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> > > A fix for this would be "make patches available from bkbits.net".
> >
> > bkbits.net is a free service.  [snip good arguments]
> 
> > But as I said to someone else, why doesn't someone register
> > "nobkbits.net" and use BK to mirror the repos and then provide the
> > tarballs/patches as you see fit.
> 
> I can do this on NL.linux.org.   I'm already doing it for the
> 2.4 and 2.5 Linux kernel trees and am willing to run the script
> for other bitkeeper trees too.
> 
> If people want it, just let me know.

If this turns into a serious thing we could polish up the bkbits.net
infrastructure and provide it with one extra URL that lets you get 
gnu style patches.  I already have the code for this, I just have it
disabled for bandwidth reasons.
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Larry McVoy            	 lm at bitmover.com           http://www.bitmover.com/lm 
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