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Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 14:22:23 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> At some point it probably would make sense to start deprecating .gz
> format files from kernel.org.
> 

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.

	-hpa


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