Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Subject | Re: kernel.org frontpage | From | Valdis.Kletnieks@vt ... | Date | Wed, 29 Jan 2003 14:20:15 -0500 |
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On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 19:14:43 GMT, John Bradford said:
> I see what you mean, but I don't see how it makes it any less useful > to have them on the front page - if you download the latest kernel > patch from a mirror, you could then just click on the relevant link on > the front page of kernel.org - infact, as http access to kernel.org is > frequently much slower than ftp, it might actually be very useful, > because anybody downloading via http would make two requests, (OK, > about 7, because of the images on the front page), instead of about > 13, if they traverse each directory to the .sign file.
I was arguing that they *should* be on the front page, since they *are* useful and it *would* lower the number of requests.
-- Valdis Kletnieks Computer Systems Senior Engineer Virginia Tech
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