Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 19 Mar 2003 20:18:16 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Deprecating .gz format on kernel.org |
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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
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