Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751645AbWIUWY7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:24:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751686AbWIUWY7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:24:59 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:3494 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751583AbWIUWY6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:24:58 -0400 Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:24:43 -0400 From: Dave Jones To: David Lang Cc: Sean , Dax Kelson , Lennart Sorensen , Linux kernel , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: Smaller compressed kernel source tarballs? Message-ID: <20060921222443.GO26683@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , David Lang , Sean , Dax Kelson , Lennart Sorensen , Linux kernel , Linus Torvalds References: <20060921175717.272c58ee.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 773 Lines: 20 On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 03:00:48PM -0700, David Lang wrote: > for the tarball users they would have to grab > multiple patches to get from the last thing that they have to whatever is > current. ketchup solves that problem. One command brings any tree up to current. > also people could be behind a firewall that prevents git from working properly, > for them tarballs and patches are the right way of doing things. If they can't git through a firewall, they won't be able to wget a tarball through it either. Dave - 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/