Re: Deprecating .gz format on kernel.org

From: Martin J. Bligh (mbligh@aracnet.com)
Date: Wed Mar 19 2003 - 22:56:35 EST


> 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.

M.

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