Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:35:22 +0100
From: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@kernel.org>,
       Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>, mirrors@kernel.org, lasse.collin@tukaani.org,
       linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, users@kernel.org,
       "FTPAdmin Kernel.org" <ftpadmin@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [kernel.org users] XZ Migration discussion
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On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:22:35 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> It would also be "just weird" to:
> 
> a) require that the end user knows the particular compression format
> used by a particular legacy file.

While we're here... I think it is weird that the testing files for the
latest kernel are in testing/ directly, while the older ones have their
own subdirectory. I have a script which is greatly confused by this,
and I can imagine that other tools (for example ketchup) appreciate
this inconsistency moderately too. It is probably not ideal for mirrors
either... I don't know if the mirroring system is smart enough to deal
with file moves? If not then it generates useless traffic.

So I would like to propose that testing files are placed directly in
their final location. This would be both more consistent and easier
for everyone.

Thanks,
-- 
Jean Delvare
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