Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932071AbWIUW3A (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:29:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932073AbWIUW3A (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:29:00 -0400 Received: from warden-p.diginsite.com ([208.29.163.248]:9661 "HELO warden.diginsite.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932071AbWIUW3A (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:29:00 -0400 Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:16:57 -0700 (PDT) From: David Lang X-X-Sender: dlang@dlang.diginsite.com To: Dave Jones cc: Sean , Dax Kelson , Lennart Sorensen , Linux kernel , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: Smaller compressed kernel source tarballs? In-Reply-To: <20060921222443.GO26683@redhat.com> Message-ID: References: <20060921175717.272c58ee.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> <20060921222443.GO26683@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1206 Lines: 35 On Thu, 21 Sep 2006, Dave Jones wrote: > 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. so are you saying that ketchup should be used for _all_ access to the vanilla tree that isn't done via git? if not then tarballs still have a place. and how does ketchup deal with patched trees to start with? > > 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. to work properly git should talk it's own protocol, http/ftp can be allowed (and authenticated) through firewalls that don't allow the git protocol. David Lang > 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/