Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 14:04:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 14:04:42 -0500 Received: from [81.2.122.30] ([81.2.122.30]:7688 "EHLO darkstar.example.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 14:04:42 -0500 From: John Bradford Message-Id: <200301291914.h0TJEhsa002226@darkstar.example.net> Subject: Re: kernel.org frontpage To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 19:14:43 +0000 (GMT) Cc: hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200301291509.h0TF9S4K003537@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> from "Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu" at Jan 29, 2003 10:09:28 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > No, it would add absolutely nothing (other than clutter.) All the .sign > > files are good for is to check for rogue mirrors. > > Or a rogue *primary* site, as has already happened to OpenSSH and Sendmail. 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. John - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/